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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05590500       KASKASKIA RIVER AT FICKLIN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°48'00", long 88°21'55" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.16 N., R.7 E., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank 0.2 mi upstream from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge, 0.5 mi west of Ficklin, and 7 mi downsream from Twomile Slough.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 127 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: February 1954 to September 1964.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 642.10 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Discharge adjusted for pumpage and diversion. Waste water returns to river 250 ft downstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,400 ft3/s Feb. 10, 1959, gage height, 13.98 ft; no flow at times in most years.




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