USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05593020 KASKASKIA RIVER NEAR POSEY, IL
LOCATION - Lat 38°32'11", long 89°22'54" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.13, T.1 N., R.3 W., Clinton County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 161, 1.8 mi west of Posey, about 6 mi southwest of Carlyle, 7.3 mi above mouth of Crooked Creek, and at mile 83.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 2,745 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: Fragmentary records of discharge and gage height prior to
Oct. 1, 1994, available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
STAGE: Oct. 1, 1995 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite
telemeter, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 395.02 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - STAGE: Maximum, 26.2 ft, Dec. 22, 1993; minimum, 6.24 ft, Sept. 12, 1977, from information by U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - STAGE: Maximum, 25.44 ft, May 28, 2002; minimum, 6.19 ft, Dec. 8, 2005.