03339000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

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 1994-2001.

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, water- quality monitor, 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, minimum daily, 2.0 ft³/s, Oct. 9-14, 1920 and Aug. 10, 1930.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Mar. 18 to Sept. 5 and estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant at gage averaged 5.5 ft³/s during the year. The maximum monthly average was 11.5 ft³/s in February, and the minimum was 3.4 ft³/s in October.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	60	51	e125	e80	e3000	2930	631	402	518	184	169	909
2	52	53	e120	e85	e2300	2180	558	411	672	192	149	540
3	47	62	e110	e90	e1500	1800	488	367	718	206	132	266
4	51	53	e100	e92	e1100	1550	466	306	807	559	186	114
5	95	47	e100	e95	e1050	1340	442	285	908	646	186	127

6	161	53	e110	e95	e1000	1140	519	351	1630	504	134	117
7	193	69	e115	e92	986	969	1980	360	3700	326	112	112
8	122	76	e120	e88	1310	895	2190	324	2790	326	103	260
9	89	181	e115	e82	3640	841	1310	320	1680	338	116	520
10	75	197	e110	e79	6930	748	1120	279	1400	633	105	814

11	70	638	e120	e76	5430	678	1580	272	1080	544	101	611
12	66	610	e200	e74	3080	659	2780	345	813	358	102	379
13	61	481	e300	e80	e1960	680	1860	323	732	235	101	270
14	58	343	e370	e100	2370	671	1280	244	694	183	99	172
15	65	423	e280	e160	5070	588	1060	242	623	160	99	152

16	62	347	e220	e300	3870	765	1020	200	563	145	101	141
17	102	274	e180	e500	2730	1150	895	236	495	116	106	124
18	82	252	e140	e400	1860	1500	751	573	406	101	110	111
19	68	231	e130	e300	1440	1410	680	1010	387	94	110	220
20	60	204	e120	e200	1140	1210	652	925	427	117	108	207

21	55	173	e115	e160	1020	1100	652	648	335	124	137	228
22	52	111	e110	e140	966	1010	627	539	399	101	120	171
23	53	105	e105	e130	924	921	575	489	516	132	127	120
24	51	e110	e100	e120	1040	807	601	414	411	138	110	110
25	50	e115	e96	e110	9590	731	548	397	350	164	199	101

26	51	e120	e92	e100	11500	666	482	391	288	191	146	79
27	51	e125	e89	e95	10100	640	477	465	237	126	204	61
28	50	e130	e86	e92	5730	608	454	781	211	269	128	65
29	52	e135	e84	e200	---	570	405	664	192	417	84	63
30	53	e130	e82	e1500	---	610	374	468	182	263	81	66

31	51	---	e81	e4700	---	590	---	437	---	200	831	---

TOTAL	2208	5899	4225	10415	92636	31957	27457	13468	24164	8092	4596	7230
MEAN	71.2	197	136	336	3308	1031	915	434	805	261	148	241
MAX	193	638	370	4700	11500	2930	2780	1010	3700	646	831	909
MIN	47	47	81	74	924	570	374	200	182	94	81	61
CFSM	.06	.15	.11	.26	2.56	.80	.71	.34	.62	.20	.11	.19
IN.	.06	.17	.12	.30	2.67	.92	.79	.39	.70	.23	.13	.21

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1915 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	325	575	856	1129	1431	1698	1851	1664	1218	760	401	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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1915 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	119656		232347
ANNUAL MEAN	327		637		1010
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2694	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					139	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	7210	May 28	11500	Feb 26	45100	Apr 13 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	19	Sep 6,7	47	A	2.0	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	24	Sep 2	51	Oct 22	2.1	Oct 8 1920
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			12100	Feb 26	48700 C	Mar 13 1939
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			15.29	Feb 26	31.56 D	Apr 13 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			43	Oct 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.25		.49		.78
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	3.45		6.70		10.64
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	686		1360		2430
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	144		242		394
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	37		76		51

	A- Oct. 3 and Nov. 5.
	B- Oct. 9-14, 1920 and Aug. 10, 1930.
	C- Gage height, 28.59 ft.
	D- Discharge, 47,900 ft³/s.