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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05585830       MCKEE CREEK AT CHAMBERSBURG, IL

 

LOCATION.--Lat 39°49'04", long 90°39'16" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec. 8, T.3 S., R. 2 W, Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07130011, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highway 104 at east side of Chambersburg, 3.8 miles downstream from Leineke Branch, 5.5 miles upstream from South Fork McKee Creek, and at mile 7.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.--341 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 2002 to current year.

 

STAGE: August 2002 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: WATER YEARS 1979-87.

 

SEDIMENT: October 2002 to current year.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2002-05.

 

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, automatic water sampler, and crest-stage-gage. Datum of gage is 400.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (established by Illinois Dept. of Transportation) (399.66 ft NAVD 1988).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,900 ft3/s, Aug. 29, 2004, gage height, 43.59 ft; Minimum discharge, 1.7 ft3/s, Sept. 8, 11-13, 2005.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,970 mg/L, Jan. 13, 2005; minimum daily, 15 mg/L, Oct. 18-24, 2003.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 77,300 tons, Jan. 13, 2005; minimum daily, 0.21 tons, Sept. 12, 2005.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of June 2002 exceeded the measured discharge of 12,100 ft3/s on June 13, 2002, gage height not determined.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,970 mg/L, Jan. 13; minimum daily, 35 mg/L, Dec. 19.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 77,300 tons, Jan. 13; minimum daily, 0.21 tons, Sept. 12.


SEDIMENT DISCHARGE, SUSPENDED (TONS/DAY), WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
MEANMEANMEAN
MEANCONCEN-SEDIMENTMEANCONCEN-SEDIMENTMEANCONCEN-SEDIMENT
DISCHARGETRATIONDISCHARGEDISCHARGETRATIONDISCHARGEDISCHARGETRATIONDISCHARGE
DAY(CFS)(MG/L)(TONS/DAY)(CFS)(MG/L)(TONS/DAY)(CFS)(MG/L)(TONS/DAY)
 
OCTOBERNOVEMBERDECEMBER



114652.33630168028400538351504
216652.86640155030300460299375
316652.89628582320286260201
416652.89007051810197270143
516632.89717291970157284121
 
616552.4405440496181010606340
716522.32732261693250163018600
819522.7213145843460156018200
918532.617013160509468676
1026604.413613148314284243
 
1136525.111613141269196143
1226443.09913235251158108
1322402.4811322921013175
1420372.0691332519010855
1522352.161134221708539
 
1623452.958131201636228
1730403.255119181454216
1853487.554107161253612
198295291330579414101359.4
20361219250598213e825412
 
2114315861566911e707514
22831453348567.4e586911
2358831342536.0e53628.9
2444566.6639718e48628.1
2537595.8231205137e46627.7
 
26458611283279214e44627.4
27237013601110026009627990e42627.0
289237452210290010408610e42627.0
293212932616736271190e44627.4
30325291269393412439e50628.3
 
31264253190---------e58629.7
 
TOTAL6208---15796.522298---84512.413242---45996.9

 
JANUARYFEBRUARYMARCH



1e736413e967820e13810439
211511537e938120e13210236
32750101012500e908320e1229933
45610222036200e908621e1169730
55780234038200e949825e1149529
 
632101390131009612031e1129228
7659732138015515466e1089026
8397495530303252207e1048825
9324485424248259175e1028523
1038748450617619394e988322
 
1153650973612915957e928120
126596561270151327138e947820
13694039707730015208805820e937619
1447001760292006210182031700e877317
15892770186011607522640847116
 
16e460458584423381452786914
17e270341252265178129766614
18e22023914320513072746513
19e1801788718712865717214
20e1601295619212565698015
 
21e140883321012370668816
22e130752720012165719919
23e12070231881186015819785
24e114672116911653191194101
25e10867191571144815711147
 
26e1056619e1501114515110241
27e1026518e142109421269833
28e1006818e136106391039426
29e1047020---------939023
30e1167323---------838619
 
31e1057521---------758217
 
TOTAL35566---21462013235---422393238---880

 
APRILMAYJUNE



162791384491122774.6
253791178521120764.2
351791171551119753.9
447791067581119764.0
545789.564611117763.6
 
644789.362641116773.3
744789.460661116773.3
844779.359681122774.7
941758.3576911659219
1037727.254711010711034
 
1139818.7537310837818
121260796380074741517511857
1312509143240193106581068625
145494486921248730567311
1532218616482811838707.3
 
1624015810364801430695.6
172011488053821224694.4
181771376647851119693.6
191581275454871316693.1
201421174553891314692.7
 
211331073851881213692.5
22141973745871012692.3
23147893539869.012692.2
24138813034857.811692.0
25120732431847.010691.9
 
26110651929836.410691.9
27111571726825.79.0691.7
28104501424815.38.6691.6
2995441124805.18.1691.5
3090461125795.47.7691.4
 
31---------24785.0---------
 
TOTAL5995---8586.71805---381.7985.4---241.3

 
JULYAUGUSTSEPTEMBER



17.3691.42.9630.503.2480.42
26.6691.22.8630.482.7480.34
36.4691.22.6640.452.4470.31
46.2691.12.5640.422.2470.28
56.3691.22.5640.422.0470.25
 
66.0691.12.2640.381.9470.24
75.7691.12.1640.361.8470.22
85.3701.02.0640.351.9460.24
95.0700.962.0640.352.5460.31
104.7710.902.1640.362.0460.25
 
114.5720.871.9640.331.8460.22
1212822.73.5640.611.7460.21
1312762.54.7650.812.1450.26
149.6711.96.1651.13.8450.47
157.8701.55.4650.943.6450.44
 
166.6681.25.0650.884.6450.56
175.8661.04.1650.724.2440.51
185.2640.903.6660.645.9681.4
194.7630.795.2680.9626876.1
204.4620.7310782.123704.4
 
214.1620.70102922617542.5
223.9620.6651811113411.4
233.6620.6123815.112511.8
243.4620.5813772.78.8400.95
253.2630.549.8711.99.8401.1
 
263.2630.549.3661.69.1400.98
274.1630.707.2601.27.7400.83
283.7630.625.4540.787.4400.79
293.4630.584.8490.637.4400.80
303.1630.523.8480.505.9400.62
 
312.8630.483.8480.49---------
 
TOTAL170.6---31.78306.3---65.06197.4---29.20
 
YEAR103246.7413380.54


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