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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03343400       EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR CAMARGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°47'29", long 88°11'08" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.3, T.15 N., R.9 E., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 36, 2.0 mi southwest of Camargo, 5.7 miles east of Tuscola, and at mile 166.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 186 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.30 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,040 ft3/s, Apr. 12, 1994, gage height, 17.33 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

 

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
10.5711   16   46   e7.5e26 28 18 97 51 16   154 
20.556.615   32   e8.5e26 29 24 73 40 15   587 
30.505.515   25   e9.5e24 28 25 66 33 15   777 
40.594.514   21   e12   e23 27 21 65 28 24   528 
50.886.7e13   19   e15   e23 33 223 57 24 19   208 
 
64.2  11   e12   19   e25   e25 34 517 49 35 15   97 
72.0  18   e11   17   e22   e30 29 418 50 76 15   63 
81.1  14   e10   15   e19   e40 38 349 51 51 17   46 
90.6812   e10   16   e15   56 33 264 45 64 13   35 
100.4713   e12   17   e14   54 28 549 42 511 11   28 
 
110.3921   14   e12   e14   45 26 1100 43 825 9.324 
120.35e11   17   e11   e13   41 25 702 74 643 9.520 
130.31e7.017   e9.8e13   57 23 431 157 315 9.918 
140.30e5.016   e9.0e14   218 19 280 201 151 8.318 
150.30e6.0e14   e8.4e15   184 18 300 241 99 8.217 
 
160.36e7.5e13   e7.8e17   137 19 292 232 72 7.015 
170.35e10   15   e7.3e17   112 20 228 175 53 6.013 
180.42e7.015   e6.8e16   94 21 181 128 48 5.511 
191.2  e6.034   e6.4e16   81 18 153 104 130 5.311 
2017     e6.546   e6.1e18   77 18 135 88 91 4.211 
 
215.9  e7.533   e5.8e22   72 25 130 71 76 4.210 
222.0  e9.021   e5.5e40   60 24 116 61 140 3.711 
231.3  e11   12   e5.2e85   51 19 105 55 97 3.514 
241.1  e13   8.7e5.0e65   46 15 96 49 59 3.512 
251.4  e15   9.8e4.8e53   43 18 90 44 43 3.411 
 
266.2  16   7.1e4.8e42   40 35 82 41 34 3.311 
279.0  16   8.2e5.0e35   36 31 73 39 29 3.855 
284.1  15   7.8e5.2e30   37 24 69 35 27 4.3137 
294.3  15   7.0e5.5---   39 21 70 32 26 4.883 
308.8  16   9.4e6.0---   34 19 66 40 22 16   51 
 
3117     ---   35   e6.5---   28 --- 77 --- 18 34   --- 

TOTAL93.62322.8488.0370.9672.51859745718425053911317.73076
MEAN3.0210.815.712.024.060.024.823283.512610.2103
MAX172146468521838110024182534777
MIN0.304.57.04.87.523151832183.310
CFSM0.020.060.080.060.130.320.131.250.450.680.060.55
IN.0.020.060.100.070.130.370.151.440.500.780.060.62

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN55.211119117023825830029718010158.944.6
MAX5709106916846508618931263773487315422
(WY)199419931984197419851979200219961974199219791993
MIN0.0000.921.050.634.1160.024.836.514.39.590.120.020
(WY)196119611961197719632003200319761988198819641964

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1961 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL100053.2421545.52
ANNUAL MEAN274     59.0  167     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN357     1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN57.6  2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN7000         May 131100         May 117000     May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.30    Oct 14,150.30    Oct 14,150.00A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.34    Oct 110.34    Oct 110.00A
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1230         May 118040     Apr 12 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE9.42    May 1117.33Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.27    Oct 13-15
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.470.320.90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)20.014.3112.17
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS744     132     428     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS42     19     60     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.3  4.8  2.9  

A - Many days in most years.



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