03381500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03381500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CARMI, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 38°03'40", long 88°09'35", in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.5 S., R.9 E., White County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of Possum Bridge, 2.3 mi south of Main Street Bridge in Carmi, 7.8 mi downstream from Skillet Fork, and at mile 30.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--3,102 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1908 to December 1912 (gage heights only), October 1939 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 339.91 ft above sea level. Prior to December 1912, nonrecording gage at site 3.1 mi upstream at datum 0.4 ft higher. Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, 1939, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Since Nov. 14, 1939, auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.1 mi upstream.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage at station. At extremely high stages, there is diversion 6 mi above the gage through McHenry Slough to the Wabash River.

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	295	73	248	e230	24600	6370	938	4580	430	4440	198	56
2	196	71	234	e750	24000	5940	892	4350	1620	6770	159	49
3	145	80	219	e2000	23000	5250	1860	4380	4160	7360	133	47
4	119	89	211	e2700	22100	4650	8120	4390	4520	8370	114	46
5	111	206	206	e2400	21100	4460	10200	4620	4670	9430	104	46

6	165	629	198	e1700	20200	6010	12000	5570	4670	9950	94	48
7	1760	813	394	e1300	20100	7160	13000	6250	5300	9680	102	37
8	2870	793	744	e1000	20100	7780	13400	6440	5230	8970	114	33
9	2750	610	788	e800	20000	8770	13600	6490	5170	8070	110	30
10	2680	463	e650	e700	20100	9790	13700	5960	5460	7880	100	28

11	2280	435	519	e600	20300	9830	13200	5200	5720	8490	87	27
12	1540	932	439	e550	20900	9700	12700	4880	5420	8630	80	27
13	852	1800	374	e2500	20900	9270	11800	4740	4820	7710	78	29
14	415	2080	328	e5000	20700	8560	10900	4060	4230	6080	71	28
15	244	1960	281	e5500	20200	7760	9910	2680	4010	4360	65	26

16	183	1520	248	e6000	19500	7540	9140	1810	3590	2370	62	25
17	150	978	225	7050	18500	9000	7970	1680	3700	1060	56	23
18	153	558	206	8420	17300	8650	6530	2130	3970	596	55	22
19	160	356	e180	9310	16100	7250	5090	1910	4100	397	66	22
20	228	288	e160	9610	14900	5420	3960	1410	3970	301	72	22

21	304	238	e700	9840	13900	3450	3160	1090	3240	589	69	21
22	344	210	3130	12800	12900	1970	2590	904	e2000	480	71	20
23	289	195	2750	e15500	11900	3940	2050	757	718	223	68	19
24	225	181	2140	e19000	10700	6890	1590	666	405	1900	62	19
25	181	170	1550	e22000	9450	7130	1290	958	373	4380	52	20

26	155	170	1050	24300	7760	6250	1800	1400	911	3790	49	21
27	136	184	739	25500	5920	4340	2350	1280	2780	1870	52	25
28	121	184	569	26400	6320	2520	3020	918	3790	756	66	34
29	105	189	442	26100	---	1620	4700	605	3930	404	80	34
30	91	229	e320	24900	---	1220	4990	424	3340	302	74	29

31	78	---	e260	24500	---	1030	---	349	---	240	64	---

TOTAL	19325	16684	20502	298960	483450	189520	206450	92881	106247	135848	2627	913
MEAN	623	556	661	9644	17270	6114	6882	2996	3542	4382	84.7	30.4
MAX	2870	2080	3130	26400	24600	9830	13700	6490	5720	9950	198	56
MIN	78	71	160	230	5920	1030	892	349	373	223	49	19
CFSM	.20	.18	.21	3.11	5.57	1.97	2.22	.97	1.14	1.41	.03	.01
IN.	.23	.20	.25	3.59	5.80	2.27	2.48	1.11	1.27	1.63	.03	.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	537	1516	2681	3810	4557	5490	5459	4316	2404	1332	770	398
MAX	5429	12840	12960	23300	17270	17680	15400	19330	10120	7315	6024	2766
(WY)	1950	1994	1983	1950	1999	1979	1945	1961	1957	1969	1979	1993
MIN	5.25	8.23	16.4	30.6	62.7	25.3	176	167	44.5	40.8	22.7	3.07
(WY)	1965	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1988	1988	1940	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	1268285		1573407
ANNUAL MEAN	3475		4311		2763
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					6094	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					151	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	13300	May 8	26400	Jan 28	46000	May 13 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	58	Sep 15-17	19	Sep 23,24	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	60	Sep 12	20	Sep 20	1.5	Sep 18 1953
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			26800 B	Jan 28	46900	May 12 1961
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			32.91 C	Jan 27	36.70	May 13 1961
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			18	Sep 23,24
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.12		1.39		.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	15.21		18.87		12.10
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9320		12800		8820
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1930		1550		568
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	124		62		38

A - Sept. 15-17, 1952, result of temporary dam upstream; minimum unregulated discharge, 0.6 ft³/s, Sept.9, 1953, July 31, 1954.
B - Gage height, 32.79 ft.
C - Discharge, 25,800 ft³/s.