USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05595240 KASKASKIA RIVER NEAR RED BUD, IL
LOCATION - Lat 38°11'19", long 89°53'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.9, T.4 S., R.7 W., Randolph County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07140204, at river-intake pump house of Baldwin Power Station, near the southwest corner of Baldwin Lake, about 2.5 mi northwest of Baldwin, about 6 mi southeast of Red Bud and at mile l9.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 5,505 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
STAGE: Oct. 1994 to current. Gage height record for Nov. 1959 to Sept. 30, 1994
available from 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 299.63 ft above NAVD of 1988 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 30, 2020, at site 0.4 miles upstream at datum of 300.00 ft NGVD29 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - STAGE: Maximum, 94.36 ft, Aug. 6, 1993; minimum 50.8 ft, Oct. 16, 1964, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - STAGE: Maximum, 94.81 ft, Jan. 2, 2016; minimum, 67.23 ft, May 4, 2015.