03338780 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 40°15'55", long 87°38'34" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.24, T.21 N., R.12 W., Vermilion County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109,on left bank at downstream side of County Road 2750 N, 1.8 mi west of Bismarck, 1.9 mi downstream from Painter Creek, 6.6 mi downstream from Middle Branch of North Fork Vermilion River, and at mile 17.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 262 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: June 1970 to September 1973, low-flow partial-record station. October 1988 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-98: 1997 (P).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 594 ft. above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 20,100 ft³/s, Mar. 11, 1990, gage height, 21.97 ft, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, maximum gage height, 22.45 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 20,100 ft³/s; minimum, 2.3 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 10, 16-19, 1991.

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

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	26	29	30	122	e52	e67	62	119	668	94	108	4040
2	27	27	30	93	e57	e70	64	117	384	95	108	4700
3	26	26	28	78	e66	e66	60	105	302	117	119	2720
4	28	27	28	62	e75	e64	72	103	247	91	161	1190
5	32	29	e26	67	e85	e100	377	635	201	81	159	809

6	27	35	e25	58	e75	e130	357	614	177	566	113	567
7	25	32	e24	51	e66	140	407	385	169	969	100	420
8	24	31	e24	56	e60	220	575	287	153	767	91	324
9	24	30	25	170	e54	350	395	1110	140	1420	96	267
10	23	37	28	e180	e49	151	303	1530	126	2790	83	225

11	28	41	28	e95	e43	117	252	1490	132	2310	75	192
12	24	38	28	e110	e37	102	214	885	663	1430	68	171
13	24	33	29	e120	e36	137	175	600	1110	881	62	156
14	25	33	29	e90	e39	158	158	486	2240	597	64	149
15	23	41	30	e75	e42	133	149	699	1340	745	57	137

16	23	35	29	e65	e38	134	144	567	775	799	53	124
17	23	34	29	e56	e35	142	139	418	532	492	50	113
18	24	33	38	e52	e36	135	124	346	404	1310	46	105
19	24	32	43	e49	e40	122	111	298	330	1260	42	102
20	25	33	43	e46	e46	116	121	296	263	784	40	95

21	24	34	44	e43	e55	112	120	246	226	547	38	87
22	23	34	41	e41	e75	106	109	222	205	428	36	125
23	23	34	37	e39	e110	94	96	206	183	332	33	194
24	23	32	34	e38	e95	87	93	192	165	267	32	634
25	26	31	e30	e37	e85	87	126	180	146	224	30	714

26	30	30	e31	e37	e75	82	173	166	140	192	28	858
27	26	30	e32	e38	e68	77	138	152	130	173	27	3350
28	24	30	e29	e39	e65	80	123	157	116	165	27	2660
29	26	31	e27	e41	---	77	140	240	109	153	779	1080
30	34	32	41	e44	---	65	121	191	100	132	1200	744

31	32	---	153	e47	---	60	---	942	---	119	693	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	176	202	217	308	369	486	485	531	429	274	149	122
MAX	1127	1162	1160	1387	917	1063	1728	1033	1565	1281	1118	902
(WY)	2002	1993	1991	1993	2001	1990	1994	1998	1998	1993	2002	2003
MIN	6.73	9.68	13.8	13.4	45.8	59.2	47.6	96.9	140	16.3	6.74	3.68
(WY)	1998	1998	2000	2000	2000	2000	2000	1992	1991	1991	1991	1991

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1989 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	151226		93600
ANNUAL MEAN	414		256		312
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					698	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					80.6	2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	10700	Aug 20	4700	Sep 2	14500	Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	23	A	23	A	2.5	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	24	Oct 12	24	Oct 12	2.7	Sep 15 1991
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			4930	Sep 2	20100	C
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			13.60	Sep 2	22.45	Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			17 D	Dec 9	2.3	E
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.58		0.98		1.19
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	21.47		13.29		16.18
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	954		678		727
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	133		94		114
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	28		28		14

	A - Oct. 10, 15-17, 22-24.
	B - Sept. 10, 16-19, 1991.
	C - Mar. 11, 1990 and Apr. 12, 1994. Mar. 11, 1990 on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow.
	D - Result of freeze up.
	E - Sept. 9, 10, 16-19, 1991.