03339000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03339000 VERMILION RIVER NEAR DANVILLE, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°06'03", long 87°35'50", 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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1914 to September 1921, June 1928 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

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, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, 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.-- 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.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 48,700 ft³/s, March 13, 1939, gage height, 28.59 ft; maximum gage height, 31.56 ft, Apr. 13, 1994 (discharge 47,900 ft³/s).

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	173	51	40	e41	e41	380	231	284	1470	601	312	30
2	98	82	40	49	e43	330	214	340	1180	513	197	28
3	91	63	40	74	e45	272	219	363	981	471	146	27
4	87	57	41	78	e47	243	216	358	811	440	124	32
5	82	68	54	89	e48	230	234	319	848	788	127	26

6	119	53	69	157	e50	213	209	287	871	1500	146	19
7	87	46	127	76	e49	196	215	267	682	1000	117	19
8	89	46	107	71	e47	212	224	260	588	645	53	20
9	98	49	73	70	e50	214	236	423	540	471	48	28
10	119	49	67	58	e64	211	212	526	529	428	40	36

11	129	43	59	50	e80	184	236	442	557	750	37	34
12	90	43	63	46	126	179	224	446	485	e660	33	88
13	70	45	55	42	179	170	205	579	482	e587	33	92
14	64	48	85	37	145	184	165	333	900	e387	31	142
15	58	46	70	34	128	204	149	280	998	e333	28	81

16	56	46	99	40	121	203	154	249	852	e252	27	60
17	62	46	84	32	139	199	395	252	636	e194	27	52
18	56	45	75	42	264	175	855	361	518	e152	32	50
19	53	45	65	31	812	193	684	506	431	e137	28	43
20	53	46	58	35	912	707	537	670	388	132	37	38

21	52	46	43	38	633	1240	523	690	1560	116	39	38
22	48	47	e36	38	415	904	641	515	2630	108	30	43
23	45	50	e33	e37	400	644	570	437	1960	89	31	50
24	44	55	e31	e34	379	544	499	407	1660	63	155	62
25	45	50	e30	e31	336	490	467	e280	3230	53	143	95

26	45	55	e30	e30	325	429	436	e800	2320	48	78	97
27	40	61	e31	e31	443	447	382	1920	1470	78	52	155
28	42	48	e32	e33	613	449	347	7210	1030	70	43	96
29	46	43	e33	e35	452	382	322	4910	854	66	40	68
30	46	40	e35	e37	---	297	297	2820	729	52	37	67

31	47	---	e38	e39	---	263	---	1960	---	226	36	---

TOTAL	2234	1512	1743	1535	7386	10988	10298	29494	32190	11410	2307	1716
MEAN	72.1	50.4	56.2	49.5	255	354	343	951	1073	368	74.4	57.2
MAX	173	82	127	157	912	1240	855	7210	3230	1500	312	155
MIN	40	40	30	30	41	170	149	249	388	48	27	19
CFSM	.06	.04	.04	.04	.20	.27	.27	.74	.83	.29	.06	.04
IN.	.06	.04	.05	.04	.21	.32	.30	.85	.93	.33	.07	.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1915 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	328	580	865	1139	1408	1706	1863	1679	1224	766	404	253
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 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1915 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	330042		112813
ANNUAL MEAN	904		308		1015
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2694	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					139	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	12500	Jan 24	7210	May 28	45100	Apr 13 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	30 A	Dec 25, 26	19	Sep 6, 7	2.0	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	31	Dec 23	24	Sep 2	2.1	Oct 8 1920
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			8400	May 28	48700 C	Mar 13 1939
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			12.82	May 28	31.56 D	Apr 13 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			17	Sep 6, 7
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.70		.24		.79
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	9.52		3.25		10.69
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2260		686		2440
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	180		98		396
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	46		35		51

A - Estimated due to backwater from ice.
B - Oct. 9-14, 1920; Aug. 10, 1930.
C - Gage height 28.59 ft.
D - Discharge, 47,900 ft³/s.