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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05591700       WEST OKAW RIVER NEAR LOVINGTON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°43'52", long 88°39'45" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.21, T.15 N., R.5 E., Moultrie County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left downstream side of bridge on State Highways 32 and 133, 1.5 mi northwest of Lovington, 1.7 mi upstream from Stringtown Branch, and at mile 25.4.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 112 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.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1971-73.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1980-91.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 632.50 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (632.27 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to July 6, 2005, at site 140 ft upstream at same datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,300 ft3/s, May 8, 1996, gage height 16.40 ft; no flow for many days in most years.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 1968 reached a stage of 14.66 ft, discharge not determined, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records 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 0.00 91  953  47  60  104  82  32  30  11      0.01 0.00
2 0.00 327  789  46  56  81  78  32  30  8.7   0.00 0.00
3 0.00 297  587  e130  55  73  66  30  33  6.8   0.00 0.00
4 0.00 207  443  e774  54  81  63  29  31  5.9   0.01 0.00
5 0.00 173  334  1460  82  76  61  28  29  5.9   0.04 0.00
 
6 0.00 141  294  1930  204  64  57  29  24  4.5   0.05 0.00
7 0.00 113  1230  923  373  81  55  30  22  3.0   0.04 0.00
8 0.00 83  1260  703  713  67  50  30  22  3.3   0.03 0.00
9 0.00 68  766  574  657  53  48  31  23  2.4   0.01 0.00
10 0.00 63  610  557  504  55  47  31  21  1.9   0.00 0.00
 
11 0.00 60  471  618  364  63  46  187  34  1.6   0.00 0.00
12 0.00 57  373  1310  319  56  55  269  54  2.2   0.00 0.00
13 0.00 50  294  2990  405  43  113  67  38  2.9   0.00 0.00
14 0.00 44  214  1560  1010  40  78  53  250  3.0   0.00 0.00
15 0.00 41  183  829  743  39  62  35  345  2.4   0.00 0.00
 
16 0.00 41  165  638  634  40  55  28  145  5.1   0.00 0.00
17 0.00 40  143  450  502  44  53  39  88  2.7   0.00 0.00
18 0.01 37  133  e327  355  43  53  45  58  2.0   0.00 0.00
19 6.3   40  115  231  252  44  51  56  40  1.9   0.11 0.00
20 25      46  101  174  224  e37  49  141  31  1.5   0.07 0.00
 
21 17      42  108  152  257  e32  47  95  29  1.0   0.04 0.00
22 12      39  83  140  221  e35  50  71  27  0.82 0.02 0.00
23 14      42  e78  108  186  e60  48  65  24  0.70 0.00 0.00
24 38      114  e72  95  174  e160  42  58  22  0.50 0.00 0.00
25 38      635  e66  e98  156  e250  43  50  19  0.26 0.00 0.21
 
26 33      556  e60  e99  135  e350  44  45  18  0.13 0.00 2.7  
27 70      512  e58  e98  120  e250  40  42  16  0.09 0.02 34     
28 87      842  e56  95  128  e200  34  42  16  0.07 0.01 19     
29 78      676  e53  92  ---  e140  35  41  15  0.05 0.00 14     
30 94      704  e50  81  ---  e120  35  40  13  0.03 0.00 15     
 
31 96      ---  e48  67  ---  114  ---  36  ---  0.02 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 608.31 6181 10190 17396 8943 2895 1640 1807 1547 82.37 0.46 84.91
MEAN 19.6 206 329 561 319 93.4 54.7 58.3 51.6 2.66 0.01 2.83
MAX 96 842 1260 2990 1010 350 113 269 345 11 0.11 34
MIN 0.00 37 48 46 54 32 34 28 13 0.02 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.18 1.84 2.93 5.01 2.85 0.83 0.49 0.52 0.46 0.02 0.00 0.03
IN. 0.20 2.05 3.38 5.78 2.97 0.96 0.54 0.60 0.51 0.03 0.00 0.03
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 39.0 90.7 129 124 179 171 175 235 137 57.7 26.2 16.1
MAX 316 530 378 561 669 536 542 873 490 373 351 224
(WY) 1994 1986 1991 2005 1982 1982 2002 1996 1998 1992 1981 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.64 0.18 6.08 8.82 21.5 7.24 0.08 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1989 2000 2000 2003 2003 2003 2003 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 41648.31 51375.05
ANNUAL MEAN 114      141      116     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 219      2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 34.3   2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1740          Jan 5 2990          Jan 13 6080      Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     A 0.00     A 0.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Sep 13 0.00     Oct 1 0.00 C
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4450          Jan 13 10300      May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.29     Jan 13 16.40 May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.02 1.26 1.03
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.83 17.06 14.05
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 295      420      309     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 50      44      37     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.00

A - Many days.

B - Many days in most years.

C - Many occurences in most years.


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