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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592575       HICKORY CREEK NEAR BROWNSTOWN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°56'13", long 88°57'10" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.6 N., R.2 E., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of county bridge, about 4 mi south of Brownstown, 4.3 mi above Little Hickory Creek, and at mile 12.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-93-1: 1989(M), WDR IL-95-1: 1994 (P).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 493.37 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, 6,250 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 16.43 ft; maximum gage height, 16.48 ft, discharge, 6,100 ft3/s, May 8, 2003; 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

Biological Data