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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05595200       RICHLAND CREEK NEAR HECKER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°19'26", long 89°58'15" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.27 projected, T.2 S., R.8 W., St. Clair County, Hydrologic Unit 07140204, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 156, 2 mi northeast of Hecker, 5 mi west of New Athens, and at mile 17.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 129 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1969 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1995 to current year. October 1980 to September 1994 (8 a.m. gage heights).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- 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 375.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. June 28, 1976, to Nov. 9, 1978, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Two sewage-treatment plants 13-16 mi upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 23,400 ft3/s, April 29, 1996, gage height, 44.4 ft, from floodmark; minimum daily discharge, 4.2 ft3/s, Oct. 17, 1976.




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