03341500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03341500 WABASH RIVER AT TERRE HAUTE, IN

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°28'33", long 87°25'07", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.21, T.12 N., R.9 W., Vigo County, Hydrologic Unit 05120111, on left bank at Indiana America Water Company, Inc., lst and Elm Streets in Terre Haute, 3.0 mi upstream from Sugar Creek, and 3.6 mi downstream from Lost Creek and at mile 215.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 12,263 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: February 1905 to July 1906, October 1927 to current year.

STAGE: August 1902 to December 1903. Gage-height records collected at site 100 ft downstream June 1891 to June 1897 and since December 1904 are contained in reports of National Weather Service.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 205: 1905. WSP 1335: 1944. WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area. WDR IN-84-1: 1983. WDR IN-86 1: 1913 (Gage height).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 445.78 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 17, 1984, water-stage recorder at Wabash Avenue bridge 3,400 ft downstream at datum 2.88 ft lower. See WSP 1725 for history of changes prior to Oct. 27, 1928.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 189,000 ft³/s, May 20, 1943, gage height 30.50 ft; minimum daily discharge, 701 ft³/s, August 3, 1934.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of March 27, 1913, reached a stage of about 31.2 present site and datum, discharge, 245,000 ft³/s.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

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	3420	3560	4520	5470	19800	36100	6160	6690	12000	4510	4930	5260
2	2980	3240	4280	4790	22500	34500	6100	6460	9930	4360	5120	6070
3	2690	2960	4060	4580	23300	29400	6080	6200	9120	4210	4750	5200
4	2520	2820	3930	4560	23300	22200	6070	5960	9880	8670	4130	4070
5	6730	2700	3810	4460	21500	17900	5940	5740	10900	13100	3590	3430

6	8820	2670	3600	4370	e17000	15600	5630	5490	13600	9200	3230	3190
7	6030	2720	3650	4290	e14000	13900	6140	5340	22300	7590	2840	2990
8	5230	3100	3510	4310	e11600	12700	7430	5200	26600	6360	2700	3060
9	5890	3690	3140	4360	13100	11600	8340	5170	26700	7070	2470	3200
10	7510	4480	3170	4310	26400	11000	9100	5080	24400	10500	2350	3370

11	7070	4880	3370	4190	30900	10200	10900	4930	20400	11300	2110	3730
12	5490	5540	4400	4080	32600	9660	16700	4770	17000	10100	2040	4130
13	4570	6090	5780	4010	34100	9820	23200	4670	14800	8680	1980	5560
14	4170	6850	5860	4100	35200	9630	25300	4510	13300	7400	2160	6150
15	4040	7240	8000	4510	35600	9100	25700	4160	11700	5960	2210	5250

16	3740	6840	9870	5390	36700	8810	24300	4130	10200	5040	2060	4310
17	3990	6360	9590	6080	37200	9010	21700	6460	9740	4260	1830	3680
18	4190	5860	8040	6770	36500	9260	19200	7350	9960	3780	1860	3540
19	3740	5500	8190	7350	34800	9580	17300	9750	9060	3580	2330	3420
20	3230	5010	9160	8070	31900	9960	15400	14000	8380	3710	2250	3750

21	2780	5000	9590	8470	27200	9780	13600	16000	8730	3820	2240	3520
22	2710	5060	8810	8030	21700	9310	11900	16500	9250	3760	2230	3570
23	2920	4560	6720	7150	18600	8840	11000	15500	8250	3510	2410	4830
24	2730	3950	5150	6620	16600	8640	10500	13800	8220	4770	2420	5860
25	2930	3810	4680	6190	19500	8270	10500	11700	7930	5200	4750	5210

26	2990	4570	4670	5700	28500	7990	10300	9610	7300	5690	9050	4380
27	2610	5430	4640	5360	31500	8090	9250	8640	6620	5550	10400	3680
28	2440	5660	4700	4920	34200	7820	8470	10100	6030	6080	9130	3770
29	2560	5470	4800	4740	---	7060	7850	12800	5350	8730	7460	3950
30	2510	4980	5220	6280	---	6370	7250	13900	4880	7840	5980	3730

31	2930	---	5570	12900	---	6220	---	13500	---	5710	5050	---

TOTAL	126160	140600	174480	176410	735800	388320	367310	264110	362530	200040	118060	125860
MEAN	4070	4687	5628	5691	26280	12530	12240	8520	12080	6453	3808	4195
MAX	8820	7240	9870	12900	37200	36100	25700	16500	26700	13100	10400	6150
MIN	2440	2670	3140	4010	11600	6220	5630	4130	4880	3510	1830	2990
CFSM	.33	.38	.46	.46	2.14	1.02	1.00	.69	.99	.53	.31	.34
IN.	.38	.43	.53	.54	2.23	1.18	1.11	.80	1.10	.61	.36	.38

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1928 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	4600	6689	10120	13740	15620	18680	18990	15390	12060	8189	5006	4025
MAX	18880	40220	44490	77540	47990	51250	41940	64810	44130	27840	21330	21440
(WY)	1991	1993	1928	1950	1950	1982	1938	1943	1958	1957	1958	1989
MIN	1103	1405	1145	1216	1998	2645	5250	2405	1492	1292	1002	966
(WY)	1957	1954	1964	1977	1963	1941	1931	1934	1934	1936	1941	1941

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1928 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	2150630		3179680
ANNUAL MEAN	5876		8711		11070
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					22800	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					2864	1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	30300	Jun 27	37200	Feb 17	186000	May 20 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1040	Jan 22	1830	Aug 17	701	Aug 3 1934
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1310	Jan 21	2020	Aug 12	732	Sep 24 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			37300	Feb 17	189000	May 20 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			17.67	Feb 17	30.50	May 20 1943
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.48		.71		.90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	6.52		9.65		12.26
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11100		19300		27400
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4350		6030		6400
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2140		2990		1990