03377500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03377500 WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°24'07", long 87°45'10", in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.28, T.1 S., R.12 W., Wabash County, Illinois, Hydrologic Unit 05120113, on right bank on downstream side of Southern Railway bridge at Mount Carmel, 0.2 mi downstream from Patoka River, and at mile 94.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 28,635 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1927 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1974;1984;1999-2000., January 1908 to September 1913. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity November 1874 to December 1878, are contained in files of Louisville office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and since June 1884, are contained in reports of National Weather Service.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 369.46 ft above sea level. Oct. 1, 1949, to Feb. 8, 1977, at datum 2.00 ft higher. See WSP 1725 for history of changes prior to Sept. 30, 1949.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: (1874-78, 1884 to 1985) Maximum discharge, 428,000 ft³/s Mar. 30, 1913, gage height, 33.0 ft, present site and datum.

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	3570	3490	3410	3830	3920	34900	15400	16500	31200	50000	12400	11000
2	3680	3500	3450	4190	3820	32100	14300	15000	31600	47200	12700	10100
3	3930	3530	3400	4790	3900	30100	13100	13900	28700	39300	12100	9290
4	4230	3560	3430	8080	3930	27300	12000	13000	25100	30500	12900	8220
5	4220	3550	3590	12500	4000	24000	11400	12200	21200	29000	14400	6940

6	4130	3700	3520	15100	4010	20900	11100	11900	17800	35900	12900	6420
7	4090	3800	3440	15100	4000	18500	11600	11600	15400	38000	11400	6910
8	4560	3770	3440	14800	3930	16700	16100	11700	13700	39600	21400	7240
9	4900	3770	3520	14700	3960	15100	25200	12000	12600	40000	41500	7280
10	4940	3770	3970	14600	4050	13700	32200	12500	13100	38900	44100	7030

11	4970	3720	4130	13900	3940	12800	33100	12600	14500	35900	37700	12100
12	5020	3800	4300	12900	3990	12200	32200	13000	14300	40300	28100	19600
13	4930	3830	4360	11800	4460	11600	31300	15200	12900	44100	22600	19200
14	4790	3830	4880	10400	5710	11200	31800	16500	12500	41800	19300	19100
15	4800	3820	5710	9230	7670	11100	32300	17100	12000	36200	16600	17700

16	4680	3800	5760	8260	8510	11000	30500	17500	11300	29700	14300	13400
17	4330	3740	5530	7590	10100	12200	26100	16700	22700	22700	12300	12000
18	4010	3740	5490	7230	14500	13100	22200	15300	40800	18500	10600	11600
19	3850	3690	5510	6850	27200	13100	22000	14200	51200	18200	9930	10600
20	3800	3520	5670	6520	32500	16900	23900	14100	53400	23100	10200	9470

21	3770	3380	5630	6230	33000	22800	24700	13700	50300	23300	12700	8520
22	3640	3430	5500	6040	32300	25800	24900	14900	47800	19300	14000	8200
23	3560	3470	5240	5790	31600	26200	25100	16200	49600	15800	14100	7790
24	3620	3470	4860	5480	33600	26000	24800	16400	56200	13800	25400	7530
25	3760	3440	4580	5180	35400	26600	26300	16200	60400	12400	26800	8920

26	3730	3460	4340	e4800	35400	27500	28500	16000	58200	11100	19400	20700
27	3610	3490	4110	e4500	39500	26700	27700	15500	56000	9930	20800	34100
28	3590	3460	3900	e4300	41600	23900	24800	18600	53900	9030	25600	39900
29	3580	3480	3830	4070	38700	20700	21200	23100	52500	8740	20400	39800
30	3550	3400	3730	4070	---	18100	18400	25300	51600	9330	15500	33000

31	3530	---	3680	4060	---	16500	---	28300	---	10700	12300	---

TOTAL	127370	108410	135910	256890	479200	619300	694200	486700	992500	842330	584430	433660
MEAN	4109	3614	4384	8287	16520	19980	23140	15700	33080	27170	18850	14460
MAX	5020	3830	5760	15100	41600	34900	33100	28300	60400	50000	44100	39900
MIN	3530	3380	3400	3830	3820	11000	11100	11600	11300	8740	9930	6420
CFSM	.14	.13	.15	.29	.58	.70	.81	.55	1.16	.95	.66	.50
IN.	.17	.14	.18	.33	.62	.80	.90	.63	1.29	1.09	.76	.56

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1928 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	9125	15330	25150	37550	40860	50090	50280	41760	28820	19380	12140	8991
MAX	37700	87950	92340	199300	147100	108700	106400	144100	80120	73580	75530	50670
(WY)	1994	1994	1986	1950	1950	1985	1938	1996	1998	1958	1979	1989
MIN	2465	2632	2266	2861	3758	4815	11900	5805	5035	3366	2372	2572
(WY)	1941	1931	1964	1977	1931	1941	1941	1934	1988	1936	1936	1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1928 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	9789950		5760900
ANNUAL MEAN	26820		15740		28220
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					56740	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					6144	1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	175000	Jan 30	60400	Jun 25	302000	May 25 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2880	Sep 16	3380	Nov 21	1650	Sep 27 1941
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3000	Sep 13	3430	Nov 28	1700	Dec 19 1963
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			60800	Jun 25	305000	May 25 1943
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			16.65	Jun 25	31.75	Jan 7 1991
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.94		.55		.99
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	12.72		7.48		13.39
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	66800		35000		67800
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	9870		12400		16400
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3520		3690		4330