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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03379500       LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.2 N., R.8 E., Clay County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on County Highway 23, 0.3 mi downstream from Big Muddy Creek, 5 mi southeast of Clay City, and at mile 128.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,131 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1914 to current year. Prior to October 1958, published as "at Wilcox." Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 973: 1937-40. WSP 1335: 1915-33, 1934(M), 1935, 1940, 1941(M), 1946(M). WSP 1625: 1958. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 392.29 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Jan. 2, 1947, nonrecording gage at highway bridge 300 ft upstream at same datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 47,000 ft3/s, Jan. 5, 1950, gage height, 26.67 ft; no flow Sept. 3-19, 1954.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
112   172 2880 e190 4470 447 4100 4620 320 183 24   7.1
211   146 2980 e165 6520 480 2470 6650 223 118 21   6.7
311   126 1930 e140 5730 1860 1240 6580 181 85 19   6.7
410   108 786 e130 5180 2550 742 5430 158 70 18   6.6
511   95 465 e120 5490 1940 560 3400 152 62 21   5.9
 
611   90 492 e115 4330 962 453 2880 136 55 21   5.4
79.785 724 e115 2140 622 387 6450 113 49 16   5.3
88.576 557 e120 823 524 424 9780 100 45 13   4.9
97.469 401 e120 506 2250 976 18600 97 40 12   4.7
1011   64 295 e120 418 5870 1830 24200 97 39 12   4.9
 
1122   58 230 e125 363 7280 2000 17000 414 38 12   8.2
12234   55 253 136 321 5750 1260 11000 503 38 11   8.6
13491   53 1540 133 293 5580 1170 19300 1300 35 13   8.0
143060   50 3390 126 269 4930 2410 32800 2480 33 14   8.2
154430   48 4810 119 237 2650 2490 34100 2840 32 13   9.2
 
164390   48 4950 112 216 2570 1150 21800 2710 30 13   9.6
174230   47 6220 106 200 3640 622 11200 1330 30 11   11   
183950   44 8070 99 185 3680 447 7490 477 31 12   12   
192980   43 7970 96 186 3460 358 5350 307 47 13   13   
201210   42 6750 90 2050 3680 325 2970 217 51 15   18   
 
21388   40 7390 89 3600 3930 911 1450 163 35 15   54   
22240   39 6830 91 3500 3030 3440 682 130 33 14   53   
23189   39 4440 94 2610 1690 3360 476 105 33 22   32   
24167   44 2160 124 1110 818 3040 384 98 29 30   23   
251250   59 910 264 589 2260 2800 326 328 27 24   24   
 
262630   68 533 260 617 5000 3250 292 661 25 19   23   
272130   148 404 219 559 5560 3670 279 662 24 15   22   
28929   171 336 175 494 4990 5540 255 402 24 13   15   
29438   201 295 149 --- 5070 6500 255 292 24 11   11   
30286   1520 258 142 --- 5670 5370 650 211 25 9.39.1
 
31215   --- e215 1070 --- 5410 --- 562 --- 26 7.6---   

TOTAL33961.638487946451545300610415363295257211172071416483.9430.1
MEAN1096128.32563166.31893336021108297573.645.6815.6114.34
MAX44301520807010706520728065003410028401833054
MIN7.4392158918544732525597247.64.7
CFSM0.970.112.270.151.672.971.877.340.510.040.010.01
IN.1.120.132.610.171.743.432.088.460.570.050.020.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN222.0576.8102613621533173816471451815.3475.6318.2210.6
MAX2146546278829030683354256267101504271456757942569
(WY)195019861968195019821978192219431945200019151993
MIN0.301.071.736.9012.64.9256.945.114.49.754.170.79
(WY)195419541954197719631954195419251988193019641953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1914 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL325203.6  619629.6  
ANNUAL MEAN891.0  1698     945.1  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN2040     1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN29.3  1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN8070         Dec 1834100         May 1543200     May 10 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN7.4      Oct 94.7      Sep 90.00A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM9.8      Oct 35.4      Sep 40.00Sep 3 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW35900         May 1547000     Jan 5 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE24.66    May 1526.67Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW4.2      Sep 10
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.791.500.84
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.7020.3811.35
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS3440     5110     3000     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS168     223     149     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS18     12     10     

A - Sept. 3-19, 1954.



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