03378635 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2002

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 39°06'14", long 88°35'39" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.8 N., R.5 E., Effingham County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 40, 1,000 ft upstream from railroad bridge, 2.3 mi south west of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 240 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1966 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 501.10 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Apr. 21, 1988, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in surface-water discharge records.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 31,500 ft³/s, May 12, 2002, gage height 24.27 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

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
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	0.00	38	559	e38	3950	101	433	687	52	16	2.2	1.6
2	0.00	37	295	e38	1280	313	311	2240	65	13	2.4	1.5
3	0.00	41	178	e37	667	959	223	999	55	12	2.5	1.3
4	0.00	37	128	e35	439	386	161	534	39	10	2.0	0.94
5	2.3	33	107	e37	265	240	131	329	37	9.1	1.9	0.33

6	1.2	31	100	e37	193	194	115	3310	36	9.5	1.6	0.00
7	0.80	28	91	e35	160	186	102	9590	33	9.2	1.2	0.00
8	0.88	e26	77	e35	131	156	615	7210	26	9.8	0.91	0.00
9	0.95	e26	65	42	113	2490	1530	3690	24	8.7	0.68	0.00
10	6.3	e24	54	41	106	1790	705	1640	25	5.3	0.64	0.00

11	15	e23	48	39	107	668	408	857	79	5.9	0.69	0.00
12	144	e22	72	36	89	452	821	6270	219	7.1	1.9	0.00
13	688	e21	388	35	80	352	1170	15600	874	5.6	1.8	0.00
14	2200	e20	961	35	68	259	505	4270	762	5.4	1.2	0.00
15	733	e19	965	34	63	313	329	1050	273	4.5	1.2	0.00

16	753	e18	1050	31	60	1370	225	619	144	3.7	1.2	0.00
17	452	e17	4460	30	56	611	168	472	81	3.3	0.97	0.00
18	199	e16	3350	30	53	382	136	417	49	3.5	3.0	0.00
19	107	e16	1010	31	227	310	138	229	36	5.2	8.9	0.00
20	72	e15	582	34	1020	471	859	158	29	5.1	3.8	3.2

21	53	e15	373	33	578	369	1480	121	25	4.9	3.5	1.4
22	42	e14	269	33	306	207	1830	92	23	4.9	3.0	0.82
23	41	e14	250	38	188	148	791	77	22	6.5	3.2	1.0
24	261	e40	188	47	139	134	760	71	20	10	3.4	1.1
25	767	65	136	50	116	3140	1040	84	52	8.0	2.8	0.50

26	394	50	106	39	141	1840	569	71	106	7.3	2.7	0.16
27	179	42	91	35	108	1110	1710	62	66	5.0	2.4	0.11
28	97	41	e79	35	90	1800	5010	61	35	4.2	2.0	0.00
29	66	90	e65	36	---	1830	2310	90	22	3.5	1.8	0.00
30	53	779	e45	86	---	1120	780	74	18	3.0	1.7	0.00

31	44	---	e50	1840	---	653	---	59	---	2.5	1.6	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	69.33	156.1	244.4	248.7	339.8	384.8	381.3	315.9	203.0	96.24	52.43	74.62
MAX	672	1141	1055	964	1080	1200	1225	1969	756	794	252	1001
(WY)	2001	1994	1968	1993	1982	1978	1996	2002	2000	2000	1974	1993
MIN	0.10	0.65	0.000	0.026	14.5	19.1	27.3	14.4	1.77	1.34	0.25	0.24
(WY)	1995	1977	1977	1981	1978	1972	1971	1988	1987	1972	1989	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2002 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL	79647.96		153370.88
ANNUAL MEAN	218.2		420.2		213.0
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					450	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.2	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	5720	Jun 6	15600	May 13	15600	May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00	several days	0.00	many days	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.12	Sep 28	0.00	Sep 6	0.00	Oct 8 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			31500	May 12	31500	May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			24.27	May 12	24.27	May 12 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.91		1.75		0.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	12.35		23.77		12.06
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	443		1000		460
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	43		52		38
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.7		1.1		0.13

A - Many days in most years.