03346000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03346000 NORTH FORK EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR OBLONG, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°00'36", long 87°56'44", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.7 N., R.14 W., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 0.8 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 2 mi west of Oblong, and at mile 10.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 318 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 456.19 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 11, 1940, nonrecording gage and Dec. 11, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1964, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1971 to May 15, 1979, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mi downstream at present datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,100 ft³/s, Jan. 4, 1950, from rating curve extended above 16,000 ft³/s, gage height, 24.38 ft, present datum; minimum discharge, no flow for many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

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	110	29	180	e66	3100	191	60	35	462	28	59	7.4
2	92	29	160	e65	805	155	64	34	215	69	46	6.6
3	77	27	147	e64	336	139	61	32	71	71	39	6.5
4	198	25	132	e64	265	121	58	30	495	44	36	6.3
5	5260	24	120	e66	244	104	54	29	1860	49	33	6.2

6	13700	25	112	e68	264	90	52	27	4750	33	31	6.0
7	7550	43	103	e70	336	83	53	27	4070	28	29	6.4
8	2160	84	101	e65	503	81	52	26	1570	24	27	7.4
9	358	173	97	e60	1400	78	50	25	225	2280	23	7.7
10	185	797	88	e56	3020	75	58	24	133	5490	21	7.2

11	146	479	129	e54	3920	72	394	24	96	6730	19	7.6
12	121	205	627	e56	1320	72	349	24	81	2620	17	7.0
13	103	179	e270	e60	321	75	154	22	71	235	16	6.3
14	89	304	e160	e75	370	77	91	21	64	109	14	5.4
15	79	208	e120	e200	699	71	79	21	58	82	13	4.9

16	73	136	e90	e600	446	75	81	20	66	69	13	4.6
17	115	107	e140	e500	313	219	75	20	63	61	12	4.4
18	139	86	e220	e400	207	201	65	56	49	54	15	5.3
19	105	72	e190	e330	170	120	60	409	44	49	47	6.8
20	75	65	e170	e270	161	95	58	159	41	46	66	5.9

21	62	57	e150	e200	152	87	57	80	38	43	32	5.7
22	54	49	e135	e185	137	81	56	62	38	40	21	6.3
23	49	42	e120	170	130	76	51	61	38	38	15	5.2
24	45	42	e110	160	129	71	50	46	36	51	14	4.5
25	41	259	e100	146	1310	67	51	59	33	104	13	4.0

26	39	1670	e90	130	2340	64	47	52	32	198	12	3.8
27	38	1630	e85	123	533	61	43	45	33	378	11	3.7
28	36	427	e80	114	261	59	42	48	32	98	13	3.6
29	34	270	e75	202	---	59	39	42	29	67	14	3.3
30	32	215	e70	1850	---	60	38	36	27	272	10	3.2

31	31	---	e68	4150	---	60	---	34	---	89	8.5	---

TOTAL	31196	7758	4439	10619	23192	2939	2442	1630	14820	19549	739.5	169.2
MEAN	1006	259	143	343	828	94.8	81.4	52.6	494	631	23.9	5.64
MAX	13700	1670	627	4150	3920	219	394	409	4750	6730	66	7.7
MIN	31	24	68	54	129	59	38	20	27	24	8.5	3.2
CFSM	3.16	.81	.45	1.08	2.60	.30	.26	.17	1.55	1.98	.08	.02
IN.	3.65	.91	.52	1.24	2.71	.34	.29	.19	1.73	2.29	.09	.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	60.2	194	291	386	446	490	472	372	245	144	87.6	79.9
MAX	1006	1757	1755	2798	1777	1469	1521	2825	1346	1010	471	900
(WY)	2001	1986	1968	1950	1982	1973	1984	1943	1945	1958	1985	1989
MIN	.013	.13	.56	.92	4.82	2.37	10.4	19.0	4.07	.46	.26	.10
(WY)	1954	1954	1954	1977	1954	1954	1954	1941	1954	1954	1954	1954

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	119726.6		119492.7
ANNUAL MEAN	327		327		271
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					644	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3.88	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	13700	Oct 6	13700	Oct 6	20300	Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2.5 A	Jan 1	3.2	Sep 30	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	3.4	Jan 13	3.7	Sep 24	.00	Sep 13 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			15100	Oct 6	27100 C	Jan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			21.26	Oct 6	24.38 D	Jan 4 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.03		1.03		.85
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	14.01		13.98		11.59
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	640		416		600
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	68		66		46
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4.8		13		2.7

	A - Estimated, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Jan. and Feb.
	B - Many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.
	C - From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft³/s.
	D - Present datum.