03378635 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03378635 LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR EFFINGHAM, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°06'14", long 88°35'39", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.8 N., R.5 E., Effingham County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 40, 1,000 ft upstream from railroad bridge, 2.3 mi south west of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 240 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1966 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 501.10 ft above sea level. Prior to Apr. 21, 1988, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in surface-water discharge records.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 17,800 ft³/s, May 8, 1996, gage height 21.19 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

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	92	36	146	e46	699	220	47	29	496	16	1.8	2.0
2	71	35	129	e45	437	177	45	33	166	13	1.3	1.6
3	58	37	105	e43	216	149	47	28	98	17	.23	1.4
4	384	35	74	e41	152	131	50	25	1180	13	.00	1.7
5	7470	35	68	e43	144	109	45	24	2570	15	.00	1.8

6	8350	74	64	e47	113	85	38	25	5720	9.4	.00	1.5
7	1660	349	59	e47	149	74	40	26	3190	8.9	.00	1.4
8	641	160	57	e45	418	68	39	25	743	9.7	1.6	1.6
9	393	841	52	e41	4020	67	41	23	417	19	2.4	6.0
10	257	1470	47	e40	5510	63	139	21	244	7.6	2.4	1.9

11	178	645	105	e39	1100	62	481	20	159	6.4	2.5	1.6
12	133	378	306	e39	560	65	299	18	117	6.1	1.8	1.3
13	104	1000	90	e43	337	67	167	16	87	5.5	1.8	1.0
14	83	703	167	e80	614	63	110	20	68	5.6	1.9	.88
15	77	378	e140	364	819	60	94	20	418	5.2	1.9	.71

16	76	241	e120	302	487	161	82	20	117	5.1	2.1	.63
17	86	176	e94	258	265	186	59	26	66	5.5	2.1	.61
18	76	129	e88	187	144	117	51	225	49	7.4	12	5.2
19	61	105	e105	168	109	95	40	141	37	8.1	19	2.6
20	57	91	e120	111	95	84	40	70	36	5.0	7.9	2.0

21	53	77	e140	72	78	81	40	72	34	3.9	3.7	2.5
22	51	67	e130	68	65	72	40	57	38	8.6	2.7	1.4
23	48	66	e110	67	54	62	39	54	31	6.0	2.3	1.2
24	46	64	e80	60	134	59	37	61	27	488	7.0	1.1
25	48	747	e60	47	3670	53	38	75	22	133	7.3	.97

26	50	1770	e52	48	1310	47	36	114	20	17	43	.88
27	46	831	e50	60	603	44	34	188	17	8.9	22	.89
28	44	447	e48	44	349	42	32	110	14	7.1	5.2	.81
29	50	274	e47	429	---	47	33	74	14	6.0	3.1	.02
30	42	192	e47	3170	---	47	29	55	13	5.4	2.3	.00

31	38	---	e47	1550	---	46	---	125	---	4.5	2.1	---

TOTAL	20823	11453	2947	7644	22651	2703	2312	1820	16208	876.9	163.43	47.20
MEAN	672	382	95.1	247	809	87.2	77.1	58.7	540	28.3	5.27	1.57
MAX	8350	1770	306	3170	5510	220	481	225	5720	488	43	6.0
MIN	38	35	47	39	54	42	29	16	13	3.9	.00	.00
CFSM	2.80	1.59	.40	1.03	3.37	.36	.32	.24	2.25	.12	.02	.01
IN.	3.23	1.78	.46	1.18	3.51	.42	.36	.28	2.51	.14	.03	.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	64.5	159	236	253	339	373	368	269	206	98.8	53.9	76.7
MAX	672	1141	1055	964	1080	1200	1225	1391	756	794	252	1001
(WY)	2001	1994	1968	1993	1982	1978	1996	1995	2000	2000	1974	1993
MIN	.10	.65	.000	.026	14.5	19.1	27.3	14.4	1.77	1.34	.25	.24
(WY)	1995	1977	1977	1981	1978	1972	1971	1988	1987	1972	1989	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	106033.67		89648.53
ANNUAL MEAN	290		246		207
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					450	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.2	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	10100	Jul 5	8350	Oct 6	12100	Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.00	Jan 16-18	.00	A	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.85	Jan 15	.45	Aug 2	.00	Oct 8 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			12400	Oct 5	17800	May 8 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			20.38	Oct 5	21.19	May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.21		1.02		.86
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.44		13.90		11.73
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	626		422		444
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	46		50		38
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	5.2		2.0		.10

	A - Aug. 4-7, Sept. 30.
	B - Many days in most years.