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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.--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.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 5.8 7.4 6.1 13    51  e21  74  758  49  39  57    8230 
2 5.4 7.8 6.1 14    81  e18  55  1190  53  31  44    3010 
3 5.5 8.1 6.0 e13    93  e16  43  378  71  25  154    448 
4 6.4 11    6.0 e12    59  e17  219  252  85  22  171    217 
5 6.8 10    6.4 e12    e40  e16  517  2820  79  19  69    140 
 
6 6.3 11    5.6 e11    e29  e16  286  1530  65  17  45    102 
7 5.6 10    6.4 e11    e22  e18  192  448  74  16  33    83 
8 5.4 10    6.2 e13    e16  e21  306  280  106  16  26    e66 
9 5.1 9.0 5.7 e12    e13  e25  188  231  82  164  22    54 
10 6.5 8.7 5.9 e11    e11  e30  116  358  134  349  20    48 
 
11 5.2 7.8 5.9 e9.0 e10  e22  85  2160  592  128  18    42 
12 4.7 7.3 6.4 e10    e12  e26  64  1210  247  60  17    38 
13 5.2 7.3 8.3 e9.2 e11  32  50  339  179  36  16    1110 
14 4.1 7.4 8.7 e8.4 e28  43  39  246  157  27  21    567 
15 4.1 8.3 8.1 e7.6 95  48  32  214  118  22  22    212 
 
16 3.9 8.0 7.9 e7.2 1360  36  30  178  88  18  27    113 
17 4.1 8.4 7.8 e6.9 649  35  393  148  64  16  18    78 
18 5.4 7.9 53    e6.6 e410  44  543  127  50  1210  15    58 
19 18    7.6 498    e6.4 e320  292  211  116  42  1820  13    49 
20 18    7.5 170    e6.2 e470  1760  154  131  36  299  11    43 
 
21 12    9.1 61    e6.1 e900  645  263  187  31  145  10    44 
22 13    6.7 32    e6.0 e1800  267  174  168  29  93  9.5 1310 
23 11    6.8 22    e6.0 e120  140  96  131  27  69  8.9 428 
24 9.1 6.0 16    e6.0 e49  91  83  104  25  58  8.9 159 
25 9.3 6.0 13    e6.1 e41  81  1380  98  27  52  8.9 99 
 
26 7.7 6.6 e12    e6.3 e34  78  2310  88  655  46  10    94 
27 7.0 6.9 13    e6.6 e28  70  559  78  347  38  28    637 
28 6.6 6.9 12    e7.0 e24  73  310  65  122  530  11    296 
29 7.0 6.9 12    e7.6 ---  310  334  55  100  895  17    133 
30 7.1 6.7 12    e16    ---  235  516  50  70  183  187    90 
 
31 7.1 ---    13    e30    ---  113  ---  49  ---  91  739    --- 

TOTAL 228.4 239.1 1052.5 303.2 6776 4639 9622 14187 3804 6534 1857.2 17998
MEAN 7.37 7.97 34.0 9.78 242 150 321 458 127 211 59.9 600
MAX 18 11 498 30 1800 1760 2310 2820 655 1820 739 8230
MIN 3.9 6.0 5.6 6.0 10 16 30 49 25 16 8.9 38
CFSM 0.02 0.02 0.10 0.03 0.71 0.44 0.94 1.34 0.37 0.62 0.18 1.76
IN. 0.02 0.03 0.11 0.03 0.74 0.51 1.05 1.55 0.41 0.71 0.20 1.96
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 7.37 7.97 34.0 9.78 242 150 321 458 127 211 122 305
MAX 7.37 7.97 34.0 9.78 242 150 321 458 127 211 184 600
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2003
MIN 7.37 7.97 34.0 9.78 242 150 321 458 127 211 59.9 10.1
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 67240.4  
ANNUAL MEAN 184     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 8230          Sep 1 8230          Sep 1 2003
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.9       Oct 16 3.9       Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.5       Oct 11 4.5       Oct 11 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 9420          Sep 1 9420          Sep 1 2003
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 42.01     Sep 1 42.01     Sep 1 2003
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 3.9       Oct 16 3.9       Oct 16 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.54
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.34
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 417      417     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 32      32     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.4   6.4  



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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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