03382100 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
SALINE RIVER BASIN

03382100 SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR CARRIER MILLS, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°38'16", long 88°40'40", in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.10 S., R.5 E., Saline County, Hydrologic Unit 05140204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 45, 150 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Carrier Mills, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 147 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1965 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1963-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site ATH 05.

SEDIMENT: Water years 1977 to 1981.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 375.63 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 31, 1967, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,570 mg/L May 28, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L Aug. 20-22, 1980.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 8,010 tons May 28, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton Aug. 20-22, Sept. 20, Oct. 10, 1980, May 3, 4, 1981.

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	11	5.1	7.9	11	e17	244	59	42	113	87	19	11
2	9.2	5.2	7.4	10	e16	167	55	36	99	69	19	11
3	7.7	7.4	11	1010	e15	142	51	35	382	57	22	9.8
4	6.3	7.9	12	2360	e15	132	47	32	110	51	141	9.2
5	5.9	8.3	13	1710	17	107	39	35	58	41	109	8.8

6	5.6	11	12	385	18	88	40	36	44	35	62	8.2
7	5.4	11	11	150	18	74	50	34	32	26	39	7.4
8	5.2	11	9.7	96	19	65	48	33	25	23	39	6.2
9	11	9.8	11	73	19	74	47	32	23	23	29	5.7
10	14	9.7	187	60	19	56	34	144	23	22	20	5.7

11	10	10	173	49	21	43	34	70	21	21	19	5.9
12	7.8	11	81	41	21	49	30	43	20	55	18	7.2
13	6.3	9.0	145	36	38	47	26	45	19	58	17	9.9
14	5.4	7.7	354	30	287	45	25	39	18	30	15	9.5
15	6.9	7.5	163	25	129	45	25	30	18	25	14	8.3

16	9.4	8.1	54	24	87	238	26	23	19	23	14	9.5
17	8.5	7.7	31	24	65	336	39	20	1100	21	14	7.6
18	7.3	6.7	21	24	1020	152	55	20	1810	17	14	6.8
19	6.0	7.6	17	23	1950	158	42	313	1900	115	13	6.4
20	6.6	14	15	24	1280	1640	36	122	895	63	13	5.6

21	7.2	15	13	23	398	1420	36	59	479	31	12	6.2
22	6.8	15	13	24	224	793	32	39	329	24	12	6.0
23	5.9	16	13	23	169	322	24	520	178	20	12	5.9
24	7.0	15	12	e21	225	207	28	934	127	19	12	7.2
25	8.3	13	12	e20	217	164	104	607	101	20	12	13

26	6.8	14	12	e19	337	117	88	370	73	19	11	23
27	6.5	15	11	e18	1360	129	60	792	358	19	11	17
28	6.0	14	11	e17	934	126	156	659	389	18	11	9.1
29	5.2	12	11	e17	463	91	98	289	175	20	9.9	7.2
30	5.7	9.4	11	e16	---	79	58	181	116	22	9.8	6.2

31	5.5	---	11	e17	---	71	---	142	---	20	9.8	---

TOTAL	226.4	314.1	1466.0	6380	9398	7421	1492	5776	9054	1094	772.5	260.5
MEAN	7.30	10.5	47.3	206	324	239	49.7	186	302	35.3	24.9	8.68
MAX	14	16	354	2360	1950	1640	156	934	1900	115	141	23
MIN	5.2	5.1	7.4	10	15	43	24	20	18	17	9.8	5.6
CFSM	.05	.07	.32	1.40	2.20	1.63	.34	1.27	2.05	.24	.17	.06
IN.	.06	.08	.37	1.61	2.38	1.88	.38	1.46	2.29	.28	.20	.07

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	20.5	111	196	218	279	323	330	262	122	38.9	37.4	20.1
MAX	157	643	1193	608	864	837	922	1115	633	163	485	110
(WY)	1985	1986	1983	1999	1989	1979	1983	1983	1997	1976	1985	1992
MIN	2.57	4.05	8.22	10.7	42.3	28.6	22.3	15.4	6.10	1.88	5.34	1.67
(WY)	1967	1972	1977	1981	1996	1981	1981	1988	1972	1966	1994	1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1966 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	63509.4		43654.5
ANNUAL MEAN	174		119		163
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					332	1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.0	1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	3770	Jan 23	2360	Jan 4	4880	Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	5.1	Nov 1	5.1	Nov 1	.60	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	5.6	Oct 27	5.6	Oct 27	.77	Sep 1 1966
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			2480	Jan 4	5160	Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			13.45	Jan 4	16.32	Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			4.8	B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.18		.81		1.11
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.07		11.05		15.03
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	420		257		401
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	25		23		31
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.7		7.2		5.8

A - July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.
B - Oct. 9, Nov. 1, 2.