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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05594000       SHOAL CREEK NEAR BREESE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°36'35", long 89°29'40" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.13, T.2 N., R.4 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on old U.S. Highway 50, 0.4 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1.7 mi east of Breese, 7 mi upstream from Beaver Creek, and at mile 21.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 735 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water Years 1998 and 2002.
 

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 413.97 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 8, 1914, chain gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1945, to Oct. 10, 1968, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
 

REMARKS.-- About 0.98 ft3/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 23,300 ft3/s, May 9, 2002, gage height, 22.10 ft; maximum gage height, 23.02 ft, April 14, 1979, during period of constricted channel due to bridge construction; no flow for many days in 1954-56, 1988.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 19, 1943, reached a stage of 25.6 ft, present site and datum, discharge, 52,000 ft3/s on basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except 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 17  117  2010  e290  2810  220  2450  5510  303  99  42  17 
2 16  105  1610  e300  3260  257  1260  5400  246  90  35  16 
3 e16  96  793  e275  4240  815  813  4500  207  82  31  15 
4 e15  89  516  e210  5170  1430  641  4220  179  76  30  16 
5 e15  90  492  e150  4190  739  511  3800  165  71  27  15 
 
6 e16  84  445  e130  1960  514  435  2290  153  67  30  14 
7 e20  78  408  e120  1030  504  387  3220  156  63  27  13 
8 e26  76  381  e115  755  492  485  5210  160  58  26  13 
9 e25  72  371  e120  630  1470  1180  20300  146  53  31  13 
10 e22  68  350  e130  557  2770  1670  20900  136  52  30  13 
 
11 e50  67  322  e135  510  3220  1020  15700  456  51  72  e13 
12 e110  66  322  141  485  3540  688  11600  1290  51  126  e13 
13 375  63  469  142  453  2260  767  10000  1920  63  56  e12 
14 718  60  902  139  423  1050  1130  13300  2130  83  45  e12 
15 956  60  1720  137  400  775  816  19800  1600  89  32  e12 
 
16 682  59  2200  135  383  1220  564  14900  1130  72  24  e12 
17 760  58  3110  134  300  1450  449  10300  621  63  21  e14 
18 744  57  3470  130  191  984  372  7230  555  97  23  e20 
19 454  58  4200  129  212  716  342  5280  396  85  143  74 
20 286  56  5370  130  370  741  1320  4120  277  57  175  543 
 
21 220  55  5480  131  737  933  2900  2540  214  50  191  294 
22 181  55  3180  131  707  916  3520  1350  177  43  78  131 
23 165  56  1480  132  450  631  3970  754  156  48  44  e90 
24 163  73  912  138  336  474  3460  533  141  43  32  e100 
25 229  79  704  141  283  1040  2360  427  131  42  61  e80 
 
26 1070  96  563  146  257  2540  2820  398  128  48  91  e60 
27 775  122  473  142  245  3020  3300  369  124  51  50  e45 
28 352  109  e390  139  232  3130  4100  332  129  60  34  e34 
29 205  106  e340  134  ---  3150  4550  594  122  81  24  e30 
30 151  623  e310  140  ---  3360  4970  699  112  54  19  e26 
 
31 127  ---  e280  834  ---  3480  ---  415  ---  42  17  --- 

TOTAL 8961 2853 43573 5400 31576 47841 53250 195991 13660 1984 1667 1760
MEAN 289.1 95.10 1406 174.2 1128 1543 1775 6322 455.3 64.00 53.77 58.67
MAX 1070 623 5480 834 5170 3540 4970 20900 2130 99 191 543
MIN 15 55 280 115 191 220 342 332 112 42 17 12
CFSM 0.39 0.13 1.91 0.24 1.53 2.10 2.41 8.60 0.62 0.09 0.07 0.08
IN. 0.45 0.14 2.21 0.27 1.60 2.42 2.70 9.92 0.69 0.10 0.08 0.09
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 181.1 293.4 560.8 655.4 923.4 987.9 986.6 850.7 523.9 311.4 183.3 136.1
MAX 1704 2557 3925 4171 4385 4334 3062 6322 3697 1853 1493 1774
(WY) 1970 1947 1983 1950 1982 1978 1979 2002 1957 1957 1946 1993
MIN 1.19 4.65 8.03 6.31 8.97 11.9 56.0 12.3 15.9 2.50 7.38 2.32
(WY) 1957 1955 1955 1977 1954 1954 1954 1954 1988 1954 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 175991          408516         
ANNUAL MEAN 482.2       1119          546.8      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1119          2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 28.5       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5480              Dec 21 20900              May 10 22200          Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 15      A     Oct 4-5 12      B     Sep 13-16 0.00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 16              Sep 30 12              Sep 10 0.00     Jul 27 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 23300              May 9 23300          May 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 22.10         May 9 23.02 D Apr 14 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.66     1.52     0.74    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.91     20.68     10.11    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1500          3240          1440         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 125          212          109         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 27          27          13         

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in October.

B - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in September.

C - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.

D - During period of constricted channel from bridge construction.


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