03379500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03379500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50", in SE1/4 sec.3, T.2 N., R.8 E., Clay County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on County Highway 23, 0.3 mi downstream from Big Muddy Creek, 5 mi southeast of Clay City, and at mile 128.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,131 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: August 1914 to current year. Prior to October 1958, published as "at Wilcox." Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 973: 1937-40. WSP 1335: 1915-33, 1934(M), 1935, 1940, 1941(M), 1946(M). WSP 1625: 1958. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 392.29 ft above sea level. Prior to Jan. 2, 1947, nonrecording gage at highway bridge 300 ft upstream at same datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 47,000 ft³/s, Jan. 5, 1950, gage height, 26.67 ft; minimum discharge, no flow Sept. 3-19, 1954.

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	574	81	1380	e130	5920	4900	163	72	268	47	54	38
2	329	78	673	e130	5340	3170	160	66	897	92	38	29
3	243	73	522	e120	5080	1330	166	62	848	580	30	24
4	194	69	440	e115	4210	687	194	56	638	232	26	20
5	570	63	388	e115	2250	546	205	52	2390	109	23	18

6	2690	70	338	e120	990	456	203	52	4470	241	21	16
7	3590	407	297	e130	706	394	186	51	5970	363	19	15
8	3670	733	272	e140	647	340	168	49	5700	187	17	17
9	4040	1280	257	e150	1460	305	153	45	5020	137	16	18
10	4930	2600	242	e140	5060	281	146	45	4740	1880	16	20

11	6150	3500	263	e135	5870	260	388	46	4500	2940	15	19
12	4620	3540	967	e130	5210	249	1690	43	2500	1810	14	17
13	1870	3160	e1000	e130	6140	252	1620	39	740	372	13	15
14	506	2610	e800	e230	7620	256	786	36	325	138	13	20
15	282	2620	e650	e1000	6780	251	452	34	239	84	11	21

16	234	1890	e500	e2500	4560	340	334	31	342	61	11	17
17	941	961	547	e3400	2850	531	271	30	697	50	11	15
18	1170	601	662	e3500	1590	640	233	29	384	208	11	15
19	598	452	e700	e3000	885	577	197	33	212	308	13	23
20	378	369	e730	e2100	641	431	167	52	152	74	62	23

21	264	313	e650	e1000	544	341	154	219	125	54	129	17
22	190	273	579	e700	482	295	140	179	103	83	96	16
23	153	243	e450	e500	429	266	130	132	96	57	50	18
24	132	222	e350	e390	399	245	120	155	95	42	38	26
25	118	710	e290	e340	2550	226	109	116	89	61	194	23

26	109	3890	e240	e300	4990	204	101	108	76	105	419	19
27	103	5360	e210	e260	5010	186	92	138	63	273	240	17
28	100	5110	e190	e230	4830	175	89	168	55	147	195	16
29	97	4580	e170	e250	---	166	88	211	50	259	135	14
30	94	3050	e150	2240	---	161	80	198	47	195	86	13

31	87	---	e130	5190	---	161	---	150	---	99	54	---

TOTAL	39026	48908	15037	28815	93043	18622	8985	2697	41831	11288	2070	579
MEAN	1259	1630	485	930	3323	601	300	87.0	1394	364	66.8	19.3
MAX	6150	5360	1380	5190	7620	4900	1690	219	5970	2940	419	38
MIN	87	63	130	115	399	161	80	29	47	42	11	13
CFSM	1.11	1.44	.43	.82	2.94	.53	.26	.08	1.23	.32	.06	.02
IN.	1.28	1.61	.49	.95	3.06	.61	.30	.09	1.38	.37	.07	.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	212	582	1008	1376	1529	1719	1641	1373	818	480	322	213
MAX	2146	5462	7882	9030	6833	5425	6267	10150	4271	4567	5794	2569
(WY)	1950	1986	1968	1950	1982	1978	1922	1943	1945	2000	1915	1993
MIN	.30	1.07	1.73	6.90	12.6	4.92	56.9	45.1	14.4	9.75	4.17	.79
(WY)	1954	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1925	1988	1930	1964	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1914 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	492099.4		310901
ANNUAL MEAN	1345		852		936
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2040	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					29.3	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	25500	Jul 7	7620	Feb 14	43200	May 10 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	7.6 A	Jan 30	11	Aug 15-18	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	8.0	Jan 27	12	Aug 13	.00	Sep 3 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			7830	Feb 14	47000	Jan 5 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			20.26	Feb 14	26.67	Jan 5 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.19		.75		.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.19		10.23		11.25
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4540		3260		2970
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	300		211		149
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	23		21		10

	A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in Jan. and Feb.
	B - Sept. 3-19, 1954.