03342000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03342000 WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON, IN

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°01'13", long 87°34'07", in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.30, T.7 N., R.10 W., Sullivan County, Hydrologic Unit 05120111, on left bank at downstream side of Illinois Central Railroad bridge at Riverton, 0.5 mi downstream from Turtle Creek, and at mile 162.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13,161 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1938 to current year. Prior to April 1939 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1305.

STAGE: June 1911 to December 1914 available in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office, Louisville, Ky.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1335: 1939, 1950. WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 414.65 ft above sea level. Prior to July 17, 1951, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 201,000 ft³/s, May 21, 1943, gage height 29.36 ft; minimum daily discharge, 858 ft³/s, September 27, 1941.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of March 28, 1913, reached a stage of 26.4 ft, from graph based on once daily readings by Illinois Central Railroad Co., discharge, 250,000 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	4160	3200	5460	5740	16800	31800	6560	7490	13700	5190	6150	5350
2	3990	3700	5030	5550	21500	33900	6450	7010	13100	4900	5460	5580
3	3590	3520	4730	5060	22900	35600	6390	6730	10900	4720	5450	6050
4	3540	3260	4460	4840	23600	35400	6370	6480	10800	4690	5090	5320
5	16700	3120	4280	4800	23400	29500	6330	6230	15600	10300	4550	4420

6	23600	3040	4120	4740	21600	23000	6170	6010	22000	11800	4070	3850
7	16300	3070	3930	4640	18600	18500	5950	5760	21700	8970	3710	3590
8	10400	3100	3900	4560	16000	15700	6540	5610	25000	7550	3370	3460
9	8160	3530	3760	4550	13700	13800	7620	5440	26900	14500	3220	3480
10	8070	5250	3460	4540	22100	12400	8540	5350	27000	18400	3040	3530

11	8650	5880	3540	4490	27400	11600	10100	5260	25100	14600	2870	3620
12	7800	5610	5060	4400	29000	10700	13300	5150	21200	12800	2680	3940
13	6330	6070	5540	4320	30400	10300	18700	4980	17600	11000	2600	4360
14	5400	6760	5970	4290	32200	10300	23200	4870	15200	9250	2550	5590
15	4940	7290	6290	4990	34200	9970	25000	4700	13600	7800	2640	5970

16	4730	7400	8660	6370	35900	9590	25500	4410	11900	6460	2660	5250
17	4670	6980	10500	6780	37300	9610	24400	6570	10500	5550	2540	4480
18	4840	6470	10600	7110	38400	9660	22000	11100	10100	4820	2430	3960
19	4810	5990	9410	7650	39200	9740	19600	10400	9980	4380	2520	3890
20	4360	5610	9430	8040	39700	10000	17500	11300	9150	4180	2820	3720

21	3850	5180	8870	8420	39200	10200	15600	14300	8650	4240	2650	3920
22	3430	5140	8580	8580	36200	9970	13800	15700	9000	4270	2570	3750
23	3290	5120	9140	8090	29100	9460	12200	15800	9110	4250	2540	3790
24	3400	4710	7960	7340	23400	9080	11300	15000	8390	4200	2710	4890
25	3260	4530	6640	6800	22600	8760	10800	13600	8260	5200	2830	5660

26	3360	7230	5790	6370	25600	8400	10700	12000	7910	7460	5250	5140
27	3400	7070	5550	5950	28100	8190	10300	10200	7350	7130	8870	4450
28	3110	6530	5740	5610	29800	8200	9410	9200	6720	6100	9870	3870
29	2930	6340	5380	5300	---	7910	8650	10300	6180	7320	8740	3900
30	2940	5980	5360	8210	---	7250	8040	12500	5610	10400	7350	4000

31	2910	---	5530	12900	---	6710	---	13400	---	8070	6120	---

TOTAL	190920	156680	192670	191030	777900	445200	377020	272850	408210	240500	129920	132780
MEAN	6159	5223	6215	6162	27780	14360	12570	8802	13610	7758	4191	4426
MAX	23600	7400	10600	12900	39700	35600	25500	15800	27000	18400	9870	6050
MIN	2910	3040	3460	4290	13700	6710	5950	4410	5610	4180	2430	3460
CFSM	.47	.40	.47	.47	2.11	1.09	.95	.67	1.03	.59	.32	.34
IN.	.54	.44	.54	.54	2.20	1.26	1.07	.77	1.15	.68	.37	.38

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	4890	7263	10700	13790	17150	20800	20970	17120	14010	9252	5801	4569
MAX	18350	39340	39250	80210	54530	60520	41840	68010	45640	36240	23680	25370
(WY)	1991	1993	1986	1950	1950	1982	1957	1943	1958	1957	1958	1989
MIN	1382	1437	1213	1318	2058	2763	5623	3435	2601	1968	1215	1261
(WY)	1957	1954	1964	1977	1963	1941	2000	1941	1977	1988	1941	1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	2475000		3515680
ANNUAL MEAN	6762		9632		12160
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					24340	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3206	1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	33100	Jun 29	39700	Feb 20	200000	May 21 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1480	Jan 24	2430	Aug 18	858	Sep 27 1941
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1550	Jan 24	2560	Aug 13	870	Sep 25 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			39800	Feb 20	201000	May 21 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			18.21	Feb 20	29.36	May 21 1943
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.51		.73		.92
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	7.00		9.94		12.55
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	14000		22300		29600
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4940		6560		7150
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2430		3470		2240