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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03343400       EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR CAMARGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°47'29", long 88°11'08" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.3, T.15 N., R.9 E., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 36, 2.0 mi southwest of Camargo, 5.7 miles east of Tuscola, and at mile 166.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 186 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.30 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,040 ft3/s, Apr. 12, 1994, gage height, 17.33 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
10.46138 580 e90 1520 199 e760 786 193 72   6.94.2  
20.39122 477 e80 1560 223 606 663 177 65   6.03.5  
30.34105 343 e76 1070 572 464 545 163 59   4.83.1  
40.3189 259 79 786 702 351 436 149 53   5.02.6  
52.7  81 205 78 574 515 288 360 150 46   4.41.7  
 
64.4  75 174 78 422 476 250 391 197 39   3.31.3  
75.4  70 149 72 335 557 223 1700 164 34   2.61.2  
82.0  67 127 63 272 500 257 1930 136 30   2.31.2  
91.4  61 107 67 235 594 453 1700 124 27   2.01.1  
102.2  56 90 65 229 929 432 1600 116 25   1.90.95
 
114.3  55 81 57 220 780 350 1120 148 22   2.10.83
1218     46 76 53 227 576 313 3130 695 20   2.10.70
1377     42 120 57 200 467 497 7000 e1100 18   1.80.62
14483     42 228 55 163 384 538 4200 865 16   4.70.48
15803     41 419 52 157 337 421 1890 616 14   2.70.48
 
16730     39 463 44 146 324 321 1030 440 12   8.10.57
17667     35 742 45 128 323 262 783 329 11   13   1.1  
18526     33 1080 42 110 295 222 733 258 12   9.84.6  
19380     34 927 41 119 250 214 586 211 11   11   2.0  
20268     33 696 43 529 238 2380 465 180 11   91   8.3  
 
21192     30 517 43 1070 215 2800 381 158 15   56   12     
22148     30 407 41 834 183 2370 325 145 13   15   7.0  
23134     30 359 39 582 174 1280 289 137 23   21   3.2  
24179     37 313 42 441 169 1010 264 128 40   196   1.6  
25447     78 254 37 358 229 1980 240 139 20   128   1.1  
 
26585     74 210 35 306 437 1230 218 154 14   56   0.91
27440     57 185 35 259 395 1050 194 132 15   26   1.0  
28289     56 166 35 232 379 2520 233 109 12   14   0.78
29211     156 143 38 --- e600 1840 320 91 9.79.20.66
30166     405 115 65 --- e980 1110 265 80 13   6.70.64
 
31144     --- e100 455 --- e920 --- 220 --- 8.44.9---     

TOTAL6910.902217101122102130841392226792339977684780.1718.369.42
MEAN222.973.90326.267.81467.3449.1893.11097256.125.1623.172.314
MAX803405108045515609802800700011007219612
MIN0.31307635110169214194808.41.80.48
CFSM1.200.401.750.362.512.414.805.901.380.140.120.01
IN.1.380.442.020.422.622.785.366.801.540.160.140.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN56.46112.9195.1174.0243.5262.4306.7298.7182.6100.060.0843.27
MAX5709106916846508618931263773487315422
(WY)199419931984197419851979200219961974199219791993
MIN0.0000.921.050.634.1176.835.636.514.39.590.120.020
(WY)196119611961197719631968197119761988198819641964

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1961 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL51470.14118388.72
ANNUAL MEAN141.0  324.4  169.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN357         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN57.6      2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1130         Jan 317000         May 137000         May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.31    Oct 40.31    Oct 40.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.39    Sep 280.66    Sep 100.00    Oct 1 1960
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW7540         May 138040         Apr 12 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE17.04    May 1317.33    Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.30    Oct 4,5
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.761.740.91    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.2923.6812.36    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS427     784     433         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS61     138     61         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS4.5  2.7  2.8      

A - Many days in most years.



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