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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05585830       MCKEE CREEK AT CHAMBERSBURG, IL

 

LOCATION.--Lat 39°49'04", long 90°39'16" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 8, T.3 S., R. 2 W, Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07130011, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 104 at east side of Chambersburg, 3.8 miles downstream from Leineke Branch, 5.5 miles upstream from South Fork McKee Creek, and at mile 7.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.--341 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 2002 to current year.
 

STAGE: August 2002 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: WATER YEARS 1979-87.
 

SEDIMENT: October 2002 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-03.
 

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, pumping sampler, and crest-stage-gage. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (established by Illinois Dept. of Transportation).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,420 ft3/s, September 1, 2003, gage height, 42.01 ft; Minimum discharge, 3.9 ft3/s, October 16, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 2,430 mg/L, July 19, 2003; minimum daily, 29 mg/L, Dec. 2, 2002.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 39,800, Sept. 1, 2003; minimum daily, 0.48 tons, Dec. 2, 2002.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of June 2002 exceeded the measured discharge of 12,100 ft3/s on June 13, 2002, gage height not determined.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,680 ft3/s, August 24; maximum gage height, 38.54 ft, August 24; minimum discharge, 6.1 ft3/s, September 28-30.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 2,430 mg/L, July 19; minimum daily, 29 mg/L, Dec. 2.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 39,800, Sept. 1; minimum daily, 0.48 tons, Dec. 2.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
MEAN MEAN MEAN
MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT MEAN CONCEN- SEDIMENT
DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE DISCHARGE TRATION DISCHARGE
DAY (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY) (CFS) (MG/L) (TONS/DAY)
 
OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER
1 5.8 74 1.1 7.4 55 1.1 6.1 30 0.49
2 5.4 64 0.94 7.8 55 1.2 6.1 29 0.48
3 5.5 55 0.82 8.1 55 1.2 6.0 34 0.54
4 6.4 54 0.93 11 55 1.6 6.0 72 1.2
5 6.8 54 0.99 10 55 1.5 6.4 117 2.0
 
6 6.3 53 0.91 11 55 1.6 5.6 162 2.5
7 5.6 52 0.79 10 55 1.5 6.4 197 3.4
8 5.4 52 0.76 10 55 1.5 6.2 199 3.3
9 5.1 51 0.70 9.0 55 1.3 5.7 198 3.0
10 6.5 51 0.88 8.7 55 1.3 5.9 197 3.1
 
11 5.2 51 0.71 7.8 55 1.2 5.9 196 3.1
12 4.7 54 0.68 7.3 55 1.1 6.4 195 3.4
13 5.2 58 0.80 7.3 55 1.1 8.3 194 4.4
14 4.1 61 0.69 7.4 51 1.0 8.7 193 4.5
15 4.1 64 0.71 8.3 42 0.94 8.1 190 4.1
 
16 3.9 64 0.68 8.0 39 0.84 7.9 180 3.9
17 4.1 59 0.64 8.4 36 0.78 7.8 169 3.5
18 5.4 54 0.79 7.9 33 0.70 53 204 55
19 18 54 2.7 7.6 33 0.68 498 438 638
20 18 54 2.9 7.5 33 0.67 170 237 111
 
21 12 54 1.9 9.1 33 0.81 61 200 33
22 13 54 1.8 6.7 33 0.58 32 185 16
23 11 54 1.6 6.8 33 0.58 22 174 10
24 9.1 54 1.3 6.0 32 0.52 16 166 7.1
25 9.3 54 1.4 6.0 32 0.50 13 163 5.8
 
26 7.7 54 1.1 6.6 31 0.53 e12 159 5.2
27 7.0 54 1.0 6.9 31 0.58 13 155 5.6
28 6.6 54 0.97 6.9 31 0.57 12 152 4.8
29 7.0 54 1.0 6.9 30 0.56 12 148 4.7
30 7.1 54 1.0 6.7 30 0.55 12 144 4.7
 
31 7.1 54 1.0 --- --- --- 13 141 4.8
 
TOTAL 228.4 --- 34.19 239.1 --- 28.59 1052.5 --- 952.61
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 13 142 5.1 51 303 42 e21 97 5.5
2 14 144 5.6 81 273 69 e18 92 4.5
3 e13 145 5.1 93 224 59 e16 89 3.8
4 e12 146 4.7 59 118 19 e17 86 3.9
5 e12 147 4.8 e40 65 7.0 e16 82 3.6
 
6 e11 147 4.4 e29 54 4.2 e16 79 3.4
7 e11 144 4.3 e22 53 3.2 e18 76 3.7
8 e13 141 4.9 e16 53 2.3 e21 72 4.1
9 e12 138 4.5 e13 53 1.9 e25 71 4.8
10 e11 134 4.0 e11 53 1.6 e30 73 5.9
 
11 e9.0 131 3.2 e10 52 1.4 e22 76 4.5
12 e10 128 3.5 e12 52 1.7 e26 78 5.5
13 e9.2 125 3.1 e11 52 1.5 32 81 7.0
14 e8.4 121 2.8 e28 75 5.7 43 83 9.7
15 e7.6 118 2.4 95 203 54 48 86 11
 
16 e7.2 115 2.2 1360 1420 6370 36 88 8.5
17 e6.9 112 2.1 649 595 1110 35 90 8.3
18 e6.6 108 1.9 e410 288 320 44 97 12
19 e6.4 105 1.8 e320 233 202 292 494 643
20 e6.2 102 1.7 e470 335 425 1760 1540 7620
 
21 e6.1 99 1.6 e900 932 2260 645 579 1090
22 e6.0 95 1.5 e1800 1240 6000 267 259 195
23 e6.0 92 1.5 e120 341 124 140 142 54
24 e6.0 89 1.4 e49 199 27 91 122 30
25 e6.1 86 1.4 e41 159 18 81 107 23
 
26 e6.3 82 1.4 e34 129 12 78 95 20
27 e6.6 79 1.4 e28 116 8.7 70 84 16
28 e7.0 76 1.4 e24 106 6.9 73 87 18
29 e7.6 73 1.5 --- --- --- 310 448 421
30 e16 85 3.6 --- --- --- 235 202 138
 
31 e30 145 12 --- --- --- 113 76 24
 
TOTAL 303.2 --- 100.8 6776 --- 17157.1 4639 --- 10401.7
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 74 54 11 758 553 1500 49 99 13
2 55 50 7.5 1190 870 3440 53 122 18
3 43 46 5.3 378 167 182 71 157 30
4 219 211 195 252 91 63 85 219 51
5 517 553 798 2820 2090 20900 79 162 35
 
6 286 282 233 1530 1200 5890 65 131 23
7 192 198 104 448 457 576 74 153 31
8 306 396 332 280 243 185 106 260 75
9 188 193 100 231 238 149 82 210 47
10 116 126 40 358 585 589 134 247 96
 
11 85 108 25 2160 2010 16100 592 1190 2190
12 64 97 17 1210 1190 5060 247 475 340
13 50 87 12 339 525 490 179 286 140
14 39 77 8.2 246 277 186 157 203 86
15 32 67 5.9 214 128 74 118 131 42
 
16 30 65 5.3 178 98 47 88 94 23
17 393 793 1380 148 89 36 64 88 15
18 543 894 1530 127 80 27 50 81 11
19 211 177 108 116 70 22 42 74 8.5
20 154 108 46 131 90 33 36 67 6.5
 
21 263 328 238 187 212 108 31 60 5.1
22 174 170 84 168 168 76 29 54 4.3
23 96 92 24 131 139 49 27 52 3.8
24 83 65 14 104 116 33 25 55 3.7
25 1380 508 3100 98 107 28 27 73 5.9
 
26 2310 1560 11500 88 98 24 655 1890 5900
27 559 267 443 78 90 19 347 450 509
28 310 66 56 65 81 14 122 139 47
29 334 138 138 55 72 11 100 150 56
30 516 343 499 50 72 9.8 70 160 33
 
31 --- --- --- 49 86 11 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 9622 --- 21059.2 14187 --- 55931.8 3804 --- 9848.8
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 39 91 9.6 57 70 11 8230 1740 39800
2 31 65 5.4 44 67 7.9 3010 660 6530
3 25 55 3.8 154 233 165 448 298 380
4 22 56 3.3 171 199 109 217 194 115
5 19 56 3.0 69 101 19 140 140 54
 
6 17 57 2.7 45 100 12 102 105 29
7 16 58 2.4 33 107 9.4 83 91 20
8 16 69 3.2 26 114 8.0 e66 78 14
9 164 220 104 22 120 7.2 54 66 10
10 349 253 256 20 127 6.7 48 66 8.7
 
11 128 132 46 18 134 6.5 42 69 7.8
12 60 128 21 17 141 6.3 38 69 7.2
13 36 124 12 16 148 6.6 1110 366 1850
14 27 123 9.1 21 154 8.9 567 136 217
15 22 133 8.0 22 156 9.2 212 105 60
 
16 18 133 6.6 27 143 11 113 99 30
17 16 102 4.5 18 129 6.4 78 94 20
18 1210 1790 8800 15 115 4.6 58 89 14
19 1820 2430 14800 13 100 3.4 49 84 11
20 299 370 319 11 86 2.6 43 78 9.2
 
21 145 247 98 10 71 2.0 44 79 10
22 93 191 48 9.5 44 1.1 1310 439 1720
23 69 135 25 8.9 36 0.87 428 127 158
24 58 88 14 8.9 43 1.0 159 81 35
25 52 72 10 8.9 49 1.2 99 70 19
 
26 46 60 7.5 10 56 1.5 94 81 22
27 38 53 5.4 28 63 4.7 637 195 397
28 530 588 2100 11 69 2.1 296 101 84
29 895 467 1650 17 79 3.7 133 84 30
30 183 106 55 187 298 171 90 77 19
 
31 91 74 18 739 408 1470 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 6534 --- 28450.5 1857.2 --- 2079.87 17998 --- 51680.9
 
YEAR 67240.4 197726.06


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