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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05595200       RICHLAND CREEK NEAR HECKER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°19'26", long 89°58'14" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.27 projected, T.2 S., R.8 W., St. Clair County, Hydrologic Unit 07140204, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 156, 2 mi northeast of Hecker, 5 mi west of New Athens, and at mile 17.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 129 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1969 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1995 to current year. October 1980 to September 1994 (8 a.m. gage heights).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

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 375.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (374.50 ft NAVD 1988). June 28, 1976, to Nov. 9, 1978, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Three sewage-treatment plants 13-16 mi upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 23,400 ft3/s, April 29, 1996, gage height, 44.4 ft, from floodmark; minimum daily discharge, 4.2 ft3/s, Oct. 17, 1976.




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