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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, automatic water 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, 3,040 mg/L, May 25, 2004; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Oct. 18-24, 2003.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 66,700 tons, Aug. 26, 2004; 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.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,040 mg/L, May 25; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Oct. 18-24.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 66,700 tons, Aug. 26; minimum daily, 1.2 tons, Oct. 24.
SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
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 70 32 4.9 43 59 6.8 69 378 71
2 57 38 5.9 40 62 6.7 65 366 65
3 50 36 4.9 40 64 7.0 60 353 58
4 46 34 4.2 52 74 14 60 341 55
5 42 31 3.6 1190 491 1910 64 328 56
 
6 40 29 3.1 657 404 796 67 315 57
7 37 27 2.7 213 267 157 68 300 55
8 34 25 2.3 136 211 78 64 277 48
9 37 22 2.2 105 185 52 64 253 44
10 39 44 4.4 89 158 38 5500 1870 34700
 
11 46 113 14 81 133 29 6050 1560 27100
12 44 60 7.4 75 120 24 943 830 2250
13 35 47 4.5 68 110 20 425 555 643
14 66 155 28 60 99 16 327 437 386
15 149 138 55 54 89 13 270 368 269
 
16 102 80 23 52 79 11 274 342 262
17 70 27 5.3 53 69 9.8 608 604 998
18 53 15 2.1 691 306 1390 289 585 458
19 45 15 1.8 1970 783 4500 228 498 308
20 39 15 1.6 449 353 459 186 401 202
 
21 36 15 1.4 223 241 146 164 303 134
22 33 15 1.3 160 212 91 165 206 92
23 31 15 1.3 141 230 88 181 174 87
24 30 15 1.2 150 254 103 349 354 337
25 42 58 7.0 139 278 104 221 234 141
 
26 95 87 20 111 301 90 162 196 86
27 129 47 16 98 325 86 160 184 79
28 86 49 11 88 349 83 149 171 69
29 67 51 9.2 80 373 81 163 186 84
30 56 54 8.2 74 389 77 192 222 117
 
31 48 56 7.3 --- --- --- 142 148 57
 
TOTAL 1754 --- 264.8 7382 --- 10486.3 17729 --- 69368
 
JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH
1 129 131 45 e52 59 12 101 142 39
2 121 120 39 e52 58 13 101 138 37
3 117 114 36 e51 57 14 96 135 35
4 149 126 51 e51 57 14 157 189 102
5 233 169 106 e51 56 14 4640 1220 16600
 
6 197 149 81 e51 56 14 1700 703 3600
7 148 117 47 e51 55 13 516 426 609
8 e120 95 36 e50 54 13 307 327 273
9 e99 80 23 e50 54 13 223 289 175
10 e90 73 21 e50 53 12 186 252 127
 
11 e97 71 21 e50 53 12 155 223 94
12 e89 71 19 e50 38 8.4 137 212 79
13 e86 70 19 e49 33 7.1 124 203 68
14 e83 69 17 e49 35 7.6 118 193 62
15 e81 69 16 e49 38 7.7 119 184 59
 
16 e79 68 17 e48 41 8.1 116 174 54
17 e83 68 18 e48 44 8.8 117 165 52
18 e86 67 19 e48 53 11 122 155 51
19 e78 66 16 e90 100 44 114 145 45
20 e82 66 19 e250 478 1330 99 136 37
 
21 e74 65 17 641 404 731 87 126 30
22 e69 65 13 274 246 185 81 117 25
23 e64 64 16 204 214 118 76 107 22
24 e60 63 13 193 197 102 80 98 21
25 57 63 9.6 158 179 76 89 89 21
 
26 e56 62 13 132 162 58 104 93 26
27 e54 62 14 116 153 48 171 314 154
28 e54 61 14 106 149 43 191 222 114
29 e53 60 13 101 146 40 290 354 308
30 e52 60 12 --- --- --- 345 387 374
 
31 e52 59 12 --- --- --- 212 201 116
 
TOTAL 2892 --- 812.6 3165 --- 2977.7 10974 --- 23409
 
APRIL MAY JUNE
1 177 124 60 81 82 18 505 1220 2050
2 162 64 28 143 83 32 130 401 151
3 160 58 25 107 84 24 77 226 44
4 173 56 26 83 85 19 69 147 29
5 191 55 28 76 87 18 78 135 29
 
6 196 53 28 71 88 17 90 128 30
7 187 51 26 65 89 16 104 121 34
8 159 49 21 56 88 13 110 114 33
9 132 49 17 48 88 11 118 108 35
10 102 50 14 45 87 11 112 101 32
 
11 87 52 12 46 87 11 103 95 26
12 80 54 12 74 86 17 101 95 25
13 75 56 11 116 85 27 92 94 23
14 71 58 11 95 84 22 81 94 21
15 69 59 11 139 81 30 82 94 19
 
16 66 61 11 131 77 27 178 94 45
17 63 60 10 85 74 17 160 93 41
18 60 59 9.5 65 70 12 146 92 37
19 56 59 8.8 58 67 10 159 90 39
20 63 58 9.9 69 64 12 169 87 40
 
21 101 57 16 54 74 11 168 84 38
22 133 57 20 47 90 11 160 81 36
23 97 57 15 45 99 12 156 78 33
24 86 60 14 49 197 29 133 75 26
25 162 63 28 1380 3040 12600 118 75 22
 
26 151 67 27 542 1310 2190 102 81 24
27 104 70 20 185 506 258 83 88 19
28 82 74 16 98 387 104 53 95 13
29 69 77 14 73 350 73 37 102 9.8
30 66 80 14 58 322 50 e33 108 9.8
 
31 --- --- --- 1140 1780 8100 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 3380 --- 563.2 5324 --- 23802 3707 --- 3013.6
 
JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER
1 e30 115 9.4 9.9 91 2.4 194 260 137
2 e28 122 9.3 9.6 82 2.1 143 202 78
3 e27 128 13 9.4 69 1.8 112 156 47
4 137 135 50 10 67 1.9 93 141 35
5 79 141 30 9.4 72 1.8 79 129 28
 
6 47 147 19 8.8 77 1.8 68 116 21
7 35 153 14 8.6 82 1.9 58 106 17
8 30 160 13 8.3 86 1.9 51 105 14
9 29 194 15 e7.6 91 1.9 44 105 13
10 e370 313 293 7.2 96 1.9 40 105 11
 
11 e60 362 83 7.0 100 1.9 37 105 11
12 e240 340 206 6.8 105 1.9 33 105 9.4
13 e300 307 177 6.7 110 2.0 31 105 8.7
14 83 261 59 6.5 129 2.3 28 105 7.9
15 44 214 26 6.3 161 2.7 27 103 7.5
 
16 32 182 16 6.2 193 3.3 27 101 7.2
17 43 178 20 6.2 209 3.5 31 99 8.3
18 23 173 11 6.0 173 2.8 47 97 12
19 19 169 8.6 5.7 132 2.0 33 95 8.6
20 16 165 7.1 7.1 103 2.0 27 94 6.8
 
21 14 160 6.2 6.9 108 2.0 23 92 5.7
22 15 156 6.4 6.3 114 1.9 21 92 5.2
23 13 152 5.2 6.4 120 2.1 20 92 4.9
24 12 149 4.6 6.7 126 2.3 18 92 4.5
25 11 145 4.4 514 1070 5560 17 92 4.2
 
26 11 141 4.1 9580 2730 66700 16 92 3.9
27 9.9 136 3.7 6860 1900 36400 15 92 3.8
28 9.5 127 3.3 10100 2140 58000 15 93 3.6
29 8.9 118 2.8 4620 1270 17900 14 95 3.6
30 10 109 3.0 568 555 900 14 97 2.5
 
31 10 100 2.8 291 329 261 --- --- ---
 
TOTAL 1796.3 --- 1125.9 32712.6 --- 185773.1 1376 --- 530.3
 
YEAR 92191.9 322126.5
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