03345500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

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 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	e60	61	134	e125	6570	3240	541	1730	539	1050	99	58
2	59	72	129	e160	6560	1670	533	1460	3130	1180	96	58
3	59	233	130	e140	4560	1360	652	1280	6920	797	104	56
4	56	322	127	e120	3650	1200	1600	1150	8980	628	102	54
5	90	268	124	e100	3080	1100	1460	1380	9990	535	94	52

6	170	202	125	e90	2540	1790	1640	2080	8250	470	88	51
7	304	170	165	e86	7660	2080	1490	1910	4420	428	84	49
8	266	163	164	e84	13300	1290	926	1370	2890	402	83	47
9	207	154	179	e82	14700	1540	2740	1200	2750	355	77	46
10	139	448	171	e79	11100	2200	1770	1100	2000	320	74	44

11	104	1710	173	e76	8190	1820	964	974	1650	342	72	43
12	87	899	162	e74	8140	1480	900	880	1450	301	72	42
13	84	613	152	e150	7700	1300	805	1090	1730	256	82	42
14	80	559	142	e250	4570	1240	741	1220	2500	226	74	41
15	77	460	133	e280	3200	1210	758	1040	1980	204	177	40

16	73	376	126	e300	2620	1170	853	1200	1390	186	156	39
17	70	315	122	e700	2230	1110	1690	1130	1480	172	119	38
18	79	269	119	e3200	1960	1020	2970	1030	1360	161	219	38
19	78	239	115	5500	1720	949	3100	898	1100	150	234	37
20	69	209	116	4410	1530	884	3130	798	891	143	173	38

21	72	187	128	5360	1380	823	2900	748	781	136	131	36
22	81	176	152	12300	1240	777	2480	1070	708	128	109	35
23	73	164	e135	21800	1140	754	2530	1090	657	124	93	35
24	68	152	e125	18000	1070	732	3230	848	1800	127	86	35
25	65	153	e120	12900	1030	695	3290	870	1660	118	78	33

26	65	155	e115	10700	977	663	2600	855	2120	113	73	32
27	62	137	e110	9490	1060	634	2200	771	5150	127	71	33
28	61	136	e105	8470	3130	602	3970	673	2400	116	72	33
29	61	134	e100	6170	---	576	4660	596	1440	106	68	33
30	62	132	e100	3520	---	565	2480	545	1170	117	64	37

31	61	---	e110	3590	---	553	---	516	---	105	60	---

TOTAL	2942	9268	4108	128306	126607	37027	59603	33502	83286	9623	3184	1255
MEAN	94.9	309	133	4139	4522	1194	1987	1081	2776	310	103	41.8
MAX	304	1710	179	21800	14700	3240	4660	2080	9990	1180	234	58
MIN	56	61	100	74	977	553	533	516	539	105	60	32
CFSM	.06	.20	.09	2.73	2.98	.79	1.31	.71	1.83	.20	.07	.03
IN.	.07	.23	.10	3.15	3.11	.91	1.46	.82	2.04	.24	.08	.03

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	412	753	1256	1688	1934	2203	2212	1900	1285	729	428	371
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 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1910 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	618685		498711
ANNUAL MEAN	1695		1366		1260
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2696	1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					35.9	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	14200	May 5	21800	Jan 23	38200	May 30 1927
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	56	Oct 4	32	Sep 26	1.0	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	60	Sep 28	33	Sep 23	1.6	Oct 3 1914
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			23500	Jan 23	44800 B	Jan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			23.39	Jan 23	26.54 C	Jun 30 1957
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			32	Sep 26,27,28	1.0 D	A
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.12		.90		.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	15.18		12.24		11.30
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5000		3210		3350
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	696		322		468
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	77		61		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.