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05594000 SHOAL CREEK NEAR BREESE, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 38°36'35", long 89°29'40", in SW¼SW¼ sec.13, T.2 N., R.4 W., Clinton County, Hydrologic Unit 07140203, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on old U.S. Highway 50, 0.4 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1.7 mi east of Breese, 7 mi upstream from Beaver Creek, and at mile 21.3.

DRAINAGE AREA.--735 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1909 to December 1912, August to December 1914, October 1945 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 413.97 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 8, 1914, chain gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 1, 1945, to Oct. 10, 1968, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. About 0.85 ft3/s diverted 20 ft above station for municipal supply of Breese is not included in records. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of May 19, 1943, reached a stage of 25.6 ft, present site and datum, discharge, 52,000 ft3/s on basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
116   e8.5e30 32 96 720 2770 800 210 846 922 133 
2e15   e8.595 e28 78 379 1840 652 161 795 403 212 
3e12   e9.0117 e27 67 256 1250 997 125 452 198 233 
4e10   e10   123 e29 64 200 1860 1620 283 302 111 114 
5e9.0e13   257 e35 60 170 2570 2320 1160 223 1290 72 
 
6e8.5e18   253 54 55 166 2200 1700 840 166 2680 58 
7e8.0e25   229 105 53 174 1330 1170 427 609 2880 51 
8e9.0e34   228 270 51 341 915 940 253 761 2990 47 
9e8.5e37   228 1390 47 1810 675 852 1070 720 2810 43 
10e8.5e31   228 1670 45 2590 544 709 2100 354 1630 41 
 
11e9.5e26   226 794 47 2300 449 509 1720 176 932 38 
12e8.0e23   228 470 47 1310 362 385 1650 679 756 37 
13e8.5e21   226 373 82 757 299 300 2670 643 417 36 
14e10   e18   222 339 128 537 320 248 2860 337 282 36 
15e12   e17   210 320 100 467 771 483 2800 218 206 e35 
 
16e13   e18   202 356 83 443 2750 338 3020 140 163 e34 
17e12   e20   196 336 179 429 3230 232 3420 96 141 e34 
18e12   e22   160 242 1460 1470 3920 192 3780 90 204 e35 
19e12   e24   e70 128 2310 2650 3530 142 4150 363 1090 e35 
20e11   e25   e40 83 1400 3290 1790 105 3600 163 943 e35 
 
21e10   e25   e35 91 749 3610 898 87 3140 75 561 e37 
22e9.0e22   e37 89 532 4590 609 768 3030 56 318 e39 
23e9.0e18   e43 80 388 7320 455 2530 2320 800 211 e35 
24e13   e16   e54 79 297 8940 366 2960 2120 925 155 e30 
25e15   e13   116 76 230 6800 296 3240 1430 540 119 70 
 
26e15   e11   229 73 189 3210 252 2650 851 215 99 640 
27e13   e9.5161 72 244 1640 215 1540 540 134 84 327 
28e11   e8.597 84 983 2100 188 876 377 102 74 114 
29e10   e9.071 98 --- 2860 217 547 346 77 69 62 
30e9.0e15   54 101 --- 3220 661 374 745 494 65 45 
 
31e8.5---   41 97 --- 3500 --- 280 --- 1920 63 --- 

TOTAL335.0555.045068021100646824937532305465119813471228662758
MEAN10.818.514525935922021251985170743573891.9
MAX163725716702310894039203240415019202990640
MIN8.08.530274516618887125566330
CFSM.01.03.20.35.493.001.701.342.32.591.00.13
IN..02.03.23.41.513.451.901.552.59.681.16.14

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN17329757766889010111002776509311177137
MAX170425573925417143854334306240213697185314931774
(WY)197019471983195019821978197919901957195719461993
MIN1.194.658.036.318.9711.956.012.315.92.507.382.32
(WY)195719551955197719541954195419541988195419531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1997 CALENDAR YEARFOR 1998 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1910 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL137410.2  250101.0  
ANNUAL MEAN376     685     540         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1067         1973,1974
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN28.5      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN9360         Mar 28940         Mar 2422200         Jun 17 1957
LOWEST DAILY MEAN8.0      A8.0      A.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM8.6      Oct 68.6      Oct 6.00    Jul 27 1954
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW9250         Mar 2423100      CJan 6 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE18.86    Mar 2423.02 DApr 14 1979
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).51.93.74    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)6.9512.669.99    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS919     2400     1430         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS63     211     108         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS12     13     13         
A - Oct. 7, 12, estimated, may have been less during period of estimated discharges in Oct. and Nov.
B - Many days in 1954-56, 1988.
C - Gage height, 22.63 ft, from graph based on gage readings.
D - During period of constricted channel due to bridge construction.

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