03342000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03342000 WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON, IN


LOCATION.-- Lat 39°01'13", long 87°34'07" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.30, T.7 N., R.10 W., Sullivan County, Hydrologic Unit 05120111, (MEROM, IN-IL. quadrangle), on left bank at downstream side of Illinois Central Railroad bridge at Riverton, 0.5 mi downstream from Turtle Creek, 2 mi south of Merom, and at mile 162.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13,161 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1938 to current year. Prior to April 1939 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1305.
	STAGE: June 1911 to December 1914 available in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office, Louisville, Ky.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1335: 1939, 1950. WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 414.65 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 17, 1951, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 201,000 ft³/s, May 21, 1943, gage height 29.36 ft; minimum daily discharge, 858 ft³/s, September 27, 1941.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of March 28, 1913, reached a stage of 26.4 ft, from graph based on once daily readings by Illinois Central Railroad Co., discharge, 250,000 ft³/s.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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	3000	3100	3380	4600	2800	5940	8390	4880	13400	4690	e22200	17900
2	2900	3070	3120	6240	2790	6140	11600	4730	14000	4680	e19200	29700
3	2930	3050	3000	7890	2810	6120	11700	4470	13800	4610	e17300	33900
4	2870	2960	2940	11300	2980	5850	9800	4760	12400	4390	e15800	37300
5	2710	2870	2810	13000	3620	5960	8120	6480	10500	4280	e15400	40600

6	2640	2860	2660	12400	4910	5930	7160	11800	9280	4140	e16900	43200
7	2640	2920	2450	11000	5580	6940	7500	19300	8600	13500	e17400	44700
8	2630	2980	2190	9430	5740	7360	11400	23000	8000	23800	e16300	44800
9	2640	3130	2090	7760	5860	7210	13900	24500	7400	27000	e14900	43300
10	2590	3160	2230	6460	5600	9510	14500	25200	6920	30500	e14700	39000

11	2550	3340	2320	6610	5160	13400	13900	31400	6710	34600	e14600	31700
12	2600	4340	2380	6960	4790	15300	e12500	34400	6990	42900	e13800	25300
13	2600	5500	2300	6520	4470	15900	e11000	37700	6840	54800	e12800	20300
14	2580	5290	2210	7250	4040	16100	e9660	41800	9060	71800	11800	16800
15	2570	5490	2240	7400	4070	18600	e8380	45900	14600	88200	11100	14900

16	2520	5980	2290	6370	4610	20500	e7360	48900	20500	95500	10700	13800
17	2470	5720	2260	5470	4210	21400	6670	49700	22300	96700	10600	12700
18	2390	5210	2220	4400	3970	21700	6240	48800	20100	93900	10400	11100
19	2390	4710	2520	3450	3870	21700	5880	e46700	17000	89000	9920	9380
20	2430	4400	2870	3030	3650	21000	5570	e44000	14700	e80900	9630	8530

21	2630	4010	2950	3000	4510	19200	5530	e40000	12900	e72700	9370	7950
22	2900	3650	3600	2990	5720	16700	5380	e33900	11100	e65500	8780	7830
23	2920	3520	4030	3040	8400	14500	5300	e27600	9480	e58800	8040	7760
24	2930	3560	6260	3280	8900	13600	5150	e23400	8470	e53000	7410	7430
25	2920	3580	7430	3270	8400	13900	5300	e19800	7720	e48400	7110	7160

26	2890	3440	6580	3170	7080	14200	6010	e17300	6870	e44800	7030	8690
27	2900	3360	5490	3130	6110	12400	6080	e15700	6140	e41800	6660	14100
28	2920	3510	4690	3040	5650	10500	5910	e14600	5610	e39400	6260	21700
29	3060	3570	4130	2910	---	9230	5660	e13900	5210	e35000	6020	26300
30	3160	3550	3720	2860	---	8200	5190	13400	4920	e29500	5900	28000

31	3130	---	3660	2810	---	7500	---	13400	---	e25800	8090	---

TOTAL	85010	115830	103020	181040	140300	392490	246740	791420	321520	1384590	366120	675830
MEAN	2742	3861	3323	5840	5011	12660	8225	25530	10720	44660	11810	22530
MAX	3160	5980	7430	13000	8900	21700	14500	49700	22300	96700	22200	44800
MIN	2390	2860	2090	2810	2790	5850	5150	4470	4920	4140	5900	7160
CFSM	0.21	0.29	0.25	0.44	0.38	0.96	0.62	1.94	0.81	3.39	0.90	1.71
IN.	0.24	0.33	0.29	0.51	0.40	1.11	0.70	2.24	0.91	3.91	1.03	1.91

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	5195	7347	10800	13570	17120	20700	20960	17800	13980	9749	5919	4827
MAX	26610	39340	39250	80210	54530	60520	41840	68010	45640	44660	23680	25370
(WY)	2002	1993	1986	1950	1950	1982	1957	1943	1958	2003	1958	1989
MIN	1382	1437	1213	1318	2058	2763	5623	3435	2601	1968	1215	1261
(WY)	1957	1954	1964	1977	1963	1941	2000	1941	1977	1988	1941	1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	5573710		4803910
ANNUAL MEAN	15270		13160		12300
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					24340	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3206	1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	85600	May 17	96700	Jul 17	200000	May 21 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2090	Dec 9	2090	Dec 9	858	Sep 27 1941
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	2250	Dec 8	2250	Dec 8	870	Sep 25 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			97100	Jul 17	201000	May 21 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			23.61	Jul 17	29.36	May 21 1943
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.16		1.00		0.93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	15.75		13.58		12.70
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	36900		34100		30000
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7130		7030		7220
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2640		2840		2270