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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05590950       KASKASKIA RIVER AT CHESTERVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°42'11", long 88°23'11" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.15 N., R.7 E., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 133 at Chesterville, and at mile 254.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 358 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: May 1995 to current year.

 

STAGE: May 1995 to current year. Gage-height record for Jan. 1974 to July 1983, and Apr. 4, 1995 to May 11, 1995 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 600.00 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, 8,530 ft3/s, May 13, 2002, gage height, 45.52 ft; minimum discharge, 4.1 ft3/s, Sept. 19, 1999.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 5, 1979 reached a stage of 44.84 ft, discharge undetermined, from information by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.




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