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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 to current year.

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 1.03 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 good 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 e25  33  23  186  e34  e100  126  164  113  131  73  150 
2 e25  31  23  150  e38  e110  115  147  96  90  61  1410 
3 e26  30  24  132  e44  e125  103  131  95  101  97  2780 
4 e27  27  27  106  e54  e135  98  221  95  70  409  2700 
5 e26  29  187  81  e58  147  123  1390  108  58  427  1340 
 
6 e27  32  279  e72  e50  147  99  1530  103  50  324  579 
7 e29  29  270  e66  e42  132  114  1290  91  43  184  351 
8 e27  25  247  e62  e38  116  109  834  87  39  118  221 
9 e26  23  244  e60  e35  109  102  1650  92  36  84  155 
10 e24  23  241  e56  e33  99  96  2750  137  42  71  124 
 
11 e22  25  193  e58  e32  87  85  3380  744  46  57  101 
12 e21  23  90  e100  e31  105  79  4500  1600  135  44  83 
13 e21  21  54  220  e32  184  74  5350  2350  154  35  70 
14 e20  19  45  229  e40  596  67  4720  2520  110  30  60 
15 e20  22  41  130  e90  511  62  2090  1840  79  27  53 
 
16 e19  23  38  71  219  321  61  880  860  61  25  47 
17 19  23  36  52  386  211  82  579  542  51  24  42 
18 19  25  35  e40  370  162  78  434  396  350  23  37 
19 30  26  41  e33  375  182  98  352  294  692  21  34 
20 30  23  75  e29  680  407  147  320  222  546  19  31 
 
21 31  22  122  e27  1190  595  218  374  179  254  18  28 
22 28  22  106  e25  976  592  283  663  146  149  18  27 
23 25  20  76  e23  595  429  176  430  117  100  19  26 
24 26  19  59  e22  378  270  143  297  97  75  18  24 
25 124  19  53  e21  247  189  256  424  85  57  19  23 
 
26 135  19  47  e21  155  171  519  468  251  44  20  88 
27 37  18  e43  e20  e130  150  388  338  444  37  20  171 
28 27  19  e41  e20  e110  136  220  215  302  33  21  51 
29 245  21  e40  e20  ---  151  168  163  184  31  32  65 
30 200  22  e46  e25  ---  160  154  135  127  122  24  52 
 
31 57  ---  e90  e29  ---  143  ---  121  ---  101  32  --- 

TOTAL 1418 713 2936 2186 6462 6972 4443 36340 14317 3887 2394 10923
MEAN 45.7 23.8 94.7 70.5 231 225 148 1172 477 125 77.2 364
MAX 245 33 279 229 1190 596 519 5350 2520 692 427 2780
MIN 19 18 23 20 31 87 61 121 85 31 18 23
CFSM 0.06 0.03 0.13 0.10 0.31 0.31 0.20 1.59 0.65 0.17 0.11 0.50
IN. 0.07 0.04 0.15 0.11 0.33 0.35 0.22 1.84 0.72 0.20 0.12 0.55
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 179 289 553 646 912 975 973 856 523 308 182 140
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 358196          92991     
ANNUAL MEAN 981          255      542         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1119          2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 28.5       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 20900              May 10 5350          May 13 22200          Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 12      A     Sep 13-16 18          B 0.00     C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 12              Sep 10 19          Aug 20 0.00     Jul 27 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5550          May 13 23300      D May 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 17.36     May 13 23.02 E Apr 14 1979
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 17          Oct 18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.34     0.35 0.74    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 18.13     4.71 10.02    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3060          514      1420         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 131          87      108         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21          22      13         

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

B - Nov. 27, Aug. 21, 22, 24.

C - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.

D - Gage height, 22.10 ft.

E - Discharge, 20,600 ft3/s, during period of constricted channel from bridge construction.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data