Station list
05592000 KASKASKIA RIVER AT SHELBYVILLE, IL
LOCATION.--Lat 39�24'25", long 88�46'50", in SE¼SW¼ sec.8, T.11 N., R.4 E., Shelby County, Hydrologic Unit 07140201,
on left bank 700 ft downstream from Lake Shelbyville Dam, 700 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 16 in Shelbyville,
0.5 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 7 mi upstream from Robinson Creek, and at mile 197.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,054 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1908 to September 1912, November to December 1912, August to December 1914, October
1940 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 975: 1908. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 535.78 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to
Dec. 6, 1914, nonrecording gage at site 750 ft downstream at datum 4.67 ft lower. Oct. 1 to Dec. 3, 1940, and June 1, 1950, to
July 10, 1952, nonrecording gage and Dec. 4, 1940, to May 31, 1950, and July 11, 1952, to June 30, 1969, water-stage recorder,
at site 650 ft downstream at present datum.
REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records good. Flow regulated by Lake Shelbyville (station 05591950), flood-control
storage 474,000 acre-ft, beginning June 24, 1969. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 25,900 ft3/s, June 29, 1957, gage height, 22.37 ft; no flow at times
in 1953-55, 1984.