03342000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03342000 WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON, IN

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°01'13", long 87°34'07", in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.30, T.7 N., R.10 W., Sullivan County, Hydrologic Unit 05120111, on left bank at downstream side of Illinois Central Railroad bridge at Riverton, 0.5 mi downstream from Turtle Creek, and at mile 162.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13,161 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1938 to current year. Prior to April 1939 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1305.

STAGE: June 1911 to December 1914 available in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office, Louisville, Ky.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1335: 1939, 1950. WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 414.65 ft above sea level. Prior to July 17, 1951, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE Flood of March 28, 1913, reached a stage of 26.4 ft, from graph based on once-daily readings by Illinois Central Railroad Co., discharge, 250,000 ft³/s.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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	2800	2460	2160	2430	e1550	10600	4850	5230	20500	29000	3860	2520
2	3290	2490	2160	2530	e1590	11700	4550	4840	18600	22400	4440	2540
3	3370	2430	2160	2600	e1620	10800	4280	4640	15900	17800	5370	2500
4	3220	2500	2160	2690	e1650	9170	4000	4520	12800	16300	5040	2340
5	3120	2690	2190	2520	e1630	7520	3780	4600	10400	16000	4130	2250

6	3140	2800	2170	2580	e1700	6320	3610	4660	8740	20100	4220	2580
7	3350	2710	2210	2680	e1800	5630	3740	4790	7700	22100	8980	2630
8	3510	2640	2250	2580	e1790	5120	5960	4850	7130	19800	7430	2590
9	3640	2640	2430	2550	e1890	4720	5020	4730	8600	17900	5540	2530
10	3510	2690	2530	2580	1900	4410	4080	4680	10500	16600	4750	3160

11	3460	2720	2560	2570	1980	4160	3720	4630	10200	22500	4380	7430
12	3410	2710	2580	2570	2140	4030	3720	5250	8920	28000	4410	3970
13	3360	2730	2580	2490	2300	3910	5190	6170	7490	21600	4110	3300
14	3260	2760	2580	2430	2390	3820	6170	8550	6780	16800	3680	3200
15	3070	2720	2540	2370	2380	3740	5840	9220	6910	13200	3420	3530

16	2750	2640	2690	2310	2430	3750	5490	7900	12200	10400	3190	4110
17	2590	2560	2870	2210	2990	3690	5500	6590	21200	8780	3070	4540
18	2500	2380	3000	2150	4010	3550	5620	5900	24500	7710	3010	4160
19	2610	2290	3220	2120	4420	3670	4950	5420	22200	9210	3820	3610
20	2530	2260	3280	e2000	4610	4440	4860	5320	18300	8840	5510	3250

21	2420	2270	3250	e1900	5080	5030	5120	5780	18300	6560	4260	3190
22	2380	2250	3050	e1700	5830	5330	5050	6250	21000	5810	3450	3030
23	2550	2290	2770	e1600	7270	6090	5010	6670	23100	5300	3450	2860
24	2600	2290	2620	e1480	7530	7700	7320	7900	25600	4900	3860	3170
25	2580	2290	2410	e1500	7190	9620	10600	8160	26900	4640	3070	5330

26	2550	2320	2140	e1520	7720	9380	10700	7240	30200	4340	2780	9310
27	2510	2340	2080	e1560	8900	8200	9420	8160	31800	4040	3070	7740
28	2500	2330	2010	e1600	9430	6840	7950	10100	32500	3950	2880	5570
29	2480	2220	2060	e1620	9340	5920	6730	11600	33100	3760	2700	4740
30	2460	2170	2130	e1590	---	5470	5860	16800	32900	3780	2650	4300

31	2430	---	2280	e1520	---	5170	---	19900	---	3640	2640	---

TOTAL	89950	74590	77120	66550	115060	189500	168690	221050	534970	395760	127170	115980
MEAN	2902	2486	2488	2147	3968	6113	5623	7131	17830	12770	4102	3866
MAX	3640	2800	3280	2690	9430	11700	10700	19900	33100	29000	8980	9310
MIN	2380	2170	2010	1480	1550	3550	3610	4520	6780	3640	2640	2250
CFSM	.22	.19	.19	.16	.30	.46	.43	.54	1.35	.97	.31	.29
IN.	.25	.21	.22	.19	.33	.54	.48	.62	1.51	1.12	.36	.33

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	4869	7296	10770	13920	16980	20900	21110	17260	14020	9277	5827	4571
MAX	18350	39340	39250	80210	54530	60520	41840	68010	45640	36240	23680	25370
(WY)	1991	1993	1986	1950	1950	1982	1957	1943	1958	1957	1958	1989
MIN	1382	1437	1213	1318	2058	2763	5623	3435	2601	1968	1215	1261
(WY)	1957	1954	1964	1977	1963	1941	2000	1941	1977	1988	1941	1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	4308470		2176390
ANNUAL MEAN	11800		5946		12200
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					24340	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3206	1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	74700	Jan 29	33100	Jun 29	200000	May 21 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1440	Sep 17	1480	Jan 24	858	Sep 27 1941
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1520	Sep 11	1550	Jan 24	870	Sep 25 1941
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			33300	Jun 29	201000	May 21 1943
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			16.50	Jun 29	29.36	May 21 1943
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.90		.45		.93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	12.18		6.15		12.60
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	30900		11800		29700
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3910		3760		7160
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2160		2170		2200