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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05592575       HICKORY CREEK NEAR BROWNSTOWN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°56'13", long 88°57'10" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.6 N., R.2 E., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of county bridge, about 4 mi south of Brownstown, 4.3 mi above Little Hickory Creek, and at mile 12.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.2 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-93-1: 1989(M), WDR IL-95-1: 1994 (P).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 493.37 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (492.96 ft NAVD 1988).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,250 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 16.43 ft; maximum gage height, 16.48 ft, discharge, 6,100 ft3/s, May 8, 2003; no flow for many days in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for the period of Jan. 6 to Apr. 12 and 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 0.00 16    311    12    14  11    12    5.5 1.4   0.00 0.00 0.00
2 0.00 119    50    43    14  9.0 12    4.4 1.4   0.00 0.00 0.00
3 0.00 22    19    1730    14  9.0 10    3.8 1.4   0.00 0.00 0.00
4 0.00 18    12    518    18  9.1 9.4 3.6 1.2   0.00 0.00 0.00
5 0.00 8.6 8.9 2400    28  8.5 8.4 3.4 0.99 0.00 0.00 0.00
 
6 0.00 4.2 67    702    31  7.9 8.5 3.2 0.98 0.00 0.00 0.00
7 0.00 2.9 649    130    179  8.4 9.0 3.1 0.83 0.00 0.00 0.00
8 0.00 2.4 80    86    272  7.4 7.2 2.8 0.80 0.00 0.00 0.00
9 0.00 2.0 29    131    181  6.7 6.4 2.7 0.86 0.00 0.00 0.00
10 0.00 1.8 18    188    74  6.8 6.2 2.7 0.86 0.00 0.00 0.00
 
11 0.00 119    13    235    32  7.0 6.8 2.6 0.89 0.00 0.00 0.00
12 0.00 110    11    153    28  8.0 70    3.3 0.85 0.00 0.00 0.00
13 0.00 15    8.1 1420    304  6.8 68    2.7 0.87 0.00 0.00 0.00
14 0.00 6.3 6.2 226    414  6.1 26    3.3 1.5   0.00 0.00 0.00
15 0.00 4.0 5.3 61    79  5.9 17    3.2 1.8   0.00 0.00 0.00
 
16 0.00 3.3 e4.5 36    40  6.0 13    2.4 1.1   0.00 1.1   0.00
17 0.00 3.0 e4.1 25    26  6.0 11    2.0 0.79 0.00 1.6   0.00
18 142      3.0 e3.7 19    19  5.9 9.5 1.9 0.60 0.00 0.79 0.00
19 79      25    e3.4 e15    16  5.8 7.8 2.0 0.54 0.00 0.55 0.00
20 8.8   17    e3.2 e13    19  5.5 6.4 2.0 0.55 0.00 1.7   0.00
 
21 3.3   7.2 e3.0 e12    18  5.4 5.4 2.0 0.49 0.00 0.73 0.00
22 2.3   11    e2.8 e11    15  12    7.8 1.9 0.39 0.00 0.42 0.00
23 2.2   13    e2.6 e10    13  97    6.4 1.6 0.35 0.00 0.26 0.00
24 4.4   223    e2.4 e9.5 14  35    5.0 1.5 0.30 0.00 0.10 0.00
25 2.5   171    e2.3 e9.2 13  78    4.6 1.7 0.22 0.00 0.00 0.00
 
26 2.4   27    e2.2 e9.0 12  52    6.9 1.7 0.12 0.00 0.00 1.9  
27 11      24    e2.1 e8.8 11  26    6.2 1.6 0.03 0.00 0.00 1.7  
28 4.1   79    e2.1 9.0 12  19    5.0 1.4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.87
29 2.6   24    e2.3 11    ---  14    6.4 1.4 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.4  
30 5.4   184    e3.4 14    ---  12    8.7 1.7 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.6  
 
31 4.4   ---    e5.0 14    ---  17    ---    1.6 ---      0.00 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 274.40 1265.7 1336.6 8260.5 1910 514.2 387.0 78.7 22.11 0.00 7.25 9.47
MEAN 8.85 42.2 43.1 266 68.2 16.6 12.9 2.54 0.74 0.00 0.23 0.32
MAX 142 223 649 2400 414 97 70 5.5 1.8 0.00 1.7 3.4
MIN 0.00 1.8 2.1 8.8 11 5.4 4.6 1.4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.20 0.95 0.98 6.03 1.54 0.38 0.29 0.06 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01
IN. 0.23 1.07 1.12 6.95 1.61 0.43 0.33 0.07 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.74 31.6 28.2 73.0 52.4 61.6 67.1 91.8 26.5 13.2 7.94 15.5
MAX 18.3 232 208 266 151 134 224 365 93.7 95.1 46.1 135
(WY) 1994 1994 1991 2005 1997 1991 1994 1995 2000 1993 2000 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.19 3.49 10.8 6.77 2.00 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1989 1998 1998 2000 1996 2001 2004 2001 1992 2005 1996 1990

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 13734.18   14065.93  
ANNUAL MEAN 37.5     38.5     39.4        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 64.1         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 19.0         1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1770            Jan 4 2400            Jan 5 4080            May 18 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Many days 0.00       Many days 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Aug 11 0.00       Oct 1 0.00       Oct 1 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3010            Jan 5 6250        B Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.11       Jan 5 16.48   C May 8 2003
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.849 0.872 0.891    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.56   11.84   12.11      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 58        63        64           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.4     3.2     3.5        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.01   0.00   0.00      

A - Many days in most years.

B - Gage height, 16.43 ft.

C - Discharge, 6,100 ft3/s.



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