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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05585830       MCKEE CREEK AT CHAMBERSBURG, IL

 

LOCATION.--Lat 39°49'04", long 90°39'16" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 8, T.3 S., R. 2 W, Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07130011, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 104 at east side of Chambersburg, 3.8 miles downstream from Leineke Branch, 5.5 miles upstream from South Fork McKee Creek, and at mile 7.1.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.--341 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 2002 to current year.
 

STAGE: August 2002 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: WATER YEARS 1979-87.
 

SEDIMENT: October 2002 to current year.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-05.
 

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, automatic water sampler, and crest-stage-gage. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (established by Illinois Dept. of Transportation) (399.66 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,900 ft3/s, Aug. 29, 2004, gage height, 43.59 ft; Minimum discharge, 1.7 ft3/s, Sept. 8, 11-13, 2005.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,970 mg/L, Jan. 13, 2005; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Oct. 18-24, 2003.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 77,300 tons, Jan. 13, 2005; minimum daily, 0.21 tons, Sept. 12, 2005.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of June 2002 exceeded the measured discharge of 12,100 ft3/s on June 13, 2002, gage height not determined.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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 14  3630  538  e73  e96  e138  62  84  22    7.3 2.9 3.2
2 16  6640  460  115  e93  e132  53  78  20    6.6 2.8 2.7
3 16  962  286  2750  e90  e122  51  71  19    6.4 2.6 2.4
4 16  900  197  5610  e90  e116  47  67  19    6.2 2.5 2.2
5 16  971  157  5780  e94  e114  45  64  17    6.3 2.5 2.0
 
6 16  405  1810  3210  96  e112  44  62  16    6.0 2.2 1.9
7 16  273  3250  659  155  e108  44  60  16    5.7 2.1 1.8
8 19  213  3460  397  303  e104  44  59  22    5.3 2.0 1.9
9 18  170  509  324  248  e102  41  57  65    5.0 2.0 2.5
10 26  136  314  387  176  e98  37  54  107    4.7 2.1 2.0
 
11 36  116  269  536  129  e92  39  53  83    4.5 1.9 1.8
12 26  99  251  659  151  e94  1260  74  175    12    3.5 1.7
13 22  81  210  6940  1520  e93  1250  193  106    12    4.7 2.1
14 20  69  190  4700  6210  e87  549  124  56    9.6 6.1 3.8
15 22  61  170  892  1160  84  322  82  38    7.8 5.4 3.6
 
16 23  58  163  e460  423  78  240  64  30    6.6 5.0 4.6
17 30  55  145  e270  265  76  201  53  24    5.8 4.1 4.2
18 53  54  125  e220  205  74  177  47  19    5.2 3.6 5.9
19 829  57  101  e180  187  71  158  54  16    4.7 5.2 26   
20 361  59  e82  e160  192  69  142  53  14    4.4 10    23   
 
21 143  56  e70  e140  210  66  133  51  13    4.1 102    17   
22 83  48  e58  e130  200  71  141  45  12    3.9 51    13   
23 58  42  e53  e120  188  158  147  39  12    3.6 23    12   
24 44  63  e48  e114  169  191  138  34  11    3.4 13    8.8
25 37  231  e46  e108  157  157  120  31  10    3.2 9.8 9.8
 
26 45  283  e44  e105  e150  151  110  29  10    3.2 9.3 9.1
27 2370  2600  e42  e102  e142  126  111  26  9.0 4.1 7.2 7.7
28 923  2900  e42  e100  e136  103  104  24  8.6 3.7 5.4 7.4
29 321  673  e44  e104  ---  93  95  24  8.1 3.4 4.8 7.4
30 325  393  e50  e116  ---  83  90  25  7.7 3.1 3.8 5.9
 
31 264  ---  e58  e105  ---  75  ---  24  ---    2.8 3.8 ---   

TOTAL 6208 22298 13242 35566 13235 3238 5995 1805 985.4 170.6 306.3 197.4
MEAN 200 743 427 1147 473 104 200 58.2 32.8 5.50 9.88 6.58
MAX 2370 6640 3460 6940 6210 191 1260 193 175 12 102 26
MIN 14 42 42 73 90 66 37 24 7.7 2.8 1.9 1.7
CFSM 0.59 2.18 1.25 3.36 1.39 0.31 0.59 0.17 0.10 0.02 0.03 0.02
IN. 0.68 2.43 1.44 3.88 1.44 0.35 0.65 0.20 0.11 0.02 0.03 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 88.1 332 344 417 273 203 211 229 94.4 91.4 327 166
MAX 200 743 572 1147 473 354 321 458 127 211 1055 600
(WY) 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2003
MIN 7.37 7.97 34.0 9.78 109 104 113 58.2 32.8 5.50 9.88 6.58
(WY) 2003 2003 2003 2003 2004 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 2002 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 107073.9     103246.7    
ANNUAL MEAN 293        283        240           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 283            2005
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 184            2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 10100            Aug 28 6940            Jan 13 10100            Aug 28 2004
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 5.7         Aug 19 1.7         Sep 12 1.7         Sep 12 2005
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 6.2         Aug 13 1.9         Sep 6 1.9         Sep 6 2005
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 9570            Jan 14 10900        A Aug 29 2004
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 45.81       Jan 14 45.81   B Jan 14 2005
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.7         C 1.7         C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.858 0.830 0.703    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.68   11.26   9.55      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 331        400        341           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 79        58        59           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 14        3.8     6.4        

A - Gage height, 43.59 ft.

B - Discharge, 9,570 ft3/s.

C - Sept. 8, 11-13, 2005.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data