03378635 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03378635 LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR EFFINGHAM, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°06'14", long 88°35'39", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.8 N., R.5 E., Effingham County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 40, 1,000 ft upstream from railroad bridge, 2.3 mi south west of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 240 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1966 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 501.10 ft above sea level. Prior to Apr. 21, 1988, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in surface-water discharge records.

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	1.1	24	1.6	3.0	e2.5	26	15	18	43	104	43	24
2	.78	37	1.6	3.2	2.8	22	18	18	32	147	160	21
3	1.3	14	1.7	38	3.2	21	17	20	25	440	542	20
4	2.1	11	2.1	26	3.5	22	15	23	22	668	112	20
5	1.2	9.0	4.3	12	3.3	18	14	24	22	10100	620	19

6	.90	7.7	2.5	7.0	3.6	16	16	22	20	6490	665	24
7	.64	7.0	2.3	3.7	4.1	15	368	174	18	1160	643	20
8	55	6.5	2.2	2.8	4.6	18	212	143	16	540	385	18
9	26	6.3	3.4	4.4	5.0	15	48	74	15	286	189	17
10	11	6.0	23	4.7	6.4	13	28	78	21	161	74	1220

11	6.9	5.5	6.5	1.8	7.1	19	23	40	34	560	49	1910
12	.00	5.7	5.8	.59	5.8	28	19	38	28	802	36	890
13	.00	5.5	4.0	3.1	9.6	31	17	44	33	362	29	380
14	.00	5.1	272	2.9	8.1	41	16	26	24	180	26	160
15	.00	4.4	47	.37	6.2	43	18	22	18	104	23	99

16	.00	4.1	16	.00	5.6	34	31	19	673	73	22	63
17	.00	4.2	8.7	.00	5.3	25	99	828	1890	54	21	41
18	.00	4.2	4.7	.00	254	24	53	394	527	53	86	32
19	.00	4.5	2.3	.01	117	45	33	64	135	298	46	28
20	.35	4.2	1.9	2.8	45	416	47	34	499	74	25	25

21	2.5	3.6	.77	2.8	25	156	46	27	3500	45	20	23
22	4.0	3.7	.73	3.0	20	58	29	24	1400	34	23	22
23	4.1	5.2	3.0	3.2	16	37	27	378	573	27	65	21
24	4.0	5.3	3.0	2.9	21	32	43	72	3110	24	101	40
25	4.0	2.9	2.7	2.9	18	26	38	27	4930	21	69	751

26	5.0	2.7	2.8	2.6	84	22	26	23	2740	19	54	1770
27	5.5	2.5	2.8	2.4	226	23	22	2420	1240	18	61	846
28	5.6	2.1	2.7	2.2	75	22	20	549	594	567	63	444
29	5.7	2.0	2.9	e2.1	37	22	19	180	319	706	58	229
30	5.6	1.7	3.2	e2.2	---	17	19	85	166	417	40	135

31	5.6	---	3.1	e2.3	---	16	---	60	---	81	30	---

TOTAL	158.87	207.6	441.30	144.97	1024.7	1323	1396	5948	22667	24615	4380	9312
MEAN	5.12	6.92	14.2	4.68	35.3	42.7	46.5	192	756	794	141	310
MAX	55	37	272	38	254	416	368	2420	4930	10100	665	1910
MIN	.00	1.7	.73	.00	2.5	13	14	18	15	18	20	17
CFSM	.02	.03	.06	.02	.15	.18	.19	.80	3.15	3.31	.59	1.29
IN.	.02	.03	.07	.02	.16	.21	.22	.92	3.51	3.82	.68	1.44

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	46.7	152	241	253	325	382	377	275	196	101	55.3	78.9
MAX	286	1141	1055	964	1080	1200	1225	1391	756	794	252	1001
(WY)	1994	1994	1968	1993	1982	1978	1996	1995	2000	2000	1974	1993
MIN	.10	.65	.000	.026	14.5	19.1	27.3	14.4	1.77	1.34	.25	.24
(WY)	1995	1977	1977	1981	1978	1972	1971	1988	1987	1972	1989	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	94293.08		71618.44
ANNUAL MEAN	258		196		206
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					450	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.2	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	8250	Jun 2	10100	Jul 5	12100	Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.00	Many days	.00	Several days	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.00	Sep 2	.00	Oct 12	.00	Oct 8 1966
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			14200	Jul 5	17800	May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			21.13	Jul 5	21.19	May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.08		.82		.86
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	14.62		11.10		11.66
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	543		424		445
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	26		22		37
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	.37		2.2		.10

A - Many days in most years.