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SALINE RIVER BASIN


03382100       SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR CARRIER MILLS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°38'16", long 88°40'40" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.10 S., R.5 E., Saline County, Hydrologic Unit 05140204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 45, 150 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Carrier Mills, and at mile 42.4.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 147 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1965 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1963-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site ATH 05.
 

SEDIMENT: Water years 1977 to 1981.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 375.63 ft above NGVD of 1929 (375.34 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 31, 1967, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,160 ft3/s, Jan. 31, 1982, gage height, 16.32 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.60 ft3/s, July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,570 mg/L May 28, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L Aug. 20-22, 1980.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 8,010 tons May 28, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton Aug. 20-22, Sept. 20, Oct. 10, 1980, May 3, 4, 1981.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 3.4 11  781  585  61  86  875  172  11    3.5 3.6 20   
2 3.0 933  239  564  58  67  396  114  17    3.4 3.9 13   
3 3.4 243  131  837  68  57  220  87  17    3.5 4.3 8.5
4 2.8 108  91  959  78  53  161  72  13    4.7 4.4 6.5
5 2.4 78  82  1720  71  54  128  62  12    12    4.4 5.4
 
6 2.6 45  227  2450  62  45  109  52  11    12    4.1 5.1
7 2.3 35  1030  2490  147  43  107  43  10    7.9 4.0 5.1
8 2.3 24  808  1670  511  55  118  36  9.5 5.7 8.9 5.1
9 2.1 20  314  798  282  41  104  34  9.2 4.8 7.3 5.1
10 2.1 17  208  382  189  34  88  34  7.9 4.5 6.0 4.9
 
11 2.4 70  152  253  142  34  81  32  14    6.5 6.4 4.6
12 6.1 366  123  214  119  35  103  26  50    28    6.0 4.1
13 9.0 126  103  1160  222  31  188  23  111    36    5.0 4.0
14 7.2 64  71  1640  610  30  136  1030  45    21    4.8 4.0
15 4.7 43  55  1030  347  26  105  905  23    20    50    5.2
 
16 4.9 35  54  401  217  22  87  386  16    46    26    6.4
17 5.1 29  52  221  155  23  72  180  12    86    19    5.9
18 5.6 28  49  e160  123  23  63  118  9.8 32    15    5.7
19 76    83  46  e130  107  22  57  86  8.6 32    18    5.5
20 31    122  37  e108  90  22  54  78  7.7 45    13    6.3
 
21 11    69  34  e92  93  22  47  70  7.1 21    17    9.1
22 7.0 48  e32  e82  79  31  68  54  6.9 15    9.6 8.5
23 5.9 46  e30  e70  70  213  135  44  6.4 10    5.9 8.2
24 6.5 83  e30  66  70  120  82  34  5.9 8.0 4.7 7.4
25 10    207  e32  71  70  82  66  26  5.4 6.4 4.4 10   
 
26 9.4 104  e34  68  66  74  79  21  4.8 6.2 12    21   
27 117    75  e40  60  59  86  144  18  4.2 5.8 21    20   
28 65    276  e44  49  67  2240  109  17  4.0 5.7 14    15   
29 20    143  e145  53  ---  3110  177  15  3.9 5.3 7.8 15   
30 11    625  979  70  ---  2060  247  12  3.7 4.9 16    12   
 
31 8.2 ---  881  71  ---  1140  ---  11  ---    4.2 23    ---   

TOTAL 449.4 4156 6934 18524 4233 9981 4406 3892 467.0 507.0 349.5 256.6
MEAN 14.5 139 224 598 151 322 147 126 15.6 16.4 11.3 8.55
MAX 117 933 1030 2490 610 3110 875 1030 111 86 50 21
MIN 2.1 11 30 49 58 22 47 11 3.7 3.4 3.6 4.0
CFSM 0.10 0.94 1.52 4.06 1.03 2.19 1.00 0.85 0.11 0.11 0.08 0.06
IN. 0.11 1.05 1.75 4.69 1.07 2.53 1.11 0.98 0.12 0.13 0.09 0.06
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 27.8 114 213 224 276 319 313 264 116 36.1 35.2 20.5
MAX 354 643 1193 608 864 837 922 1115 633 163 485 110
(WY) 2002 1986 1983 1999 1989 1979 1983 1983 1997 1976 1985 1992
MIN 2.57 4.05 8.22 10.7 42.3 28.6 22.3 15.4 6.10 1.88 5.34 1.67
(WY) 1967 1972 1977 1981 1996 1981 1981 1988 1972 1966 1994 1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 35571.3     54155.5      
ANNUAL MEAN 97.2     148          163     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 336      2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.0   1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1340            Mar 4 3110              Mar 29 4880      Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.8         Sep 29 2.1           Oct 9, 10 0.60 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.3         Oct 5 2.3           Oct 5 0.77 Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3230              Mar 29 5160      Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 14.51         Mar 29 16.32 Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 2.0   B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.661 1.01     1.11
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.00   13.70     15.03
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 231        278          398     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 38        36          32     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.9     4.8       5.9  

A - July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.

B - Oct. 7, 9, 10, 11.


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