03339000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03339000 VERMILION RIVER NEAR DANVILLE, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 40°06'03", long 87°35'52", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.22, T.19 N., R.11 W., Vermilion County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on right bank at Danville sewage-treatment plant, 1.7 mi upstream from Stony Creek, 2.2 mi southeast of Danville, and at mile 19.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,290 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1914 to September 1921, June 1928 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 853: 1936(M). WSP 973: 1939. WSP 1305: 1915-16, 1920, 1929. WSP 1335: 1934(m). WSP 1909: 1960. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-84-1: 1983. WDR IL-92-1: 1991.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 503.33 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Jan. 9, 1935, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. Jan. 9, 1935 to Aug. 30, 1982, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for Oct. 29-30, Nov 2-5, 7-9, Dec. 23-24, 30-31, Jan. 1, 3-5, 7, 9-10, Feb. 13, Jun. 17, Jul. 7,10, 12-14, 23, and 27, and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated at times by storage at Lake Vermilion on North Fork Vermilion River, 4.5 mi upstream from station, usable capacity, 7,440 acre-ft, and by Danville sewage-treatment plant. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	75	311	169	e111	2620	1190	642	1130	841	447	105	57
2	68	238	155	e120	3070	1000	675	1070	3210	525	88	56
3	76	225	158	e180	2730	2010	639	1020	3820	622	80	55
4	81	320	149	e160	2270	2710	755	949	2340	485	75	54
5	93	387	157	e130	1700	2000	627	917	2080	396	70	57

6	753	288	196	e140	1360	2280	565	994	2250	316	69	55
7	701	212	324	e150	4120	2570	573	1550	1520	283	68	50
8	498	170	228	e140	8320	1920	591	1290	1280	260	72	47
9	383	166	187	e135	6360	1680	814	991	1090	221	68	44
10	239	819	161	e130	4170	1510	958	876	950	200	78	45

11	150	1200	149	e128	3080	1260	1240	801	1050	183	68	68
12	116	881	142	e125	3090	1120	1680	785	968	e167	64	80
13	105	566	142	e123	2760	1220	1190	1790	1530	e150	163	61
14	135	477	137	e121	1930	1320	968	3120	3290	137	393	50
15	135	437	189	e120	1680	1310	1460	2300	1940	130	211	50

16	108	378	132	e130	1650	1280	6320	1710	1200	123	123	50
17	97	307	130	e180	1520	1920	9400	1410	924	137	92	48
18	122	270	129	e400	1390	1720	8450	1270	777	133	78	48
19	121	258	137	e1500	1270	1210	5720	1230	690	142	71	47
20	129	237	135	e1200	1160	1150	3630	1050	659	390	65	46

21	118	214	151	e1000	1040	1100	3230	975	621	223	62	46
22	97	184	130	e4000	974	1020	3520	1670	583	204	62	45
23	95	178	135	e11000	906	851	2810	2060	518	163	61	45
24	92	173	132	12500	854	823	2240	1580	572	e160	60	41
25	91	190	137	9130	916	842	1850	1310	692	e163	62	39

26	91	228	136	5330	861	780	1660	1130	786	e166	87	39
27	95	255	133	3710	827	674	1550	953	736	159	94	39
28	113	227	128	3320	927	731	1410	822	974	177	87	52
29	113	176	e120	2640	---	755	1350	768	673	208	88	87
30	483	173	e120	2090	---	625	1290	734	519	226	79	152

31	315	---	e110	1810	---	609	---	722	---	130	66	---

TOTAL	5888	10145	4738	61953	63555	41190	67807	38977	39083	7426	2909	1653
MEAN	190	338	153	1998	2270	1329	2260	1257	1303	240	93.8	55.1
MAX	753	1200	324	12500	8320	2710	9400	3120	3820	622	393	152
MIN	68	166	110	111	827	609	565	722	518	123	60	39
CFSM	.15	.26	.12	1.55	1.76	1.03	1.75	.97	1.01	.19	.07	.04
IN.	.17	.29	.14	1.79	1.83	1.19	1.96	1.12	1.13	.21	.08	.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1915 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	332	586	875	1153	1423	1723	1883	1689	1226	764	411	258
MAX	3346	5743	3593	6930	4818	5383	6846	7615	5290	4008	3049	2807
(WY)	1978	1986	1991	1950	1982	1979	1994	1943	1998	1993	1979	1993
MIN	12.8	22.8	27.3	27.8	39.6	59.6	190	83.7	43.3	26.6	17.9	14.4
(WY)	1921	1921	1915	1977	1931	1931	1915	1934	1934	1934	1930	1920

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1915 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	639155		345324
ANNUAL MEAN	1751		946		1024
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2694	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					139	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	20400	Jun 16	12500	Jan 24	45100	Apr 13 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	68	Oct 2	39	Sep 25 - 27	2.0	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	78	Sep 28	42	Sep 21	2.1	Oct 8 1920
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			13300 B	Jan 24	48700 C	Mar 13 1939
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			17.28 D	Jan 23	31.56 E	Apr 13 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			35	Sep 28
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.36		.73		.79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	18.43		9.96		10.79
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4570		2260		2480
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	688		383		400
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	106		68		52

A - Oct. 9 - 14, 1920; Aug. 10, 1930.
B - Gage height, 16.98 ft.
C - Gage height, 28.59 ft.
D - Ice jam.
E - Discharge, 47,900 ft³/s.