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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592575       HICKORY CREEK NEAR BROWNSTOWN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°56'13", long 88°57'10" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.6 N., R.2 E., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of county bridge, about 4 mi south of Brownstown, 4.3 mi above Little Hickory Creek, and at mile 12.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-93-1: 1989(M), WDR IL-95-1: 1994 (P).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 493.37 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,250 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 16.43 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for the period of May 13 to Aug. 3 and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.00 1.6 44    e3.0 559    e9.5 20    351    3.7   2.2   0.19 0.00
2 0.00 1.5 17    e2.7 57    92    16    177    3.4   1.9   0.10 0.00
3 0.00 1.5 9.4 e2.5 29    120    11    49    3.1   1.7   0.01 0.00
4 0.00 1.5 6.5 e2.3 17    29    9.4 29    2.9   1.5   0.00 0.00
5 0.00 1.4 5.2 e2.4 12    19    8.3 21    3.0   1.4   0.00 0.00
 
6 0.00 1.4 5.9 e2.5 11    18    7.5 1090    3.0   1.2   0.00 0.00
7 0.00 1.3 9.3 e2.7 9.5 15    7.3 1380    2.8   1.2   0.00 0.00
8 0.00 1.5 6.8 e2.8 8.2 12    227    910    2.5   1.2   0.00 0.00
9 0.00 1.4 4.7 e3.0 7.7 1060    140    499    5.9   1.2   0.00 0.00
10 0.00 1.3 3.8 e3.5 7.8 160    34    106    7.1   2.0   0.00 0.00
 
11 0.14 1.3 3.3 3.6 7.1 60    18    46    6.9   2.0   0.00 0.00
12 36      1.2 19    3.3 6.5 42    40    584    14      1.8   0.00 0.00
13 95      1.2 183    3.2 5.5 33    45    2140    20      1.6   0.00 0.00
14 119      1.2 248    3.1 5.1 25    37    143    8.3   1.5   0.00 0.00
15 18      1.2 79    2.8 5.1 146    22    50    3.5   1.4   0.00 0.00
 
16 33      1.2 304    2.6 4.7 502    14    31    8.9   1.3   0.00 0.00
17 14      1.2 1170    2.5 4.4 72    10    57    4.1   1.9   0.00 0.00
18 5.4   1.2 146    2.3 4.2 38    7.9 90    2.3   2.3   0.00 0.00
19 3.1   1.2 45    2.3 146    47    7.7 18    1.5   3.6   0.00 0.00
20 2.3   1.2 24    2.4 310    146    143    12    1.3   1.9   0.00 0.00
 
21 2.0   1.2 16    2.4 57    46    203    9.5 1.1   1.3   0.00 0.00
22 1.7   1.2 14    2.5 24    21    63    8.1 0.97 1.2   0.00 0.00
23 1.6   1.3 14    3.4 17    17    20    7.0 0.89 1.1   0.00 0.00
24 53      5.2 11    4.6 13    16    339    6.3 96      0.93 0.00 0.00
25 88      7.2 8.7 3.9 12    784    352    6.2 33      0.78 0.00 0.00
 
26 16      3.3 e7.0 3.3 14    162    46    5.2 6.5   0.76 0.00 0.00
27 6.4   2.3 e6.0 3.0 e10    109    565    4.7 9.1   0.79 0.00 0.00
28 3.7   2.7 e5.0 2.9 e9.0 77    480    4.4 9.3   0.67 0.00 0.00
29 2.7   12    e4.2 3.4 ---    113    69    4.4 3.7   0.51 0.00 0.00
30 2.2   180    e3.7 9.0 ---    66    34    4.4 2.7   0.38 0.00 0.00
 
31 1.8   ---    e3.3 498    ---    30    ---    4.3 ---      0.28 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 505.04 242.9 2426.8 591.9 1372.8 4086.5 2996.1 7847.5 271.46 43.50 0.30 0.00
MEAN 16.29 8.097 78.28 19.09 49.03 131.8 99.87 253.1 9.049 1.403 0.010 0.000
MAX 119 180 1170 498 559 1060 565 2140 96 3.6 0.19 0.00
MIN 0.00 1.2 3.3 2.3 4.2 9.5 7.3 4.3 0.89 0.28 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.37 0.18 1.77 0.43 1.11 2.98 2.26 5.73 0.20 0.03 0.00 0.00
IN. 0.43 0.20 2.04 0.50 1.16 3.44 2.52 6.60 0.23 0.04 0.00 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.788 31.56 28.39 62.18 54.81 66.69 78.58 90.02 29.03 14.80 7.784 16.61
MAX 18.3 232 208 202 151 134 224 365 93.7 95.1 46.1 135
(WY) 1994 1994 1991 1999 1997 1991 1994 1995 2000 1993 2000 1993
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.095 0.19 3.49 10.8 11.6 2.00 0.28 0.048 0.000 0.000
(WY) 1989 1998 1998 2000 1996 2001 2000 2001 1992 1997 1996 1990

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 10072.23 20384.80
ANNUAL MEAN 27.60 55.85 40.34
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.1   1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 19.0   1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1170          Dec 17 2140          May 13 4080      May 18 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Many days 0.00     Many days 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Sep 2 0.00     Oct 1 0.00 Oct 1 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5260          May 13 6250      Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.18     May 13 16.43 Nov 14 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.62 1.26 0.91
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.48 17.16 12.40
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 46      115      66     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.7   3.7   3.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.00

A - Many days in most years.



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