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05593000 KASKASKIA RIVER AT CARLYLE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 38°36'42", long 89°21'22" in NW¼SE¼ sec.18, T.2 N., R.2 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 50 at Carlyle, 16.5 mi upstream from Crooked Creek, and at mile 94.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,719 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1908 to September 1912, November to December 1912, August 1914 to September 1915, May 1938 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 975: 1908-12, 1915. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 402.92 ft above sea level. Prior to July 1, 1938, nonrecording gage at site 100 ft downstream at same datum. July 1, 1938 to Sept. 30, 1940, nonrecording gage, and Oct. 1, 1940 to Oct. 4, 1976, water-stage recorder, 300 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good. Flow regulated since Apr. 1, 1967, by Carlyle Lake (station 05592990), 1 mi upstream from gage. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 54,400 ft³/s, May 21, 1943, gage height, 33.69 ft; minimum, 7.3 ft³/s, Nov. 12, 1964, result of dam construction upstream; minimum unregulated discharge, 11 ft³/s, Sept. 17, 1954.

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	75	46	47	68	1470	3480	8670	4120	3030	3580	3090	3510
2	59	45	46	66	1160	3260	7330	3850	2570	3780	3400	3240
3	60	45	48	67	557	2780	6590	3620	2200	3700	3640	3090
4	59	44	47	67	1110	2380	5870	3550	2010	3680	3850	2930
5	58	48	47	433	1120	2070	5300	3670	2420	3670	3050	2790

6	59	49	47	1350	1120	1980	6300	3810	2940	3340	1630	2620
7	58	48	47	2040	1120	1970	9430	4060	2900	3950	1780	2340
8	59	47	47	2720	1120	2040	11200	4050	2820	4320	2150	2120
9	52	47	47	3880	1110	2290	11800	4040	2950	4350	2090	1940
10	44	46	47	4190	1110	2850	11800	4000	3110	4340	2570	1750

11	45	46	47	4170	1110	3730	10100	3880	3120	4250	3760	1560
12	45	45	46	4110	1110	3960	9800	3550	3140	4180	3940	1310
13	48	45	45	4090	921	3900	9590	3200	3160	3870	3990	1030
14	46	45	45	4150	737	3610	9470	3010	3260	3100	3970	885
15	44	45	262	4230	573	3550	8930	2630	3310	3040	3950	749

16	44	45	432	4210	446	3930	7450	2410	3330	3030	3930	656
17	44	45	432	4190	689	4470	6300	2030	3280	3020	3910	384
18	45	45	434	4170	1440	5140	5820	1810	3410	3030	3860	242
19	46	45	434	4150	3030	5510	5540	1720	3890	3020	3460	417
20	47	45	435	4130	3520	5960	5830	1600	3930	3290	3410	417

21	46	45	438	4040	3310	5530	6850	1710	4090	3840	3690	416
22	46	45	441	3830	3040	5440	7340	2020	4110	3830	3810	293
23	46	46	437	3560	3010	5550	7410	2170	4120	3450	3810	108
24	50	47	442	3400	2990	6120	7200	2240	4010	3650	3890	126
25	46	45	440	3380	2980	7090	6940	2240	3950	3880	3970	87

26	49	46	212	3150	2980	8390	6560	2620	4000	3700	3960	297
27	47	45	73	2770	3120	9360	6220	3280	3180	3610	3970	553
28	47	47	71	2330	3470	10500	5960	3240	2880	3850	3810	786
29	45	48	70	1890	---	10900	5330	3210	2930	3830	3520	877
30	45	49	70	1690	---	11000	4690	3200	3240	3570	3370	877

31	45	---	69	1680	---	10800	---	3190	---	3240	3500	---

TOTAL	1549	1379	5845	88201	49473	159540	227620	93730	97290	112990	106730	38400
MEAN	50.0	46.0	189	2845	1767	5146	7587	3024	3243	3645	3443	1280
MAX	75	49	442	4230	3520	11000	11800	4120	4120	4350	3990	3510
MIN	44	44	45	66	446	1970	4690	1600	2010	3020	1630	87

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1968 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	611	947	2983	3361	4013	4021	3375	2500	2011	1858	1223	709
MAX	3415	6233	9762	7777	9484	10170	9700	9066	5328	4888	4091	3731
(WY)	1994	1994	1994	1983	1974	1979	1979	1996	1990	1973	1974	1974
MIN	40.3	43.1	47.8	47.5	50.3	557	137	53.4	50.0	57.9	51.8	37.8
(WY)	1986	1988	1977	1977	1977	1992	1986	1997	1988	1976	1976	1986

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1968 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	519009		982747
ANNUAL MEAN	1422		2692		2294
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					4392	1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					709	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	11900	Mar 17	11800	Apr 9-10	12100	A
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	39	May 1,6	44	Several days	7.9	May 14 1988
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	40	Apr 30	45	Oct 29	29	May 13 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			12200	Apr 10	12300	May 10 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			23.39	Apr 10	25.04	May 8 1970
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			10	Sep 25
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4950		5540		5690
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	122		2930		1380
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	46		46		52

A - May 7-10, 1996.