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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05591500       ASA CREEK AT SULLIVAN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°37'11", long 88°36'17" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.34, T.14N., R.5E., Moultrie County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on right bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 0.4 mi upstream from Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, 0.8 mi north of Sullivan, and at mile 5.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 8.05 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1950 to September 1982.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-90.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 624.36 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Sept. 15, 1964, at site 40 ft downstream at same datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,460 ft3/s May 19, 1974, gage height, 12.06 ft, from rating curve extended above 660 ft3/s on basis of velocity-area study; no flow for many days in most years.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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