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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592000       KASKASKIA RIVER AT SHELBYVILLE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 39°24'26", long 88°46'53", in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.8, T.11 N., R.4 E., Shelby County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank 700 ft downstream from Lake Shelbyville Dam, 700 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 16 in Shelbyville, 0.5 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 7 mi upstream from Robinson Creek, and at mile 197.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,054 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: February 1908 to September 1912, November to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1940 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 530.00 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Dec. 6, 1914, nonrecording gage at site 750 ft downstream at datum 1.11 ft higher. Oct. 1 to Dec. 3, 1940, and June 1, 1950 to July 10, 1952, nonrecording gage and Dec. 4, 1940 to May 31, 1950, and July 11, 1952 to June 30, 1969, water-stage recorder, at site 650 ft downstream at datum 5.78 ft higher. June 30, 1969 to Sept. 30, 1998, water-stage recorder, at present site, at datum 5.78 ft higher.

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated by Lake Shelbyville (station 05591950), flood-control storage 474,000 acre-ft, beginning June 24, 1969.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 25,900 ft3/s, June 29, 1957, gage height, 22.37 ft; no flow at times in 1953-55, 1984.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 21  42  39  664  30  270  72  23  27  588  707  539 
2 21  43  38  664  30  230  43  23  27  589  707  537 
3 21  44  39  726  30  230  31  23  27  593  787  537 
4 20  43  39  770  29  230  22  23  27  592  840  536 
5 21  44  39  767  29  230  22  22  27  267  683  535 
 
6 21  43  38  765  29  163  23  22  27  175  459  637 
7 21  42  38  764  29  70  23  22  27  680  387  807 
8 23  42  38  757  29  43  23  21  27  985  387  803 
9 16  42  38  757  30  43  23  20  27  1210  218  799 
10 18  42  38  756  30  42  23  20  27  1110  133  805 
 
11 19  41  38  756  29  42  24  19  27  973  473  694 
12 20  41  38  752  29  43  24  18  27  1040  615  638 
13 20  41  37  752  30  42  25  18  27  1240  655  637 
14 20  41  38  692  75  42  25  18  29  1290  597  650 
15 20  41  95  653  107  43  26  18  29  1300  506  805 
 
16 18  41  358  651  107  41  27  19  30  1250  504  802 
17 12  41  446  649  105  42  27  19  29  911  479  796 
18 23  41  442  586  169  42  26  19  29  729  423  790 
19 42  40  442  452  208  43  26  19  28  541  421  784 
20 41  40  442  280  207  74  23  20  33  922  418  674 
 
21 41  39  512  147  208  215  21  20  208  1180  416  592 
22 41  39  556  58  275  318  25  20  891  1220  414  587 
23 41  39  559  57  383  380  25  21  836  1280  415  585 
24 41  39  559  57  424  424  25  21  197  1300  350  587 
25 41  39  558  56  422  424  24  26  106  1290  310  506 
 
26 41  39  558  41  423  425  24  29  156  1090  233  593 
27 41  39  556  30  422  425  24  30  328  724  300  819 
28 40  39  623  30  422  424  24  29  589  722  407  1240 
29 40  39  668  30  367  365  24  28  589  722  490  1410 
30 41  39  664  30  ---  271  24  27  589  715  538  1320 
 
31 41  ---  664  30  ---  160  ---  27  ---  711  540  --- 

TOTAL 887 1225 9237 14179 4707 5836 798 684 5047 27939 14812 22044
MEAN 28.6 40.8 298 457 162 188 26.6 22.1 168 901 478 735
MAX 42 44 668 770 424 425 72 30 891 1300 840 1410
MIN 12 39 37 30 29 41 21 18 27 175 133 506


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1970 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 371 436 1172 1358 1514 1562 1079 791 936 898 641 322
MAX 2031 1626 3492 3527 4551 4696 3980 2903 2689 2882 2079 1786
(WY) 1970 1994 1986 1993 1974 1979 1979 1996 1996 1974 1973 1973
MIN 5.15 5.44 2.58 3.57 15.4 188 25.3 10.0 8.56 12.5 8.24 3.72
(WY) 1971 1971 1977 1977 1977 2000 1990 1987 1976 1976 1970 1970

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1970 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 277170  107395     
ANNUAL MEAN 759  293      921         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1941          1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 275          1971
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3860      Jan 27,28 1410          Sep 29 5100          Mar 24 1998
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 12      Oct 17 12          Oct 17 .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 18      Oct 11 18          Oct 11 2.0       Dec 22 1976
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 1430          Sep 29 5580      B Mar 22 1998
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 10.81     Sep 29 13.16 C Mar 20 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 7.5       Oct 18
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1760  766      2250         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 586  43      562         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21  22      15         
A - Oct. 2, 3, 1984.
B - Gage height, 12.99 ft, datum then in use.
 C - Discharge, 5,090 ft3/s, datum then in use.


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