03379500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03379500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50", 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 28.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,131 mi².

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

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. Datum of gage is 392.29 ft above sea level. Prior to Jan. 2, 1947, nonrecording gage at highway bridge 300 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height 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	41	21	64	e45	6330	4550	154	3920	123	1820	27	16
2	36	25	60	e50	7200	4130	155	1460	2850	4470	29	14
3	33	282	58	e80	6480	1900	831	569	5210	4200	27	13
4	34	386	61	e120	6230	791	5170	398	4570	2050	24	12
5	34	670	62	e160	5360	557	6200	1500	4530	657	21	11

6	60	407	59	e150	2440	2200	5880	4670	4570	306	19	e10
7	812	205	137	e120	5210	3170	5290	5040	4500	381	18	e9.4
8	1210	119	176	e95	11000	2460	4740	4150	3840	615	18	e8.8
9	611	80	116	e84	12500	2600	2680	2060	1610	570	20	e8.3
10	250	244	156	e76	13500	4990	2990	764	577	547	18	e8.0

11	113	1220	116	e68	9690	5000	3840	452	377	243	16	e7.6
12	65	1750	83	e65	7780	3540	2420	348	280	633	16	e7.4
13	47	1130	68	e1000	6730	1530	854	339	837	387	17	e7.0
14	37	441	60	e3000	5400	788	483	1100	4960	202	18	e7.0
15	30	225	58	e2000	3160	587	531	1090	4860	131	18	e6.6

16	27	148	56	e1000	1320	482	956	740	3210	93	31	e6.4
17	25	107	55	e1300	842	417	1600	491	1340	74	47	e6.2
18	29	83	53	e2000	728	361	1750	396	495	60	33	e6.0
19	53	71	51	e5000	636	310	1600	403	304	53	26	e5.8
20	76	68	50	7000	530	276	1130	438	227	50	22	e5.6

21	55	62	74	6770	446	251	758	276	181	45	20	e5.4
22	55	56	264	12500	385	234	587	295	150	40	18	e5.2
23	47	56	210	23400	343	348	540	1030	130	37	16	e5.0
24	37	57	153	23600	330	460	486	1230	452	78	23	e5.0
25	31	55	e110	17500	337	370	392	556	1030	94	19	e4.8

26	28	70	e80	11300	351	284	340	336	1340	158	21	e4.6
27	26	91	e60	8230	483	233	323	237	3250	103	21	e4.5
28	25	74	e50	6540	3100	200	1240	179	4970	59	24	e4.5
29	24	75	e45	3490	---	184	3700	145	3510	41	25	e8.0
30	23	71	e53	1430	---	171	4730	122	1100	33	22	e10

31	22	---	e48	2500	---	159	---	110	---	29	18	---

TOTAL	3996	8349	2746	140673	118841	43533	62350	34844	65383	18259	692	233.1
MEAN	129	278	88.6	4538	4244	1404	2078	1124	2179	589	22.3	7.77
MAX	1210	1750	264	23600	13500	5000	6200	5040	5210	4470	47	16
MIN	22	21	45	45	330	159	154	110	123	29	16	4.5
CFSM	.11	.25	.08	4.01	3.75	1.24	1.84	.99	1.93	.52	.02	.01
IN.	.13	.27	.09	4.63	3.91	1.43	2.05	1.15	2.15	.60	.02	.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	202	576	1025	1397	1522	1746	1672	1392	789	434	306	206
MAX	2146	5462	7882	9030	6833	5425	6267	10150	4271	2644	5794	2569
(WY)	1950	1986	1968	1950	1982	1978	1922	1943	1945	1993	1915	1993
MIN	.30	1.07	1.73	6.90	12.6	4.92	56.9	45.1	14.4	9.75	4.17	.79
(WY)	1954	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1925	1988	1930	1964	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1914 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	534187		499899.1
ANNUAL MEAN	1464		1370		936
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2040	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					29.3	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	11000	May 9	23600	Jan 24	43200	May 10 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	17	Jan 4	4.5 A	Sep 27, 28	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	22	Sep 11	4.8	Sep 22	.00	Sep 3 1954
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			24600	Jan 24	47000	Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			23.74	Jan 24	26.67	Jan 5 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.29		1.21		.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	17.57		16.44		11.24
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5320		4690		2950
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	244		225		148
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	34		18		10

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharge, Sept. 6-30.
B - Sept. 3-19, 1954.