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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592575       HICKORY CREEK NEAR BROWNSTOWN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°56'13", long 88°57'10" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.6 N., R.2 E., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of county bridge, about 4 mi south of Brownstown, 4.3 mi above Little Hickory Creek, and at mile 12.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.2 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-93-1: 1989(M), WDR IL-95-1: 1994 (P).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 493.37 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,250 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 16.43 ft; maximum gage height, 16.48 ft, discharge, 6,100 ft3/s, May 8, 2003; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.41 1.0   5.5 13    e6.0 39    26    110    56    3.0   1.2   0.65
2 0.39 1.6   5.1 12    e8.9 27    19    34    24    3.0   0.73 0.51
3 0.34 1.7   5.1 14    e17    16    14    49    16    3.7   0.55 0.44
4 0.37 1.2   5.5 1770    e13    485    11    13    11    6.7   0.49 0.44
5 0.36 1.0   6.1 490    e11    375    9.5 8.0 9.3 15      0.51 0.42
 
6 0.34 1.3   5.9 64    e10    76    8.4 5.6 8.3 55      0.33 0.44
7 0.34 1.5   5.3 30    e8.8 34    8.2 4.1 7.7 12      0.22 0.48
8 0.33 1.3   5.1 24    e8.0 21    6.7 3.4 6.9 5.3   0.14 0.49
9 0.73 1.1   5.2 22    e8.6 18    5.9 2.9 6.4 3.9   0.06 0.51
10 40      1.1   5.8 18    e10    14    5.5 2.5 6.4 3.2   0.03 0.52
 
11 5.9   1.3   5.3 16    e20    13    5.9 2.7 6.2 2.8   0.00 0.48
12 1.5   1.2   3.8 16    e70    12    5.7 2.0 5.6 2.7   0.00 0.45
13 0.80 0.95 3.7 15    e27    11    5.6 3.2 5.4 2.4   0.00 0.42
14 41      0.88 3.8 15    e31    13    5.2 5.4 5.1 2.1   0.00 0.39
15 16      1.6   4.0 14    e50    12    4.8 7.9 4.8 1.8   0.00 0.35
 
16 4.0   1.6   4.4 12    e25    11    4.5 3.9 13    1.5   0.00 0.34
17 5.0   1.5   4.1 112    e21    11    4.2 2.7 10    1.4   0.00 0.31
18 6.9   849      4.0 331    e45    11    3.8 2.2 7.7 1.2   0.00 0.30
19 2.5   223      3.8 55    e70    10    3.4 5.5 7.1 1.0   0.00 0.28
20 1.2   37      3.4 25    84    11    3.5 3.3 5.4 0.96 0.00 0.25
 
21 0.86 18      3.4 e16    44    11    4.0 2.3 4.7 0.90 0.00 0.19
22 0.67 13      3.6 e14    23    9.5 3.7 1.8 4.5 0.80 0.00 0.16
23 0.70 61      414    e12    21    8.9 3.9 1.4 4.4 0.70 0.00 0.12
24 0.63 240      60    e11    23    9.3 4.3 1.3 4.1 0.59 0.00 0.09
25 0.73 27      17    e10    19    9.8 7.9 1.6 3.8 0.72 0.01 0.03
 
26 0.94 14      11    e9.0 15    511    4.4 41    3.6 0.78 691      0.00
27 0.79 10      8.5 e8.3 13    213    3.3 622    3.6 0.63 48      0.00
28 0.93 8.1   7.9 e7.4 11    66    2.9 1240    3.8 0.49 15      0.00
29 1.0   7.0   455    e6.7 12    118    2.7 73    3.2 0.38 21      0.00
30 1.0   6.2   64    e6.2 ---    68    5.3 430    3.1 9.7   2.8   0.00
 
31 0.98 ---      21    e5.6 ---    48    ---    574    ---    4.9   1.1   ---     

TOTAL 137.64 1535.13 1160.3 3174.2 725.3 2292.5 203.2 3259.7 261.1 149.25 783.17 9.06
MEAN 4.44 51.2 37.4 102 25.0 74.0 6.77 105 8.70 4.81 25.3 0.30
MAX 41 849 455 1770 84 511 26 1240 56 55 691 0.65
MIN 0.33 0.88 3.4 5.6 6.0 8.9 2.7 1.3 3.1 0.38 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.10 1.16 0.85 2.32 0.57 1.67 0.15 2.38 0.20 0.11 0.57 0.01
IN. 0.12 1.29 0.98 2.67 0.61 1.93 0.17 2.74 0.22 0.13 0.66 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.49 30.9 27.2 60.9 51.4 64.4 70.5 97.4 28.1 14.0 8.42 16.4
MAX 18.3 232 208 202 151 134 224 365 93.7 95.1 46.1 135
(WY) 1994 1994 1991 1999 1997 1991 1994 1995 2000 1993 2000 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.19 3.49 10.8 6.77 2.00 0.28 0.05 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1989 1998 1998 2000 1996 2001 2004 2001 1992 1997 1996 1990

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 13344.75   13690.55  
ANNUAL MEAN 36.6     37.4     39.5        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.1         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 19.0         1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1830            May 8 1770            Jan 4 4080            May 18 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Several days 0.00       Many days 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Aug 17 0.00       Aug 11 0.00       Oct 1 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3440            May 28 6250        B Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.36       May 28 16.48   C May 8 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.827 0.846 0.893    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.23   11.52   12.13      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 59        48        64           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.8     5.2     3.5        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.19   0.34   0.00      

A - Many days in most years.

B - Gage height, 16.43 ft.

C - Discharge, 6,100 ft3/s.


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