HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 05592500 KASKASKIA RIVER AT VANDALIA, IL


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 1940 sq.mi.                            Datum is 453.30 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 07140202 at Latitude: 38:57:35N  Longitude: 089:05:20W
Station is in the state of IL (county code 051) and serviced by the IL office.
Channel slope is 1.37 feet/mile
Stream length is 169.37 miles
Mean basin elevation is 644.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.23%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 12.80%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 2.20 inches
Annual precipitation is 39.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.20 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 21.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Flow regulated by Shelby Reservoir since 1969.


Daily and longer averages for 58 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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