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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03345500       EMBARRAS RIVER AT STE. MARIE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°56'11", long 88°01'21" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.30, T.6 N., R.14 W., Jasper County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on County Highway 9 at Ste. Marie, and at mile 48.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,516 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1908 to December 1912, August 1914, October 1914 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-93.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1083: 1934. WSP 1113: 1910-31, 1933, 1939-40, 1945(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 445.75 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to June 29, 1940, nonrecording gage and June 29, 1940, to Jan. 24, 1967, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 1.00 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 44,800 ft3/s, Jan. 4, 1950, from rating curve extended above 29,000 ft3/s, gage height, 25.95 ft, present datum; maximum gage height, 26.54 ft, June 30, 1957, present datum; minimum discharge, 1.0 ft3/s, observed, Oct. 5-9, 1914.

 

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
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
138 35 32 175 e43 227 225 171 446 233 139 863 
237 33 32 169 e44 203 208 176 421 162 118 5870 
335 35 31 175 e45 184 192 151 402 136 663 4510 
436 35 31 175 e46 210 182 170 389 127 1300 2470 
534 35 e30 185 e48 291 193 1140 389 128 422 2200 
 
632 35 e29 175 e52 280 175 1070 365 126 260 2110 
731 35 e29 145 e55 241 184 1440 340 113 252 1720 
830 35 e29 129 e60 195 181 2050 314 99 187 1070 
929 35 e30 115 e68 181 174 3010 287 183 150 718 
1029 42 31 99 e90 174 171 2650 412 4010 118 555 
 
1129 59 32 e85 114 172 164 7070 1590 5010 100 439 
1228 37 32 e80 90 160 150 8420 1100 2330 88 350 
1326 100 31 e76 88 189 141 8060 787 2030 74 287 
1425 105 31 e70 99 190 135 5030 1360 2170 69 246 
1524 66 31 e65 278 192 128 3470 1280 2070 62 205 
 
1623 46 31 e62 493 200 121 2680 783 1450 55 176 
1723 40 31 e58 518 232 142 1920 759 905 48 152 
1822 39 35 e55 422 293 128 1620 674 716 44 131 
1927 38 133 e52 237 473 125 1420 608 607 43 115 
2025 37 126 e49 480 612 139 1240 548 490 39 98 
 
2123 36 44 e47 1180 583 142 1090 505 388 38 87 
2222 35 40 e45 1390 631 160 974 447 371 37 89 
2321 35 50 e43 1540 540 162 863 399 494 37 78 
2421 34 49 e41 824 456 147 785 345 401 36 71 
2529 34 e42 e40 466 449 534 745 301 370 35 74 
 
2635 34 e37 e40 e360 597 359 686 268 340 35 88 
2731 34 e38 e40 e310 436 239 633 241 283 35 416 
2830 33 e39 e41 e260 355 389 591 216 247 34 1030 
2952 33 e40 e41 --- 302 334 551 192 494 34 535 
3051 32 e60 e42 --- 262 179 516 179 291 33 421 
 
3137 --- 235 e42 --- 241 --- 481 --- 179 47 --- 

TOTAL935126214912656970097515903608731634726953463227174
MEAN30.242.148.185.73463151971964545869149906
MAX52105235185154063153484201590501013005870
MIN2132294043160121151179993371
CFSM0.020.030.030.060.230.210.131.300.360.570.100.60
IN.0.020.030.040.070.240.240.141.490.400.660.110.67

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1910 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN4507361244163219272165217819601299748424380
MAX38926308749511520779075567676105505752384444373810
(WY)192719931968195019821979192219431957195819151926
MIN14.64.374.8413.421.623.412078.365.918.811.67.68
(WY)196519151915197719541954193119541954195419541954

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1910 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL688762     167677     
ANNUAL MEAN1887     459     1259         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN2696         1927
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN35.9      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN35400         May 148420         May 1238200         May 30 1927
LOWEST DAILY MEAN21         Oct 23, 2421         Oct 23, 241.0      A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM23         Oct 1823         Oct 181.6      Oct 3 1914
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW8660         May 1344800      BJan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE16.58    May 1326.54 CJun 30 1957
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW21         Oct. 23, 241.0   DA
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.240.300.83    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)16.904.1111.28    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS5620     1090     3350         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS373     152     460         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS32     32     44         

A - Oct. 5-9, 1914.

B - From rating curve extended above 29,000 ft3/s, gage height, 25.95 ft, present datum.

C - Present datum.

D - Observed.



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