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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592300       WOLF CREEK NEAR BEECHER CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°09'30", long 88°48'20" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.12, T.8 N., R.3 E., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 128, 2.2 mi southwest of Beecher City, and at mile 14.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 47.9 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: December 1958 to October 1982.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 535.48 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,480 ft3/s Apr. 19, 1970, gage height, 13.17 ft, from rating curve extended above 4,000 ft3/s; no flow for many days most years.




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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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