USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05590950 KASKASKIA RIVER AT CHESTERVILLE, IL
LOCATION - Lat 39°42'10.2", long 88°23'15.9" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.35, T.15 N., R.7 E., Douglas County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 133 at Chesterville, and at mile 254.0.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: May 1995 to current. January 1966 to November 1980
available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
STAGE: May 1995 to current. Gage-height record for January 1974 to July 1983,
and Apr. 4, 1995, to May 11, 1995, available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
MISCELLANEOUS: Discharge measurements May 1966 to March 1979 available in files
of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 599.73 ft above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 5, 1979, reached a stage of 44.84 ft, discharge undetermined, from information by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,800 ft³/s, June 7, 2008, gage height, 46.64 ft; minimum, 0.60 ft³/s, July 31 and Aug. 1, 2007, due to pumpage.