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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. Discharge record for January 1966 to February 1980 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

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) (616.76 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE 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 Dec. 1 to Jan. 13, and 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 0.90 76  310  20  25  37  20  12    6.8   0.16 0.00 0.00
2 0.84 263  184  22  24  33  21  11    6.6   0.25 0.00 0.00
3 0.82 167  128  212  24  32  20  10    7.2   0.10 0.00 0.00
4 0.77 136  99  314  24  33  19  10    7.1   0.08 0.00 0.00
5 0.66 110  81  1230  39  30  19  9.7 6.4   0.07 0.00 0.00
 
6 0.63 88  72  722  80  29  19  10    5.3   0.06 0.00 0.00
7 0.64 71  732  230  147  32  20  10    4.9   0.04 0.00 0.00
8 0.69 56  327  141  284  27  19  9.8 4.7   0.01 0.00 0.00
9 0.88 49  185  121  163  25  18  9.8 5.0   0.00 0.00 0.00
10 0.86 45  133  139  118  26  18  9.7 5.1   0.00 0.00 0.00
 
11 0.76 110  105  147  87  27  18  8.9 6.6   0.00 0.00 0.00
12 1.8   204  87  175  86  26  43  9.6 11      0.01 0.00 0.00
13 2.3   117  72  761  209  22  139  9.7 7.6   0.00 0.00 0.00
14 1.7   83  59  364  399  21  72  11    7.5   0.00 0.00 0.00
15 2.1   67  53  148  170  20  46  10    6.9   0.01 0.00 0.00
 
16 1.5   59  49  96  254  20  36  9.0 5.4   0.13 0.00 0.00
17 1.2   53  45  72  136  21  30  8.4 4.3   0.06 0.00 0.00
18 241      49  42  67  90  21  27  8.3 3.5   0.04 0.00 0.00
19 516      76  38  56  71  21  24  17    3.0   0.01 0.00 0.00
20 183      78  46  48  71  19  22  22    2.4   0.00 0.00 0.00
 
21 120      62  35  45  75  19  19  14    1.9   0.00 0.00 0.00
22 87      55  30  43  63  21  21  12    1.8   0.00 0.00 0.00
23 77      52  e27  43  56  26  18  11    1.2   0.00 0.00 0.00
24 71      188  e25  36  53  22  17  9.5 0.95 0.00 0.00 0.00
25 56      324  e24  e33  49  28  16  8.6 0.84 0.00 0.00 0.00
 
26 51      179  e23  e33  44  35  17  8.4 0.65 0.00 0.00 0.00
27 85      134  e22  33  43  31  14  8.3 0.51 0.00 0.00 0.00
28 78      147  e21  34  43  29  13  7.9 0.38 0.00 0.00 0.00
29 91      117  e20  32  ---  25  13  7.5 0.31 0.00 0.00 0.00
30 74      162  e19  29  ---  25  13  7.3 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00
 
31 57      ---  e19  26  ---  23  ---  7.2 ---      0.00 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 1806.05 3377 3112 5472 2927 806 811 317.6 126.06 1.03 0.00 0.00
MEAN 58.3 113 100 177 105 26.0 27.0 10.2 4.20 0.03 0.00 0.00
MAX 516 324 732 1230 399 37 139 22 11 0.25 0.00 0.00
MIN 0.63 45 19 20 24 19 13 7.2 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00
CFSM 1.68 3.25 2.90 5.10 3.02 0.75 0.78 0.30 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.00
IN. 1.94 3.63 3.35 5.88 3.15 0.87 0.87 0.34 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.4 36.2 39.9 43.4 47.6 45.3 50.2 50.8 33.9 11.1 4.41 6.05
MAX 88.0 235 131 177 124 117 146 227 102 39.8 39.7 54.2
(WY) 2001 1993 1983 2005 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 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 18012.89 18755.74
ANNUAL MEAN 49.2   51.4   32.0        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 61.0         2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 5.12       2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 893          Jan 4 1230          Jan 5 1680            May 16 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.13     Aug 17 0.00     A 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.31     Aug 11 0.00     Jul 20 0.00       B
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1660          Jan 5 3260        C May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.61     Jan 5 13.38       May 12 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.42 1.49 0.926    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 19.37 20.17 12.57      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 117      137      72           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20      19      11           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.0   0.00 0.00      

A - Many days.

B - Many days in most years.

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


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