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KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN


05593020       KASKASKIA RIVER NEAR POSEY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°32'11", long 89°22'54" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.13, T.1 S., R.3 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 161, 1.8 mi west of Posey, about 6 mi southwest of Carlyle, 7.3 mi above mouth of Crooked Creek, and at mile 83.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,745 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: Fragmentary records of discharge and gage height prior to Oct. 1, 1994, available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

STAGE: Oct. 1, 1995 to current year.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 395.50 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

STAGE: Maximum gage height, 25.44 ft, May 28, 2002; minimum, 6.23 ft, Oct. 27, 1996.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

STAGE: Maximum gage height, 26.2 ft, Dec. 22, 1993; minimum, 6.24 ft, Sept. 12, 1977, from information by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum gage height, 25.44 ft, May 28; minimum, 6.54 ft, Oct. 7.


GAGE HEIGHT, in FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
16.6911.7613.3118.6212.9418.8923.8223.5925.3419.1719.0110.08
26.7011.2814.4718.6014.8318.9123.5323.8525.3319.1218.919.66
36.7011.2614.9818.5916.9719.1623.1423.9325.3219.0818.739.22
46.6911.2514.9618.6818.6819.2222.4523.9125.3419.0518.668.88
56.7011.2714.9218.9619.1519.1021.6423.9025.3419.0318.528.85
 
66.6011.2614.9318.9818.9518.9320.9723.9925.3318.9818.188.66
76.5611.2514.9318.9618.7518.8620.2824.1825.3518.9417.928.21
86.5711.2514.9218.9318.5818.8220.1424.3625.1918.8917.578.18
96.6011.2514.9118.8918.5020.3820.2724.3824.7618.9817.157.96
106.6211.2514.9018.8618.6421.9719.9724.3724.2319.2416.817.22
 
116.6211.2414.8818.8418.9722.6419.7124.3323.7519.2316.507.14
126.6411.2414.8518.8118.9723.0619.5724.3223.3019.2016.057.20
136.6411.1114.2018.7818.9723.3119.5824.4922.8118.6415.797.12
146.6710.8013.9118.6618.9323.2819.6124.3622.3719.0815.527.10
156.6110.7814.5118.3818.9023.2219.4924.3821.2119.1415.087.11
 
167.7510.6915.9618.2418.8823.2319.3524.4419.8118.8214.607.13
1710.459.9917.7317.9418.8623.1418.8524.5019.3418.7414.097.15
1810.509.4418.2717.7918.7423.0618.3824.5219.2018.7713.547.18
1910.519.4219.9017.4818.6623.0417.9324.6919.1418.8213.207.16
2010.529.4519.9217.1819.3723.1517.8924.7718.9318.9212.817.27
 
2110.529.1119.7916.8919.9623.2117.5524.8418.0518.9112.227.41
2210.538.0219.3116.1219.9823.2118.4324.9317.0618.8911.608.12
2310.577.9818.8615.3720.1923.1319.8125.0416.9518.9211.307.93
2410.568.1018.6014.8919.9222.8119.9125.0817.0418.8811.188.11
2510.227.9818.4014.3819.7522.8319.7225.1017.4418.8210.948.24
 
2611.498.2018.3213.6219.7123.1419.6225.2418.4418.8010.958.27
2713.378.7918.4212.2819.5923.7119.7325.3419.0918.7810.918.55
2813.868.8518.6711.6719.2423.9520.4425.3619.3818.7310.889.62
2914.469.7718.7011.16---24.0321.5125.2119.2818.6910.779.63
3013.8712.3218.6811.17---24.0222.8225.2819.2218.7910.719.69
 
3113.15---18.6511.79---23.92---25.34---19.0110.50---

MEAN9.0910.2116.7016.7618.7022.0420.2024.5821.4418.9414.548.13
MAX14.4612.3219.9218.9820.1924.0323.8225.3625.3519.2419.0110.08
MIN6.567.9813.3111.1612.9418.8217.5523.5916.9518.6410.507.10

WTR YR 2002MEAN 16.78MAX 25.36MIN 6.56


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