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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05594000       SHOAL CREEK NEAR BREESE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°36'36", long 89°29'41" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.13, T.2 N., R.4 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on old U.S. Highway 50, 0.4 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1.7 mi east of Breese, 7 mi upstream from Beaver Creek, and at mile 21.3.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 735 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water Years 1998 and 2002.
 

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 413.97 ft above NGVD of 1929 (413.58 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Dec. 8, 1914, chain gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1945, to Oct. 10, 1968, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.
 

REMARKS.-- About 1.03 ft3/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 23,300 ft3/s, May 9, 2002, gage height, 22.10 ft; maximum gage height, 23.02 ft, April 14, 1979, during period of constricted channel due to bridge construction; no flow for many days in 1954-56, 1988.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 19, 1943, reached a stage of 25.6 ft, present site and datum, discharge, 52,000 ft3/s on basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow.
 

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 e10  195  2310  e165  301  425  254  154  48  22  14    e12   
2 e10  398  2760  229  283  314  223  146  55  21  13    e11   
3 e10  887  3000  1580  268  220  201  133  49  16  11    e10   
4 e10  895  2500  3070  263  195  189  123  40  21  9.5 e9.0
5 e10  720  1320  e4940  269  185  179  115  36  24  e9.0 e8.7
 
6 e10  640  1000  e11600  273  180  173  107  32  19  e9.0 e9.4
7 e10  454  2120  17100  314  176  169  101  28  21  e9.0 e8.4
8 e10  333  2940  15800  766  170  168  94  28  57  e9.4 e7.5
9 e12  258  3700  12200  1660  168  166  88  29  39  e9.4 e6.7
10 e13  205  5630  8950  1920  161  162  84  31  30  e8.7 e6.4
 
11 e17  290  7870  6080  1510  153  159  101  34  26  e8.0 e6.5
12 e20  712  6850  3830  969  150  158  136  33  48  e8.0 e6.2
13 24  992  3590  3600  1090  151  165  160  54  56  e11    e6.4
14 21  677  1610  3720  2510  148  473  183  121  55  e14    e9.0
15 19  409  920  4770  3030  142  454  175  112  81  e24    e17   
 
16 17  289  702  8250  3730  139  282  157  392  128  e31    129   
17 18  233  596  9180  3740  137  241  142  278  75  48    51   
18 e200  205  531  6910  2190  134  218  123  177  38  44    25   
19 e350  207  493  3290  1120  134  198  107  133  e28  33    32   
20 e170  255  459  1660  838  131  182  142  102  e23  25    514   
 
21 e180  350  424  e1080  717  128  176  97  77  e20  37    276   
22 e130  322  341  e900  652  133  186  83  61  e18  21    66   
23 e84  325  205  e760  588  197  201  85  51  e17  14    54   
24 e64  579  e180  685  542  750  220  76  43  e16  10    38   
25 e55  1940  e165  628  511  1230  191  65  38  e15  8.9 56   
 
26 e50  2720  e158  617  483  894  171  60  33  e14  85    271   
27 e80  3020  e150  577  457  766  163  59  32  e14  89    155   
28 168  3050  e147  531  440  581  158  54  36  e13  49    115   
29 255  2570  e150  495  ---  444  155  48  27  e13  28    116   
30 272  1820  e152  420  ---  357  152  45  23  12  e18    198   
 
31 218  ---  e160  318  ---  307  ---  53  ---  12  e14    ---   

TOTAL 2517 25950 53133 133935 31434 9400 6187 3296 2233 992 721.9 2230.2
MEAN 81.2 865 1714 4320 1123 303 206 106 74.4 32.0 23.3 74.3
MAX 350 3050 7870 17100 3740 1230 473 183 392 128 89 514
MIN 10 195 147 165 263 128 152 45 23 12 8.0 6.2
CFSM 0.11 1.18 2.33 5.88 1.53 0.41 0.28 0.14 0.10 0.04 0.03 0.10
IN. 0.13 1.31 2.69 6.78 1.59 0.48 0.31 0.17 0.11 0.05 0.04 0.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 175 311 569 720 908 967 949 856 525 301 179 137
MAX 1704 2557 3925 4320 4385 4334 3062 6322 3697 1853 1493 1774
(WY) 1970 1947 1983 2005 1982 1978 1979 2002 1957 1957 1946 1993
MIN 1.19 4.65 8.03 6.31 8.97 11.9 56.0 12.3 15.9 2.50 7.38 2.32
(WY) 1957 1955 1955 1977 1954 1954 1954 1954 1988 1954 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 280985          272029.1      
ANNUAL MEAN 768          745          547           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 1119            2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 28.5         1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 10700              May 31 17100              Jan 7 22200            Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 10      A     Oct 1-8 6.2   B     Sep 12 0.00       C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 10      A     Oct 1 6.9   B     Sep 7 0.00       Jul 27 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 17600              Jan 7 23300        D May 9 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 21.31         Jan 7 23.02   E Apr 14 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.04     1.01     0.745    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.22     13.77     10.12      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2420          2010          1430           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 220          155          110           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 23          12          13           

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

B - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in September.

C - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.

D - Gage height, 22.10 ft.

E - Discharge, 20,600 ft3/s, during period of constricted channel from bridge construction.


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