03382100 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
SALINE RIVER BASIN

03382100 SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR CARRIER MILLS, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°38'16", long 88°40'40", in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.10 S., R.5 E., Saline County, Hydrologic Unit 05140204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 45, 150 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Carrier Mills, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 147 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1965 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1963-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site ATH 05.

SEDIMENT: Water years 1977 to 1981.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 375.63 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 31, 1967, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,160 ft³/s, Jan. 31, 1982, gage height, 16.32 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.60 ft³/s, July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,570 mg/L May 28, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L Aug. 20-22, 1980.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 8,010 tons May 28, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton Aug. 20-22, Sept. 20, Oct. 10, 1980, May 3, 4, 1981.

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	5.9	7.1	26	e19	105	131	88	23	26	11	19	685
2	5.8	7.7	23	e19	77	116	78	22	25	12	16	175
3	5.1	9.6	22	e18	58	100	1210	22	20	10	17	73
4	4.7	8.9	21	e18	53	268	1010	20	17	11	16	39
5	5.4	7.2	21	e20	55	399	456	20	17	11	15	28

6	6.3	6.1	20	e26	52	191	255	19	16	10	14	22
7	9.0	11	20	e38	49	147	196	20	16	10	13	81
8	9.1	30	20	73	50	124	164	21	15	10	13	225
9	6.7	509	19	68	115	112	126	20	13	9.8	15	67
10	6.3	156	22	46	442	95	111	18	12	9.5	23	40

11	6.2	63	168	39	163	83	95	17	13	11	113	31
12	6.8	36	588	38	106	80	95	18	12	11	84	25
13	4.1	31	147	42	89	113	78	17	14	13	31	21
14	3.8	31	135	101	97	123	53	15	16	12	21	17
15	4.2	25	128	198	478	94	51	13	16	9.3	17	13

16	4.0	19	739	117	783	148	56	15	17	8.4	14	12
17	11	17	e795	81	583	162	45	19	15	9.3	11	13
18	12	17	e280	71	204	110	38	21	13	11	14	14
19	11	17	163	73	143	91	38	177	12	14	148	19
20	13	19	e100	72	118	86	42	76	12	14	89	20

21	11	16	e70	56	98	82	49	260	16	12	28	16
22	9.3	15	e50	48	101	74	42	157	20	12	18	13
23	7.0	14	e37	47	125	62	38	62	21	11	16	12
24	5.6	14	e31	47	149	56	38	41	15	16	15	11
25	4.8	251	e28	43	1100	50	41	35	12	17	14	9.9

26	4.5	250	e26	41	548	42	33	29	11	17	16	9.6
27	6.3	94	e24	42	226	38	31	25	12	40	13	9.6
28	6.0	54	e23	39	165	37	28	21	13	28	13	9.8
29	5.4	40	e22	47	---	40	27	17	15	23	15	9.3
30	7.2	31	e21	283	---	49	25	17	11	82	162	8.3

31	7.5	---	e20	182	---	88	---	21	---	32	413	---

TOTAL	215.0	1806.6	3809	2052	6332	3391	4637	1278	463	507.3	1426	1728.5
MEAN	6.94	60.2	123	66.2	226	109	155	41.2	15.4	16.4	46.0	57.6
MAX	13	509	795	283	1100	399	1210	260	26	82	413	685
MIN	3.8	6.1	19	18	49	37	25	13	11	8.4	11	8.3
CFSM	.05	.41	.84	.45	1.54	.74	1.05	.28	.10	.11	.31	.39
IN.	.05	.46	.96	.52	1.60	.86	1.17	.32	.12	.13	.36	.44

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	20.1	110	194	214	277	318	325	256	119	38.3	37.6	21.1
MAX	157	643	1193	608	864	837	922	1115	633	163	485	110
(WY)	1985	1986	1983	1999	1989	1979	1983	1983	1997	1976	1985	1992
MIN	2.57	4.05	8.22	10.7	42.3	28.6	22.3	15.4	6.10	1.88	5.34	1.67
(WY)	1967	1972	1977	1981	1996	1981	1981	1988	1972	1966	1994	1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1966 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	47478.6		27645.4
ANNUAL MEAN	130		75.7		160
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					332	1985
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.0	1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2360	Jan 4	1210	Apr 3	4880	Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	3.8	Oct 14	3.8	Oct 14	.60	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	5.1	Oct 10	5.1	Oct 10	.77	Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			1660	Apr 3	5160	Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			10.98	Apr 3	16.32	Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			3.1	Oct 16
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.88		.52		1.09
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	12.01		7.00		14.81
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	316		163		398
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	26		23		30
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.2		9.4		5.9

A - July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.