03346000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 39°00'36", long 87°56'44" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.7 N., R.14 W., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 0.8 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 2 mi west of Oblong, and at mile 10.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 318 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 456.19 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1940, nonrecording gage and Dec. 11, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1964, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1971 to May 15, 1979, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mi downstream at present datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,100 ft³/s, Jan. 4, 1950, from rating curve extended above 16,000 ft³/s, gage height, 24.38 ft, present datum; no flow for many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

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	0.85	2.6	1.1	182	e2.6	e74	56	25	34	11	18	474
2	0.79	3.7	1.3	132	e2.8	e70	51	29	32	11	14	1990
3	0.72	2.9	1.3	58	e3.2	e75	46	23	32	10	33	2480
4	0.94	2.2	1.2	31	e3.5	e110	44	19	31	9.7	111	566
5	0.79	2.1	e1.0	21	e3.9	376	45	584	32	9.2	44	159

6	0.69	2.2	e0.90	15	e5.0	285	44	394	30	8.7	36	106
7	0.63	1.6	e0.85	12	e5.8	164	45	376	27	8.3	22	78
8	0.62	1.5	e0.90	11	e6.0	120	42	541	26	7.8	16	61
9	0.60	1.5	e1.0	9.7	e5.4	103	40	829	24	17	13	49
10	0.57	2.6	1.5	8.2	e4.6	88	37	892	32	844	11	40

11	0.56	4.0	1.6	e5.6	e4.0	73	34	2970	122	655	9.8	35
12	0.56	3.4	1.6	e5.0	e3.6	63	31	4300	639	226	12	31
13	0.55	2.8	1.6	e4.6	e3.3	78	29	1660	339	84	9.4	28
14	0.54	3.2	1.6	e4.2	e3.6	98	27	259	215	50	8.2	27
15	0.48	5.2	1.5	e3.8	136	100	26	439	194	35	7.8	24

16	0.48	4.0	1.5	e3.6	424	82	24	460	82	28	7.4	23
17	0.48	3.5	1.5	e3.3	290	72	e22	204	50	23	7.0	20
18	0.49	2.9	2.8	e3.1	174	67	e21	149	37	23	6.8	18
19	0.70	2.4	18	e2.9	128	95	e19	125	32	20	6.6	17
20	0.81	2.1	44	e2.7	251	156	e18	110	28	17	6.3	15

21	0.96	1.9	33	e2.6	859	190	e17	98	26	16	6.5	14
22	1.1	1.8	23	e2.5	1030	269	16	83	25	14	6.0	18
23	1.2	1.6	11	e2.4	1430	148	14	72	21	23	5.6	17
24	1.3	1.6	7.5	e2.3	752	103	14	65	19	21	5.4	20
25	2.0	1.4	e5.5	e2.2	e220	102	163	62	17	15	5.2	17

26	1.4	1.3	e4.5	e2.1	e130	283	105	56	16	13	5.2	19
27	1.7	1.2	e4.0	e2.1	e100	194	64	50	15	12	5.2	519
28	1.8	1.1	e3.4	e2.2	e85	115	131	46	14	62	5.1	453
29	7.6	1.1	e3.5	e2.2	---	88	134	43	13	196	5.4	135
30	4.8	1.1	8.7	e2.3	---	73	39	39	12	67	5.1	76

31	2.8	---	78	e2.4	---	63	---	38	---	28	7.9	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	65.8	189	293	375	443	490	468	399	240	141	85.1	81.4
MAX	1006	1757	1755	2798	1777	1469	1521	2825	1346	1010	471	900
(WY)	2001	1986	1968	1950	1982	1973	1984	1943	1945	1958	1985	1989
MIN	0.013	0.13	0.56	0.92	4.82	2.37	10.4	19.0	4.07	0.46	0.26	0.10
(WY)	1954	1954	1954	1977	1954	1954	1954	1941	1954	1954	1954	1954

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	128051.20		40175.76
ANNUAL MEAN	351		110		272
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					644	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3.88	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	11300	May 13	4300	May 12	20300	Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.48	Oct 15-17	0.48	Oct 15-17	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.51	Oct 12	0.51	Oct 12	0.00	Sep 13 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			4550	May 12	27100 B	Jan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			17.48	May 12	24.38 C	Jan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.37	Oct 15, 16
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.10		0.35		0.85
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	14.98		4.70		11.60
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	709		208		596
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	40		18		46
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.1		1.3		2.6

	A - Many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.
	B - From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft³/s.
	C - Present datum.