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Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville Tailwater (ft)Flow (cfs)Observed: 543.75 ft at 5:00AM May 14, 2013Highest Observation: 543.76 ft at 5:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.75 ft at 6:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.75 ft at 6:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.75 ft at 7:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.74 ft at 7:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.74 ft at 8:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.74 ft at 8:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.74 ft at 9:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.69 ft at 9:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.5 ft at 10:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.41 ft at 10:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.37 ft at 11:00AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.33 ft at 11:30AM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.32 ft at 12:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.3 ft at 12:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.28 ft at 1:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.27 ft at 1:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.26 ft at 2:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.25 ft at 2:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.25 ft at 3:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 3:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 4:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 4:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 5:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 5:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.21 ft at 6:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.21 ft at 6:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.21 ft at 7:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.21 ft at 7:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 8:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 8:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 9:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 9:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 10:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 10:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 11:30PM May 14, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 12:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 12:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 1:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 1:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 2:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 2:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 3:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 3:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 4:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 4:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 5:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 5:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 6:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.23 ft at 6:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 7:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.21 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.22 ft at 8:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.21 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.21 ft at 9:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 543.12 ft at 10:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.97 ft at 10:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.89 ft at 11:00AM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.86 ft at 11:30AM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.83 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.81 ft at 12:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.81 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.79 ft at 1:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.78 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.77 ft at 2:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.77 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.76 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.75 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.73 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.74 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.48 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.48 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.48 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.48 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.48 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.47 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.47 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.47 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.47 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.46 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.46 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.44 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.44 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.44 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.44 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.43 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.44 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.45 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.44 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.25 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.08 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 542.01 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.96 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.93 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.91 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.91 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.89 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.89 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.88 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.87 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.86 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.85 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.69 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.47 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.37 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.33 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.29 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.27 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.25 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.25 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.24 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.23 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.23 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.23 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.23 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.23 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.23 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.23 ft at 7:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 8:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 9:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 10:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 11:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 12:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 1:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 2:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 3:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 4:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 5:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.21 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 6:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.22 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.21 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541.11 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 541 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.95 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.93 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.91 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.9 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 8:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 9:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 10:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.88 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.89 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 540.92 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.91 ft at 12:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.9 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.9 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.9 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.91 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.9 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.9 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 540.9 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSLVI2(plotting HTIRG) Graph Created (4:44AM May 21, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 540.9 ft at 4:00 AM CDT 21-May-2013. Flood Stage is 549 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Kaskaskia River at Shelbyville. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:558
Moderate Flood Stage:557
Flood Stage:549
Action Stage:549

Historical Crests
(1) 558.15 ft on 06/29/1957
(2) 556.95 ft on 05/19/1943
(3) 556.90 ft on 05/08/1908
(4) 556.41 ft on 01/05/1950
(5) 555.48 ft on 05/27/1968
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549 Some low lying areas begin to flood.
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Latitude: 39.407222° N, Longitude: 88.781389° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 549 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 535.78 ft 549 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
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