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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593900       EAST FORK SHOAL CREEK NEAR COFFEEN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°08'56", long 89°21'08" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.7, T.8 N., R.2 W., Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 8, 4.5 mi northeast of Coffeen, 6.5 mi east of Hillsboro, and at mile 39.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.5 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1963 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 574.76 ft above NGVD of 1929.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,910 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1966, from rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height, 14.45 ft; maximum gage height, 14.75 ft, Aug. 5, 1998, discharge, 5,030 ft3/s; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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 0.80 e2.2 11    26    e8.0 23    31    19    32    1.9   3.0   0.94
2 0.73 e2.0 9.9 23    e8.5 19    23    18    20    1.7   1.4   e0.65
3 0.63 e4.4 9.2 21    e11    16    19    14    16    2.3   0.90 e0.54
4 0.61 e3.7 8.7 1620    e11    542    16    9.3 14    4.5   1.1   e0.45
5 0.71 e3.3 8.9 1200    e10    965    14    7.6 13    11      1.1   e0.40
 
6 0.73 e4.5 8.9 76    e10    82    13    6.2 11    3.8   0.62 e0.36
7 0.82 e8.0 8.5 44    e9.5 38    12    5.1 10    3.4   0.51 e0.33
8 0.83 e6.0 7.7 36    e9.5 27    11    4.2 9.2 2.5   0.41 e0.31
9 26      e5.0 8.1 32    e10    23    11    5.0 8.3 2.1   0.37 e0.29
10 77      e4.2 9.4 27    e11    20    9.8 4.5 9.0 2.2   0.33 e0.27
 
11 12      e3.7 10    25    e14    19    9.6 5.8 25    1.9   0.30 e0.26
12 4.9   e4.0 8.1 24    21    17    8.7 4.8 15    1.9   0.28 e0.25
13 3.2   e3.3 6.0 23    15    16    7.8 40    8.8 1.5   0.28 e0.24
14 11      e3.0 6.0 22    22    16    7.1 638    6.9 1.3   0.28 e0.26
15 6.0   e3.1 6.4 21    32    15    6.8 109    6.5 1.3   0.39 e0.60
 
16 5.1   e3.4 6.5 20    21    15    6.7 31    34    1.2   0.45 e0.54
17 5.0   e4.0 6.2 77    30    14    6.6 21    15    0.91 0.38 e0.45
18 4.7   1900    5.8 270    123    13    5.7 17    7.6 0.80 0.35 e0.40
19 8.2   834    5.2 43    288    12    5.0 15    6.2 0.76 0.31 e0.35
20 e5.4   70    5.1 29    270    12    4.7 13    4.3 0.71 0.68 e0.31
 
21 e4.5   38    5.0 e21    81    11    5.2 11    10    0.76 0.83 e0.29
22 e3.7   27    5.2 e18    35    9.8 4.8 8.6 12    0.74 0.72 e0.27
23 e3.1   47    240    e16    139    9.7 4.7 7.4 5.2 3.2   0.96 e0.26
24 e2.7   214    74    e14    199    10    5.3 6.9 2.8 1.6   0.88 e0.25
25 e2.5   39    24    e13    52    11    6.5 11    2.1 1.3   0.96 e0.24
 
26 e2.7   26    17    e12    33    357    5.7 208    1.9 0.87 336      e0.23
27 e3.2   21    14    e11    27    157    4.3 1500    2.0 0.63 47      e0.21
28 e5.0   17    15    e10    24    48    4.0 1950    2.1 0.53 9.5   e0.20
29 e4.0   14    675    e9.5 23    114    3.5 133    1.6 0.71 11      e0.19
30 e3.1   13    106    e9.0 ---    202    5.4 108    1.7 2.8   4.2   e0.19
 
31 e2.5   ---    38    e8.5 ---    60    ---    91    ---    12      1.7   ---     

TOTAL 211.36 3327.8 1368.8 3801.0 1547.5 2893.5 277.9 5022.4 313.2 72.82 427.19 10.53
MEAN 6.82 111 44.2 123 53.4 93.3 9.26 162 10.4 2.35 13.8 0.35
MAX 77 1900 675 1620 288 965 31 1950 34 12 336 0.94
MIN 0.61 2.0 5.0 8.5 8.0 9.7 3.5 4.2 1.6 0.53 0.28 0.19
CFSM 0.12 2.00 0.80 2.21 0.96 1.68 0.17 2.92 0.19 0.04 0.25 0.01
IN. 0.14 2.23 0.92 2.55 1.04 1.94 0.19 3.37 0.21 0.05 0.29 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1964 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.0 27.0 53.3 57.9 65.8 75.4 72.9 71.3 38.2 16.6 10.8 15.1
MAX 192 193 256 279 222 313 347 572 203 176 127 181
(WY) 1970 1994 1983 1974 1982 1978 1994 2002 1973 1982 1998 1993
MIN 0.00 0.08 0.05 0.16 1.75 2.90 4.09 1.36 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1964 1998 1977 1977 2000 2000 2000 1988 1988 1964 1988 1964

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1964 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 13655.32   19274.00      
ANNUAL MEAN 37.4     52.7         43.2        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 113            2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 6.76       1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1900            Nov 18 1950                May 28 3830            May 7 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.06       Aug 30 0.19   A     Sep 29,30 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.16       Aug 24 0.22   A     Sep 24 0.00       Oct 1 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2770                Jan 4 5910        C Dec 7 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 12.99           Jan 4 14.75   D Aug 5 1998
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.674 0.949     0.778    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.15   12.92       10.57      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 51        63            62           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.0     8.1         4.9        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.74   0.45       0.10      

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in September.

B - Many days in most years.

C - From rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height, 14.45 ft.

D - Discharge, 5,030 ft3/s.


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