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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378000       BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°23'11", long 87°58'32" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.33, T.1 S., R.14 W., Edwards County, Hydrologic Unit 05120113, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 15, 0.5 mi north of Browns, 0.7 mi upstream from railroad bridge, and at mile 14.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 228 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1998 and 2002.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 372.92 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1968, water-stage recorder and concrete dam at site 0.4 mi downstream at datum 2.0 ft higher. Dec. 11, 1968, to Aug. 13, 1969, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi downstream at datum 1.0 ft lower. Prior to Oct. 1, 1982, auxiliary nonrecording gage near mouth on Wabash River at Grayville read twice daily.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,500 ft3/s, May 9, 1961, gage height, 24.04 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow at times in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Wabash River, Oct. 20-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 4, Dec. 9-10, Dec. 24-31, Mar. 14-15, Apr. 1-11, 18-21, 26-27, May 6, 20-31, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
10.00e15   1730 e25 2120 40 e145 1090   11   3.3  0.260.00
20.00e17   1580 e17 2280 63 e89 1100   9.92.4  0.210.00
30.00e18   1360 e13 2220 547 e203 1170   e8.01.8  0.170.00
40.00e10   990 e11 1790 388 e132 1150   e7.01.4  0.130.00
50.006.2423 e11 1310 131 e78 929   e6.51.2  0.130.00
 
60.005.5372 e12 609 81 e53 e582   6.70.860.120.00
70.195.3681 e13 e158 64 e41 1270   6.10.620.090.00
80.315.1403 e16 e71 51 e41 2650   5.30.580.060.00
90.315.0e140 e21 e42 566 e180 3470   4.60.620.050.00
100.724.9e77 e25 e35 918 e160 3410   3.90.940.040.00
 
1120     4.457 e27 e28 845 e77 2890   3.50.580.040.00
12604     4.1222 26 e26 613 161 2330   3.40.560.040.00
13844     4.0844 27 e24 267 767 4430   27   0.560.040.00
141780     4.01530 29 e23 e136 988 5230   154   0.490.040.00
151610     4.41750 29 e22 e112 1030 4870   38   0.390.040.00
 
161630     5.41760 26 e21 1030 916 4080   10   0.300.0429     
171570     4.22770 24 e20 848 488 3340   6.10.340.037.4  
181320     3.92980 22 e19 435 e90 2650   4.52.4  0.032.7  
19749     3.72770 21 e18 700 e49 2050   3.53.6  0.042.0  
20e122     3.92300 22 192 1530 e88 e1550   2.90.830.0482     
 
21e17     4.31840 24 363 1430 e467 e1140   2.30.460.04255     
22e8.6  4.41450 24 178 1260 1110 e792   2.00.320.0341     
23e6.2  4.51070 26 e70 943 907 e659   1.912     0.039.1  
24e283     45   e527 569 e55 343 609 e529   5.44.5  0.025.5  
25837     328   e297 576 e40 525 852 e375   197   1.5  0.023.6  
 
26565     178   e290 219 55 1570 e257 e243   29   1.8  0.012.6  
27e143     1030   e285 120 75 1590 e528 e140   7.91.2  0.004.8  
28e35     1100   e260 88 45 1490 1440 e46   9.50.890.005.7  
29e22     1420   e208 78 --- 1320 1350 e5.97.40.600.006.4  
30e17     1880   e106 109 --- 1060 1270 e6.33.90.400.004.3  
 
31e16     ---   e36 984 --- 446 --- e8.8---   0.300.00---     

TOTAL12200.336128.231108323411909213421456654186.0588.247.741.79461.10
MEAN393.6204.31003104.3425.3688.5485.5174819.611.5400.05815.37
MAX1780188029809842280159014405230197120.26255
MIN0.003.736111840415.91.90.300.000.00
CFSM1.730.904.400.461.873.022.137.670.090.010.000.07
IN.1.991.005.080.531.943.482.388.840.100.010.000.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN45.15170.2265.7323.9371.8471.1428.1347.7179.1106.774.3932.84
MAX39415401787224513791897137519289451366575304
(WY)200219941983195019501945197219611945195820001945
MIN0.0000.0000.0000.0280.0220.0008.025.331.050.0020.0000.000
(WY)194119411941197719411941194619411988194419531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL85484.16155772.36
ANNUAL MEAN234.2  426.8  234.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN505         1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN9.71    1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2980         Dec 185230         May 147410         May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00    Several days0.00    Many days0.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.00    Sep 280.00    Aug 270.00    Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5330         May 147500         May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE22.34    May 1424.04 BMay 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.031.871.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.9525.4213.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS909     1470     804         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS26     26     20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.700.040.01    

A - At times in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.



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