03381500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03381500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CARMI, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°03'40", long 88°09'35", in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.5 S., R.9 E., White County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of Possum Bridge, 2.3 mi south of Main Street Bridge in Carmi, 7.8 mi downstream from Skillet Fork, and at mile 30.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 3,102 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.

STAGE: October 1908 to December 1912.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-79.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1978-79.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1978-79.

BIOLOGICAL: Algae, water years 1978-79.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and raingage. Datum of gage is 339.91 ft above sea level. Prior to December 1912, nonrecording gage at site 3.1 mi upstream at datum 0.4 ft higher. Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, 1939, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Since Nov. 14, 1939, auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.1 mi upstream.

REMARKS.-- At extremely high stages, there is diversion 6 mi above the gage through McHenry Slough to the Wabash River.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 46,900 ft³/s, May 12, 1961, gage height 36.66 ft; maximum gage height, 36.70 ft, May 13, 1961, discharge unknown; no flow, Sept. 15-17, 1952, result of temporary dam upstream; minimum unregulated discharge, 0.6 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 1953, July 31, 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	3360	181	3910	e660	6950	7310	584	246	1320	199	911	328
2	3540	177	4040	e640	6390	6420	604	233	912	237	713	252
3	3650	174	4200	e610	5470	5790	2170	221	738	172	452	179
4	3390	175	4230	e580	4950	5580	4240	206	873	150	286	136
5	2290	174	4010	e560	4850	5560	3180	194	1230	394	195	106

6	1130	175	3160	e540	4980	5250	1850	184	1990	612	144	81
7	948	182	1930	e520	5130	4780	1300	176	3470	529	111	89
8	2320	244	1150	e540	5300	3910	1040	172	3670	492	88	97
9	2750	1140	785	e600	5700	2460	863	166	3500	629	77	71
10	2890	1700	635	e670	7200	1420	739	156	3310	1530	142	62

11	3020	2700	1050	e680	7810	987	660	149	3370	1930	146	56
12	3140	3650	3450	e620	7690	835	623	141	3550	2300	109	72
13	3250	3690	3460	e580	6890	812	684	138	3720	2400	68	100
14	3370	3400	2970	e900	6560	772	1280	132	3860	2250	49	95
15	3500	3650	2700	e2800	7480	752	1860	133	3920	1670	40	73

16	3590	3760	3180	e4400	9170	903	1710	131	3800	908	37	58
17	3400	3590	e4300	5380	9590	1290	1260	124	3050	451	36	48
18	2440	3440	e3800	5880	9680	1350	897	197	1740	281	e50	67
19	1680	3160	e3300	6110	9370	1390	678	1840	1010	220	e450	257
20	2020	2390	e2900	5940	8840	1330	568	1140	769	277	e700	223

21	1750	1460	e2500	5500	8190	1240	512	956	1060	708	263	131
22	1210	887	e2200	5310	7570	1090	466	1190	700	733	118	83
23	790	613	e1900	5160	6850	931	429	644	435	540	67	99
24	517	495	e1600	5050	6050	792	401	598	325	1350	192	128
25	376	659	e1300	4660	6980	702	356	533	270	875	289	98

26	302	2070	e1100	3680	7990	634	327	437	250	355	732	69
27	255	e2500	e950	2570	8000	586	308	390	230	323	1450	52
28	232	4550	e850	1940	7750	550	291	355	215	355	1230	44
29	208	4320	e760	1670	---	527	272	316	190	723	800	40
30	195	3960	e730	4270	---	521	261	287	179	1060	538	39

31	186	---	e690	6460	---	543	---	429	---	768	393	---

TOTAL	61699	59266	73740	85480	199380	67017	30413	12214	53656	25421	10876	3233
MEAN	1990	1976	2379	2757	7121	2162	1014	394	1789	820	351	108
MAX	3650	4550	4300	6460	9680	7310	4240	1840	3920	2400	1450	328
MIN	186	174	635	520	4850	521	261	124	179	150	36	39
CFSM	.64	.64	.77	.89	2.30	.70	.33	.13	.58	.26	.11	.03
IN.	.74	.71	.88	1.03	2.39	.80	.36	.15	.64	.30	.13	.04

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	552	1499	2636	3735	4556	5398	5320	4203	2441	1435	795	411
MAX	5429	12840	12960	23300	17270	17680	15400	19330	10120	8237	6024	2766
(WY)	1950	1994	1983	1950	1999	1979	1945	1961	1957	2000	1979	1993
MIN	5.25	8.23	16.4	30.6	62.7	25.3	176	167	44.5	40.8	22.7	3.07
(WY)	1965	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1988	1988	1940	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	975955		682395
ANNUAL MEAN	2667		1870		2739
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					6094	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					151	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	12300	Jul 15,16	9680	Feb 18	46000	May 13 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	40 A	Feb 3	36	Aug 17	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	42	Jan 31	56	Aug 12	1.5	Sep 18 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			9820 C	Feb 18	46900 D	May 12 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			23.80 E	Feb 18	36.70 F	May 13 1961
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			35	Aug 17,18
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.86		.60		.88
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	11.70		8.18		11.99
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7420		5270		8730
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1500		800		575
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	166		130		38

	A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in Jan. and Feb.
	B - Sept. 15-17, 1952, result of temporary dam upstream, minimum unregulated discharge, 0.6 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 1953, July 31, 1954.
	C - Gage height, 23.72 ft.
	D - Gage height, 36.66 ft.
	E - Discharge, 9,670 ft³/s.
	F - Discharge unknown.