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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05591550       WHITLEY CREEK NEAR ALLENVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°30'24", long 88°31'39" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.4, T.12 N., R.6 E., Moultrie County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left downstream side of bridge on County Highway 3 (1500 E), 3.3 mi south of Allenville, and at mile 5.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 34.6 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: February 1980 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. Gage-height record for January 1963 to February 1980 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-81-1: 1980.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 617.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISHCARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,260 ft3/s, May 12, 2002, gage height, 13.38 ft, from rating curve extended above 1,890 ft3/s; no flow for many days in most years.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of July 1971 reached a stage of 13.67 ft, discharge not determined, from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

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 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.7   e0.18 e0.66 1.1   0.53 5.9   0.65 0.26 175     
2 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.3   e0.21 e0.70 0.97 0.53 5.3   0.60 0.28 97     
3 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.1   e0.29 e0.60 0.91 0.50 7.5   0.58 0.27 37     
4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.67 e0.40 e0.62 1.1   0.64 6.7   0.61 0.25 20     
5 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.63 0.64 e0.65 1.3   14      5.2   0.56 0.24 14     
 
6 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.56 0.59 e0.72 0.91 7.7   4.7   0.51 0.24 8.1  
7 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.51 0.50 e0.76 1.2   5.7   5.3   0.44 0.25 4.7  
8 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.53 0.37 e0.80 1.1   4.2   4.3   0.28 0.25 2.8  
9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.52 0.38 e0.68 0.94 18      3.4   5.0   0.22 1.7  
10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.43 0.36 0.61 0.80 267      3.6   207      0.17 1.3  
 
11 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.24 0.62 0.79 176      4.4   62      0.13 0.88
12 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.26 0.19 0.69 0.75 71      5.0   27      0.10 0.69
13 0.00 0.00 0.00 e0.22 0.18 3.3   0.68 40      4.5   15      0.09 0.63
14 0.00 0.00 0.00 e0.18 0.21 5.1   0.61 29      4.0   9.5   0.05 0.60
15 0.00 0.00 0.00 e0.15 e0.50 3.3   0.64 23      4.1   5.8   0.01 0.58
 
16 0.00 0.00 0.00 e0.12 e1.3   2.4   0.63 19      3.0   3.5   0.00 0.58
17 0.00 0.00 0.00 e0.10 e0.95 1.9   0.76 17      2.1   1.8   0.00 0.57
18 0.00 0.00 0.00 e0.08 e0.80 1.7   0.67 15      1.8   1.2   0.00 0.53
19 0.00 0.00 e0.05 e0.07 e1.3   2.0   0.65 14      3.6   1.1   0.00 0.53
20 0.00 0.00 e0.15 e0.06 e2.4   2.9   0.92 31      3.3   0.85 0.00 0.53
 
21 0.00 0.00 0.39 e0.05 e2.1   3.8   1.00 20      2.8   5.1   0.00 0.53
22 0.00 0.00 0.54 e0.04 e1.7   3.5   0.71 16      2.0   6.3   0.00 0.53
23 0.00 0.00 0.38 e0.05 e1.4   2.8   0.61 14      1.4   5.1   0.00 0.56
24 0.00 0.00 0.26 e0.06 e1.2   2.2   0.58 12      1.1   2.3   0.00 0.58
25 0.00 0.00 0.23 e0.07 e1.0   1.8   1.1   12      0.91 0.95 0.00 0.57
 
26 0.00 0.00 0.27 e0.08 e0.90 1.5   1.1   10      1.0   0.57 0.00 0.57
27 0.00 0.00 0.19 e0.09 e0.80 1.2   0.84 9.0   0.98 0.43 0.00 2.9  
28 0.00 0.00 0.19 e0.10 e0.72 1.4   0.81 8.7   0.87 0.39 0.00 8.3  
29 0.00 0.00 0.21 e0.12 ---      1.5   0.72 8.7   0.77 0.37 0.00 7.9  
30 0.00 0.00 0.39 e0.14 ---      1.2   0.62 7.9   0.70 0.30 0.00 5.4  
 
31 0.00 ---      5.7   e0.16 ---      1.1   ---      7.4   ---      0.28 0.78 ---     

TOTAL 0.00 0.00 8.95 14.46 21.81 52.71 25.52 879.50 100.23 366.07 3.59 395.56
MEAN 0.000 0.000 0.29 0.47 0.78 1.70 0.85 28.4 3.34 11.8 0.12 13.2
MAX 0.00 0.00 5.7 4.7 2.4 5.1 1.3 267 7.5 207 0.78 175
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.18 0.60 0.58 0.50 0.70 0.28 0.00 0.53
CFSM 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.05 0.02 0.82 0.10 0.34 0.00 0.38
IN. 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.06 0.03 0.95 0.11 0.39 0.00 0.43
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.8 32.4 36.8 35.3 46.3 45.1 52.2 53.5 35.5 11.7 3.13 6.34
MAX 88.0 235 131 122 124 117 146 227 102 39.8 14.1 54.2
(WY) 2001 1993 1983 1993 1982 1998 1994 2002 1998 2000 1981 1993
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.13 0.19 0.78 1.70 0.85 8.19 1.27 0.031 0.000 0.000
(WY) 1989 2000 2000 1981 2003 2003 2003 2000 1991 1991 1984 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 16378.20 1868.40
ANNUAL MEAN 44.9   5.12 31.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 61.0       2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.12     2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1400          May 7 267          May 10 1680          May 16 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Many days 0.00     Many days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Many days 0.00     Many days 0.00     A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 606          May 10 3260      B May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 9.26     May 10 13.38     May 12 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.30 0.15 0.90    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 17.61 2.01 12.18    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 106      7.8   70         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.3   0.58 11         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.00    

A - Many days in most years.

B - From rating curve extended above 1,890 ft3/s.


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