USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05591200 KASKASKIA RIVER AT COOKS MILLS, IL
LOCATION - Lat 39°35'00.5", long 88°24'49.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.10, T.13 N., R.7 E., Coles County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on right upstream side of bridge in Cooks Mills, 3.8 mi downstream from Flat Branch, and at mile 238.1.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: August 1970 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water
years 1961-68, 1971-72 are published in Water-Resources Investigations
78-24 and 79-25 as site O 02.
SEDIMENT: January 1979 to September 1997.
MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1993-97.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite
telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 616.89 ft above
NAVD of 1988. Prior to July 30, 1981, at site 200 ft downstream at
same datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE:
Maximum discharge, 14,100 ft³/s, June 7, 2008, gage height, 20.41 ft;
no flow, Sept. 11, 1988.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS:
Maximum daily, 1,710 mg/L, May 1, 1983; minimum daily, 0 mg/L, Sept. 10, 11,
1988.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS:
Maximum daily, 26,100 tons, Apr. 13, 1979; minimum daily, 0 tons, Sept. 10,
11, 1988.