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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05590400       KASKASKIA RIVER NEAR PESOTUM, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°52'44", long 88°22'35" (NAD of 1927), NW1/4NE1/4, sec. 2, T.16 N., R.7 E., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank at downstream side of bridge, 0.1 mi downstream from Twomile Slogh, 6.0 mi southwest of Pestotum, and at mile 271.4.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 109 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1964 to September 1979.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-79.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 648.40 ft above NGVD of 1929 (648.19 ft NAVD 1988). Oct. 1, 1964 to Nov. 16, 1965, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Discharge adjusted for pumpage. Water is pumped into river from wells 15 mi upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,310 ft3/s June 23, 1974, gage height, 15.92 ft; minimum, 2.9 ft3/s Sept. 9, 1966.




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