USGS CD-ROM: Current Year Discharge

05592900 EAST FORK KASKASKIA RIVER NEAR SANDOVAL, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 38°41'20", long 89°06'00", in NE¼NW¼ sec.21, T.3 N., R.1 E., Marion County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 51, about 1 mi north of Fairman, about 5 mi north of Sandoval, and at mile 9.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.--113 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1979 to current year. Gage-height record for April 1955 to Sept. 30, 1979, available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 460.20 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	.10	.27	e8.0	e1.6	8.3	105	210	508	11	34	264	2.0
2	.06	.30	e4.0	e1.7	6.7	80	123	312	9.0	18	46	2.4
3	.03	.19	e2.0	e1.8	5.4	45	79	620	7.5	8.8	102	2.0
4	.00	.16	e2.5	e2.0	4.8	32	359	787	31	5.7	1310	1.6
5	.00	.25	e1.8	e2.5	4.3	27	265	271	401	4.1	1570	1.5

6	.00	.66	e1.4	e55	4.4	34	89	83	261	157	487	1.3
7	.00	.49	e1.1	e30	4.1	28	61	84	72	284	224	1.2
8	.00	.43	e.80	e650	3.9	191	182	271	61	887	199	1.0
9	.00	.39	e1.0	467	3.6	658	185	243	451	552	101	.92
10	.00	.30	e1.2	99	3.3	307	69	59	367	89	55	.76

11	.00	.33	e1.0	42	4.0	89	45	34	77	737	35	.65
12	.00	.30	e.85	26	4.5	42	35	23	136	225	27	.69
13	.08	.33	e.75	18	8.7	32	32	17	733	37	21	.67
14	.15	.39	e.65	14	8.9	29	67	14	756	19	18	.62
15	.07	e.23	e.55	15	7.6	25	128	11	725	12	13	.53

16	.05	e.12	.50	18	9.6	22	754	8.8	358	9.1	9.7	.55
17	.05	e.06	e.44	18	267	47	662	7.4	105	7.4	7.7	.76
18	.06	.01	e.39	14	670	599	113	6.1	48	6.2	6.3	.85
19	.05	e.00	e.34	11	209	431	60	5.3	28	5.0	5.1	.85
20	.02	e.00	e.30	9.6	103	1480	43	4.5	19	4.2	4.2	.92

21	.00	.00	e.50	8.0	106	1310	36	5.0	20	3.6	3.5	1.5
22	.00	e.00	e1.5	7.4	61	597	33	1100	18	4.8	3.1	2.0
23	.00	e.00	e10	7.3	39	106	30	1520	14	178	2.9	2.8
24	.26	e.00	e8.0	7.5	28	65	25	1480	11	131	2.6	2.3
25	.17	e.00	e30	8.1	21	48	21	126	8.9	30	2.4	479

26	.38	e.00	e18	10	18	41	18	72	6.9	14	2.1	337
27	.22	e.00	e8.0	14	282	38	15	46	5.3	9.1	1.9	73
28	.17	e.00	e4.5	16	378	1120	13	32	4.4	6.5	1.8	24
29	.10	e.00	e3.0	15	---	1030	19	23	5.6	5.2	1.6	11
30	.12	e2.0	e2.0	12	---	223	311	18	49	39	1.6	6.2

31	.17	---	e1.5	9.9	---	95	---	14	---	459	1.6	---

TOTAL	2.31	7.21	116.57	1611.4	2274.1	8976	4082	7805.1	4799.6	3981.7	4530.1	960.57
MEAN	.075	.24	3.76	52.0	81.2	290	136	252	160	128	146	32.0
MAX	.38	2.0	30	650	670	1480	754	1520	756	887	1570	479
MIN	.00	.00	.30	1.6	3.3	22	13	4.5	4.4	3.6	1.6	.53
CFSM	.00	.00	.03	.46	.72	2.56	1.20	2.23	1.42	1.14	1.29	.28
IN.	.00	.00	.04	.53	.75	2.95	1.34	2.57	1.58	1.31	1.49	.32

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	17.8	113	135	115	167	181	180	151	60.0	47.0	25.8	30.8
MAX	111	628	547	408	591	425	628	862	260	268	196	341
(WY)	1985	1986	1988	1993	1982	1984	1994	1990	1983	1993	1985	1993
MIN	.010	.029	.21	.030	6.48	4.61	2.10	2.64	.16	.057	.004	.006
(WY)	1996	1996	1990	1981	1996	1981	1981	1988	1988	1984	1983	1996

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1980 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	26052.47		39146.66
ANNUAL MEAN	71.4		107		102
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					175	1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					29.7	1981
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2800	Feb 28	1570	Aug 5	7660	May 17 1990
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.00	Many days	.00	Many days	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.00	Oct 4	.00	Oct 4	.00	Oct 9 1980
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			2120	May 22	17000 B	May 16 1990
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			14.94	May 22	20.03	May 16 1990
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.63		.95		.90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	8.58		12.89		12.21
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	130		345		182
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.1		9.7		8.5
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	.05		.11		.06

A - Many days in most years.
B - From rating curve extended above 9,540 ft³/s.