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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03336645       MIDDLE FORK VERMILION RIVER ABOVE OAKWOOD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'14", long 87°44'45" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.5, T.19 N., R.12 W., Vermilion County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on right bank 150 ft upstream from Kickapoo State Park Road bridge, 1.0 mi upstream from Interstate Highway 74 bridge, 2.0 mi northeast of Oakwood, and at mile 31.7.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 432 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1978 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. Gage-height records for January 1972 to Nov. 8, 1978, available in files of Illinois Office of Water Resources.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1979.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1979.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 544.42 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Illinois Office of Water Resources).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 15,500 ft3/s, Apr. 13, 1994, gage height, 20.46 ft; minimum daily, 4.5 ft3/s, Nov. 20, 1980.

 

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


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
127 25 27 276 e76 e97 105 165 463 89 127 6290 
227 25 27 199 e85 e103 107 158 335 104 115 5910 
327 22 e26 145 e94 e92 102 159 274 140 280 2890 
429 26 e25 104 e108 e96 99 151 253 101 1110 1140 
530 28 e24 103 e130 e150 304 560 223 81 974 739 
 
627 27 e23 98 e111 e180 712 854 198 883 515 527 
725 26 e22 87 e95 e183 506 598 185 1830 350 395 
825 24 e22 77 e83 e230 891 436 161 875 260 299 
925 24 e24 124 e74 e310 732 894 142 1990 365 230 
1024 29 e25 165 e67 e255 527 1790 128 4280 236 196 
 
1122 28 24 e89 e59 e190 405 2040 124 3350 175 168 
1221 26 24 e100 e53 e172 330 1230 2350 3260 141 147 
1320 53 24 e120 e54 e250 269 765 888 1810 122 132 
1419 45 24 e107 e58 305 227 571 1090 735 121 123 
1519 41 24 e98 e62 234 206 583 1010 567 124 113 
 
16e19 36 23 e87 e56 211 189 639 598 485 112 99 
1719 33 22 e81 e50 222 185 477 415 338 93 86 
1820 30 29 e75 e53 226 169 376 329 2350 82 78 
1923 31 31 e70 e57 209 152 329 279 2920 74 72 
2021 31 117 e66 e65 197 160 321 241 1800 64 67 
 
2119 33 182 e62 e79 169 170 345 218 822 59 62 
2219 33 128 e59 e105 246 169 336 192 634 54 68 
2319 32 93 e56 e170 250 150 276 175 465 50 69 
2419 31 72 e53 e146 193 133 243 160 349 46 146 
2524 30 e59 e54 e130 168 165 219 154 280 42 292 
 
2625 30 e64 e54 e113 153 274 202 139 237 38 290 
2723 30 e68 e55 e105 150 245 185 132 208 37 2870 
2822 29 e54 e56 e95 146 210 187 125 191 34 1150 
2923 29 e46 e59 --- 135 229 446 115 178 1030 628 
3024 29 e43 e63 --- 125 201 354 100 161 2970 435 
 
3124 --- 120 e69 --- 113 --- 364 --- 142 910 --- 

TOTAL710916151629112433576083231625311196316551071025711
MEAN22.930.548.993.986.91862775243731021345857
MAX305318227617031089120402350428029706290
MIN19222253509299151100813462
CFSM0.050.070.110.220.200.430.641.210.862.360.801.98
IN.0.060.080.130.250.210.500.721.400.962.730.922.21

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1979 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN150291351325577731674678444300201123
MAX108822781097167925802088238416561446132010601116
(WY)199419861991199319821979199419951998199319811993
MIN9.739.5415.615.567.673.486.492.127.012.811.17.85
(WY)200119812000200020002000200019881988198820002000

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1979 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL159473     118094         
ANNUAL MEAN437     324         403     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN901     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN74.3  2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN4490         Aug 236290             Sep 114400     Apr 13 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN17         Aug 1319             A4.5  Nov 20 1980
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM20         Oct 1220             Oct 125.1  Nov 16 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW7490             Sep 115500     Apr 13 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE12.07        Sep 120.46Apr 13 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW9.7   B    Dec 3
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.010.75    0.93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)13.7310.17    12.66
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1010     733         954     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS145     124         150     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS24     25         15     

A - Several days.

B - Result of freeze up.



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