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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593900       EAST FORK SHOAL CREEK NEAR COFFEEN, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°08'55", long 89°21'09" (NAD of 1983), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.7, T.8 N., R.2 W., Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 8, 4.5 mi northeast of Coffeen, 6.5 mi east of Hillsboro, and at mile 39.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 55.5 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1963 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 574.76 ft above NGVD of 1929 (574.39 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,910 ft3/s, Dec. 7, 1966, from rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height, 14.45 ft; maximum gage height, 14.75 ft, Aug. 5, 1998, discharge, 5,030 ft3/s; no flow for many days in most years.
 

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 e0.19 64    634    e12  18  20    20    5.8   1.1   0.11 0.00 0.00
2 e0.18 260    121    e15  18  17    18    5.2   1.0   0.10 0.00 0.00
3 e0.18 45    59    1080  19  16    16    5.1   1.1   0.09 0.00 0.00
4 e0.18 46    39    907  20  16    15    5.6   1.1   0.09 0.00 0.00
5 e0.17 37    31    2770  27  15    14    4.9   0.89 0.33 0.00 0.00
 
6 e0.19 16    78    1650  44  14    14    4.6   0.74 1.8   0.00 0.00
7 e0.28 10    2040    142  139  14    13    4.5   0.93 1.6   0.00 0.00
8 e0.40 6.8 704    73  355  13    12    4.0   0.83 0.72 0.00 0.00
9 e0.32 5.0 97    94  188  12    10    3.6   0.95 0.39 0.00 0.00
10 e0.29 4.4 63    195  124  11    9.5 3.5   0.82 0.26 0.00 0.00
 
11 e0.27 43    64    184  46  11    9.2 11      0.81 0.21 0.00 0.00
12 e0.50 139    53    224  55  12    44    25      0.77 0.89 0.00 0.00
13 e1.2   30    38    2260  719  12    209    7.3   0.89 0.76 0.00 0.00
14 2.1   13    28    805  855  10    33    4.8   15      3.9   0.06 0.00
15 1.6   9.2 24    91  119  9.2 20    3.5   4.3   2.0   0.07 0.00
 
16 0.72 7.6 e20    59  88  9.2 16    3.1   1.9   0.80 1.3   0.00
17 0.76 6.9 e17    48  54  9.2 13    2.8   0.90 0.36 0.87 0.00
18 14      6.8 e15    38  40  9.1 12    3.1   0.61 0.50 0.50 0.00
19 57      19    e13    40  33  8.7 10    2.7   0.44 0.82 0.27 0.02
20 13      35    e12    56  36  8.6 8.9 2.4   0.36 0.22 0.16 0.25
 
21 5.5   16    e11    93  38  8.3 8.1 2.6   0.35 0.15 0.08 0.04
22 3.1   9.6 e10    51  32  14    10    2.6   0.32 0.14 0.03 0.01
23 3.0   9.1 e8.8 32  27  558    9.9 2.2   0.29 0.18 0.00 0.00
24 2.0   546    e8.0 e26  26  153    7.5 1.7   0.31 0.14 0.00 0.00
25 2.0   684    e7.8 e23  25  126    6.9 1.5   0.29 0.09 0.00 0.39
 
26 6.9   100    e7.5 e21  23  102    7.4 1.2   0.23 0.04 0.00 0.18
27 142      132    e7.3 e20  21  51    7.1 1.1   0.18 0.07 0.04 0.06
28 30      205    e7.5 19  21  38    6.2 1.0   0.14 0.05 0.02 1.1  
29 11      69    e7.8 20  ---  30    6.1 0.95 0.13 0.02 0.00 5.4  
30 5.8   369    e9.0 20  ---  26    6.2 1.7   0.10 0.01 0.00 1.0  
 
31 3.8   ---    e11    20  ---  23    ---    1.5   ---      0.00 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 308.63 2943.4 4245.7 11088 3210 1376.3 592.0 130.55 37.78 16.84 3.40 8.45
MEAN 9.96 98.1 137 358 115 44.4 19.7 4.21 1.26 0.54 0.11 0.28
MAX 142 684 2040 2770 855 558 209 25 15 3.9 1.3 5.4
MIN 0.17 4.4 7.3 12 18 8.3 6.1 0.95 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.18 1.77 2.47 6.44 2.07 0.80 0.36 0.08 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01
IN. 0.21 1.97 2.85 7.43 2.15 0.92 0.40 0.09 0.03 0.01 0.00 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1964 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 14.9 28.7 55.3 65.0 67.0 74.7 71.7 69.7 37.3 16.2 10.5 14.7
MAX 192 193 256 358 222 313 347 572 203 176 127 181
(WY) 1970 1994 1983 2005 1982 1978 1994 2002 1973 1982 1998 1993
MIN 0.00 0.08 0.05 0.16 1.75 2.90 4.09 1.36 0.13 0.00 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1964 1998 1977 1977 2000 2000 2000 1988 1988 1964 1988 1964

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1964 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 21863.77     23961.05
ANNUAL MEAN 59.7       65.6   43.7        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 113            2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 6.76       1992
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2040              Dec 7 2770          Jan 5 3830            May 7 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.17 A     Oct 5 0.00     Many days 0.00       B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.18 A     Sep 29 0.00     Jul 31 0.00       Oct 1 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3140          Jan 5 5910        C Dec 7 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.00     Jan 5 14.75   D Aug 5 1998
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.08     1.18 0.787    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.65     16.06 10.70      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 93          95      63           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.6       6.9   5.0        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.35     0.00 0.10      

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in September and October.

B - Many days in most years.

C - From rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s, gage height 14.45 ft.

D - Discharge, 5,030 ft3/s.


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