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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 to current year.
 

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; maximum gage height, 16.48 ft, discharge, 6,100 ft3/s, May 8, 2003; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for the period of May 8-12 and 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 1.2   0.04 13      e0.55 e4.6 8.2 99    6.5 149      0.10 500     
2 0.00 0.92 0.02 4.6   e0.70 e9.0 6.6 51    6.1 14      0.07 319     
3 0.00 0.75 0.00 2.8   e1.1   e8.0 5.8 14    11    6.4   1.2   31     
4 0.00 0.65 0.00 1.8   e1.6   e7.6 6.3 97    9.7 3.3   e0.90 10     
5 0.00 0.78 0.00 1.7   e1.2   13    12    377    6.3 2.1   e0.60 5.1  
 
6 0.00 0.91 0.00 1.8   e0.90 8.5 7.5 60    5.4 1.4   0.40 3.1  
7 0.00 0.95 0.00 2.3   e0.70 5.1 8.4 78    5.9 1.0   0.31 1.9  
8 0.00 0.79 0.00 e1.8   e0.60 4.6 6.3 1830    4.8 0.80 0.17 1.3  
9 0.00 0.67 0.00 e1.3   e0.56 4.1 5.2 1340    3.7 1.6   0.12 1.1  
10 0.00 5.5   0.00 e1.0   e0.54 3.0 4.6 353    10    166      0.16 0.90
 
11 0.00 17      0.00 e0.80 e0.52 2.6 4.2 730    179    21      0.05 0.77
12 0.00 2.8   0.00 e0.66 e0.50 3.9 3.7 83    481    6.5   0.00 0.65
13 0.00 1.3   0.00 e0.60 e0.48 180    3.2 43    66    3.1   0.02 0.59
14 0.00 0.86 0.00 e0.54 e1.3   42    3.1 32    74    1.7   0.10 0.58
15 0.00 0.78 0.00 e0.47 100      20    2.7 91    26    1.0   0.09 0.52
 
16 0.00 0.79 0.00 e0.41 25      15    2.8 34    12    0.84 0.01 0.49
17 0.00 0.68 0.00 e0.36 13      12    19    22    7.7 0.69 0.00 0.48
18 0.00 0.58 0.00 e0.32 11      10    11    19    5.6 2.0   0.00 0.49
19 0.00 0.49 0.70 e0.29 31      48    6.6 18    5.1 4.2   0.00 0.46
20 0.00 0.44 6.3   e0.26 216      42    28    374    4.4 1.8   0.00 0.41
 
21 0.00 0.41 3.0   e0.23 154      101    16    59    3.2 0.93 0.00 0.39
22 0.00 0.37 1.6   e0.20 192      25    8.9 26    2.5 0.64 0.00 0.51
23 0.00 0.33 1.1   e0.16 54      15    5.3 17    2.0 0.32 0.00 0.44
24 0.00 0.30 e0.80 e0.14 17      12    40    14    1.7 0.19 0.00 0.38
25 0.00 0.26 e0.70 e0.12 11      13    284    29    1.4 0.15 0.00 0.40
 
26 0.00 0.22 e0.62 e0.10 e6.4   18    42    19    7.5 0.09 0.00 0.83
27 0.00 0.18 e0.55 e0.10 e5.0   12    20    12    4.1 0.05 0.00 16     
28 0.00 0.13 e0.50 e0.14 e4.3   12    15    13    1.9 0.24 0.00 3.8  
29 2.9   0.13 e0.45 e0.22 ---      18    16    27    1.3 0.28 0.00 1.0  
30 4.8   0.10 e0.70 e0.30 ---      11    10    11    75    0.19 0.00 0.54
 
31 1.7   ---      e6.0   e0.40 ---      9.5 ---    8.3 ---    0.17 9.7   ---     

TOTAL 9.40 41.27 23.08 38.92 850.95 689.5 612.4 5980.3 1030.8 391.68 14.00 903.13
MEAN 0.30 1.38 0.74 1.26 30.4 22.2 20.4 193 34.4 12.6 0.45 30.1
MAX 4.8 17 6.3 13 216 180 284 1830 481 166 9.7 500
MIN 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.10 0.48 2.6 2.7 8.3 1.3 0.05 0.00 0.38
CFSM 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.69 0.50 0.46 4.36 0.78 0.29 0.01 0.68
IN. 0.01 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.72 0.58 0.52 5.03 0.87 0.33 0.01 0.76
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.49 29.5 26.6 58.1 53.2 63.7 74.7 96.9 29.4 14.7 7.30 17.5
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 17283.81 10585.43
ANNUAL MEAN 47.4   29.0   39.6      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.1       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 19.0       1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2140          May 13 1830          May 8 4080          May 18 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Many days 0.00     Many days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Aug 4 0.00     Oct 1 0.00     Oct 1 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 6100          May 8 6250      B Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.48     May 8 16.48 C May 8 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.07 0.66 0.90    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.55 8.91 12.17    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 74      41      65         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.3   1.3   3.4      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.00    

A - Many days in most years.

B - Gage height, 16.43 ft.

C - Discharge, 6,100 ft3/s.


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