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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05595820 CASEY FORK AT MOUNT VERNON, IL
LOCATION - Lat 38°17'12", long 88°52'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.9, T.3 S., R.3 E., Jefferson County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on left bank on upstream side of bridge on State Highway 142, 0.2 mi downstream from Sevenmile Creek, about 2 mi southeast of Mt. Vernon, and at mile 18.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 76.9 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: October 1985 to current.
  STAGE: Water years 1995 to current. October 1985 to September 1994 (8 AM gage heights).
    Gage height record for April 1965 to May 1971 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 419.57 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS - Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Mt. Vernon averaged about 5.24 ft³/s per day. Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Apr. 4, 1968, reached a stage of 14.60 ft, from records of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft³/s, May 17, 1990, gage height 17.03 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.15 ft³/s, Sept 29, 1989.