Station list     Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN


03346000       NORTH FORK EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR OBLONG, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°00'36", long 87°56'44" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.7 N., R.14 W., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 0.8 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 2 mi west of Oblong, and at mile 10.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 318 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 456.19 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1940, nonrecording gage and Dec. 11, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1964, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1971 to May 15, 1979, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mi downstream at present datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,100 ft3/s, Jan. 4, 1950, from rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s, gage height, 24.38 ft, present datum; no flow for many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

 

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

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
13.294 727 e60 2810 161 322 553 160 36   8.31.7  
23.284 310 e57 3800 241 250 1490 172 32   7.01.7  
33.376 199 e54 1260 1180 212 1800 141 29   6.11.7  
43.470 150 e48 347 599 185 402 114 26   5.41.6  
54.363 122 e46 247 252 158 244 87 24   5.01.3  
 
64.158 122 e44 190 206 140 1460 150 21   4.31.3  
74.954 129 e44 167 192 128 3850 112 19   3.81.2  
88.850 118 e44 150 171 158 9500 90 17   3.41.2  
97.048 97 e50 132 1400 456 6700 79 16   3.21.3  
106.045 79 57 122 4220 402 4020 82 16   3.01.1  
 
1113   42 69 55 115 1760 235 1430 81 14   3.11.00
12304   40 88 54 110 367 182 1020 216 13   3.20.93
13653   38 500 51 102 306 532 11300 548 12   5.20.84
141850   36 1200 51 90 256 383 9250 319 11   7.50.75
152700   34 2110 49 80 238 252 4050 188 11   4.60.75
 
162240   34 1340 47 77 1190 193 824 135 9.83.60.74
17822   32 2700 43 72 942 153 430 128 9.33.00.85
18317   31 5150 40 66 333 127 335 97 8.62.81.1  
19196   30 4000 40 79 289 110 259 83 14   4.21.3  
20146   29 814 40 793 580 114 200 75 10   8.32.3  
 
21114   29 331 41 1220 548 537 169 67 7.412   2.4  
2293   28 254 41 423 268 1440 151 60 14   8.32.0  
2381   27 226 42 255 189 1110 140 55 35   5.81.6  
24469   31 220 51 190 169 413 131 55 154   4.21.8  
251650   41 176 59 159 1410 784 135 49 68   3.21.8  
 
261770   70 141 56 181 3000 464 166 57 31   2.61.5  
27462   55 122 47 220 1800 659 135 50 19   2.22.3  
28229   46 e105 44 168 1310 2670 340 42 14   2.01.4  
29163   69 e90 44 --- 1450 3880 391 59 13   1.91.2  
30130   587 e75 51 --- 1190 2960 173 49 17   1.70.98
 
31108   --- e65 560 --- 518 --- 132 --- 10   1.7---     

TOTAL14558.21971218292010136252673519609611803600731.1140.641.64
MEAN469.665.70704.264.84486.6862.4653.61974120.023.584.5351.388
MAX2700587515056038004220388011300548154122.4
MIN3.227654066161110131427.41.70.74
CFSM1.480.212.210.201.532.712.066.210.380.070.010.00
IN.1.700.232.550.241.593.132.297.160.420.090.020.00

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN66.85192.0297.9381.1446.3496.2474.7397.7242.7141.986.2578.68
MAX1006175717552798177714691521282513461010471900
(WY)200119861968195019821973198419431945195819851989
MIN0.0130.130.560.924.822.3710.419.04.070.460.260.10
(WY)195419541954197719541954195419411954195419541954

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL114457.9      166030.54
ANNUAL MEAN313.6      454.9  274.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN644         1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN3.88    1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN6730             Jul 1111300         May 1320300         Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN3.2   A0.74    Sep 160.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM3.3          Sep 280.84    Sep 110.00    Sep 13 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW17100         May 1327100      CJan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE23.17    May 1324.38 DJan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.62    Sep 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.99    1.430.86    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.39    19.4211.72    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS555         1240     601         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS64         82     46         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS7.4      2.7  2.7      

A - Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.

B - Many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

C - From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s.

D - Present datum.



Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data