03345500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1998

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03345500 EMBARRAS RIVER AT STE. MARIE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 38°56'10", long 88°01'10", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.30, T.6 N., R.14 W., Jasper County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on County Highway 9 at Ste. Marie, and at mile 48.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,516 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1909 to December 1912, August 1914 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1083: 1934. WSP 1113: 1910-31, 1933, 1939-40, 1945(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 445.75 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 29, 1940, nonrecording gage and June 29, 1940, to Jan. 24, 1967, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	79	58	80	620	861	952	7340	6050	1540	2450	330	116
2	78	64	124	558	782	886	6760	4160	1330	2540	355	111
3	73	70	659	473	715	818	4830	5270	1190	1920	324	107
4	70	64	870	436	663	769	5150	10300	1090	1490	317	103
5	65	62	791	458	604	757	6170	14200	1050	1250	1170	99

6	62	65	652	520	556	740	4510	14100	984	1030	3700	96
7	60	64	530	790	532	674	3730	11500	954	1360	2930	91
8	57	59	450	1920	507	997	4160	11100	932	4420	1050	86
9	57	67	401	3300	478	2950	3560	11800	1290	3130	757	81
10	57	72	366	3470	454	3880	2900	9320	1700	2610	770	78

11	55	66	330	3410	447	3210	3220	5440	2460	2370	773	77
12	54	69	328	3310	444	2730	2950	4210	4010	1760	608	75
13	66	92	453	2860	460	2390	2310	3320	4450	1220	459	72
14	65	96	575	2180	494	1980	2090	2530	5240	978	403	71
15	58	91	556	1570	516	1660	2140	2030	5290	845	350	70

16	56	88	494	1260	544	1530	5960	1740	5410	742	303	69
17	61	82	439	1110	1010	1640	6950	1570	5930	650	269	69
18	60	77	394	982	2850	4310	2880	1400	6380	594	244	72
19	56	77	364	874	2360	5330	1870	1240	7780	546	226	79
20	56	75	343	773	2100	5730	1580	1140	7410	477	211	74

21	56	77	323	696	1990	7710	1420	1180	6690	576	197	72
22	55	75	313	654	1780	8570	1330	1770	5740	840	182	78
23	52	71	296	698	1530	8310	1260	2270	4780	3020	170	73
24	52	70	e280	656	1340	6330	1160	3710	5500	3820	161	75
25	51	72	e260	643	1180	5350	1070	4830	4070	1230	152	78

26	52	72	e250	625	1060	3990	1010	4900	3040	686	142	e75
27	51	79	e350	603	972	2850	1170	4890	2470	548	136	e68
28	50	83	e700	606	963	4040	1060	4380	1970	463	131	e65
29	54	78	e1100	692	---	6740	934	3140	1670	400	127	e62
30	59	78	e800	833	---	7940	4210	2280	2440	362	125	e61

31	59	---	696	905	---	7610	---	1810	---	339	122	---

TOTAL	1836	2213	14567	38485	28192	113373	95684	157580	104790	44666	17194	2403
MEAN	59.2	73.8	470	1241	1007	3657	3189	5083	3493	1441	555	80.1
MAX	79	96	1100	3470	2850	8570	7340	14200	7780	4420	3700	116
MIN	50	58	80	436	444	674	934	1140	932	339	122	61
CFSM	.04	.05	.31	.82	.66	2.41	2.10	3.35	2.30	.95	.37	.05
IN.	.05	.05	.36	.94	.69	2.78	2.35	3.87	2.57	1.10	.42	.06

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	415	758	1269	1660	1904	2214	2215	1910	1268	734	432	375
MAX	3892	6308	7495	11520	7790	7556	7676	10550	5752	3844	4437	3810
(WY)	1927	1993	1968	1950	1982	1979	1922	1943	1957	1958	1915	1926
MIN	14.6	4.37	4.84	13.4	21.6	23.4	120	78.3	65.9	18.8	11.6	7.68
(WY)	1965	1915	1915	1977	1954	1954	1931	1954	1954	1954	1954	1954

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1910 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	409610		620983
ANNUAL MEAN	1122		1701		1259
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2696	1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					35.9	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	14800	Mar 1	14200	May 5	38200	May 30 1927
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	50	Oct 28	50	Oct 28	1.0	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	52	Oct 23	52	Oct 23	1.6	Oct 3 1914
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			15700	May 5	44800 B	Jan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			21.26	May 5	26.54 C	Jun 30 1957
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			49	Oct 25,27,28	1.0 D	A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.74		1.12		.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	10.05		15.24		11.29
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3050		5000		3350
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	430		715		468
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	68		66		45

A - Oct. 5-9, 1914.
B - Gage height, 25.95 ft, present datum, from rating curve extended above 29,000 ft³/s.
C - Present datum.
D - Observed.