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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 3.3   e15  25  66  e17  24  94  e30  28    5.0 1.6   31     
2 2.1   e15  23  58  e18  21  67  e47  22    4.3 1.3   20     
3 1.7   e16  23  64  e16  17  53  30  18    4.1 1.2   15     
4 1.4   e18  24  893  e14  129  41  24  16    4.7 1.0   12     
5 1.3   e22  24  652  e13  343  35  21  15    9.8 0.84 9.5  
 
6 1.2   25  21  174  e13  157  33  18  15    e7.0 0.75 8.2  
7 1.1   22  20  94  e12  93  31  16  13    e8.0 0.67 6.9  
8 1.0   22  21  66  e12  64  28  15  12    e6.0 0.64 5.7  
9 1.00 21  21  50  e11  51  24  15  11    e5.0 0.65 4.8  
10 1.1   20  25  38  e11  41  22  14  11    e9.0 0.65 4.1  
 
11 1.5   21  23  36  e10  38  21  13  12    e15    0.53 3.6  
12 2.1   22  20  37  e10  32  20  13  10    e30    0.46 3.2  
13 2.9   21  20  31  e10  29  19  14  9.0 e20    0.35 2.8  
14 20      21  21  31  e10  28  18  17  8.0 42    0.27 2.7  
15 39      21  20  28  e10  26  17  23  7.6 e25    0.23 2.7  
 
16 25      22  20  24  e10  27  17  19  140    e15    0.17 2.8  
17 18      23  17  58  e12  25  16  17  106    e9.0 0.13 2.4  
18 16      166  18  169  e25  23  15  16  69    e5.0 0.95 2.3  
19 15      176  16  84  64  20  15  16  41    e3.5 0.49 1.9  
20 14      90  15  54  77  22  16  15  29    2.7 1.5   1.6  
 
21 14      60  15  43  50  19  17  13  24    2.3 1.00 1.4  
22 e15      45  16  33  32  18  14  13  20    2.5 0.71 1.3  
23 e15      59  216  44  35  19  13  14  16    2.0 0.55 1.2  
24 e13      167  157  27  42  19  12  46  14    1.6 0.72 1.0  
25 e13      89  86  26  35  19  15  69  11    2.0 4.1   1.1  
 
26 e14      62  60  43  29  124  12  48  10    2.0 29      0.96
27 e13      48  50  21  24  159  11  42  8.6 1.6 9.4   0.87
28 e12      39  46  19  21  89  11  44  7.7 1.3 285      0.95
29 e14      34  255  19  21  108  10  32  6.6 1.2 741      0.90
30 e16      32  149  e18  ---  220  10  47  5.7 2.2 94      0.90
 
31 e15      ---  88  e18  ---  155  ---  37  ---    2.2 51      ---     

TOTAL 322.70 1414 1555 3018 664 2159 727 798 716.2 251.0 1230.86 153.78
MEAN 10.4 47.1 50.2 97.4 22.9 69.6 24.2 25.7 23.9 8.10 39.7 5.13
MAX 39 176 255 893 77 343 94 69 140 42 741 31
MIN 1.0 15 15 18 10 17 10 13 5.7 1.2 0.13 0.87
CFSM 0.30 1.36 1.45 2.81 0.66 2.01 0.70 0.74 0.69 0.23 1.15 0.15
IN. 0.35 1.52 1.67 3.24 0.71 2.32 0.78 0.86 0.77 0.27 1.32 0.17
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 13.7 33.0 37.3 37.9 45.3 46.1 51.1 52.4 35.1 11.5 4.59 6.29
MAX 88.0 235 131 122 124 117 146 227 102 39.8 39.7 54.2
(WY) 2001 1993 1983 1993 1982 1998 1994 2002 1998 2000 2004 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.19 0.78 1.70 0.85 8.19 1.27 0.03 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1989 2000 2000 1981 2003 2003 2003 2000 1991 1991 1984 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 5151.15   13009.54
ANNUAL MEAN 14.1     35.5   31.2        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 61.0         2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.12       2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 267            May 10 893          Jan 4 1680            May 16 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       A 0.13     Aug 17 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Aug 16 0.31     Aug 11 0.00       B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3060          Aug 29 3260        C May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.20     Aug 29 13.38       May 12 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.11     Aug 17
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.408 1.03 0.902    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 5.54   13.99 12.26      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 25        68      69           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.4     17      11           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.16   1.3   0.00      

A - Several days.

B - Many days in most years.

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


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