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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593000       KASKASKIA RIVER AT CARLYLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°36'42", long 89°21'22" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.18 , T.2 N., R.2 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 50 at Carlyle, 16.5 mi upstream from Crooked Creek, and at mile 94.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,719 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1908 to September 1912, November to December 1912, August 1914 to September 1915, May 1938 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 975: 1908-12, 1915. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 402.92 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 1, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 100 ft downstream at same datum. July 1, 1938 to Sept. 30, 1940, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 1, 1940 to Oct. 4, 1976, water-stage recorder, 300 ft upstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated since Apr. 1, 1967, by Carlyle Lake (station 05592990), 1 mi upstream from gage.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 54,400 ft3/s, May 21, 1943, gage height, 33.69 ft; minimum, 7.3 ft3/s, Nov. 12, 1964, result of dam construction upstream; minimum unregulated discharge, 11 ft3/s, Sept. 17, 1954.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data