03377500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03377500 WABASH RIVER AT MOUNT CARMEL, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 38°24'07", long 87°45'10" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.28, T.1 S., R.12 W., Wabash County, Illinois, Hydrologic Unit 05120113, (MOUNT CARMEL, IL-IN quadrangle), on right bank on downstream side of Southern Railway bridge at Mount Carmel, 0.2 mi downstream from Patoka River, 0.2 mi upstream of State Road 64 bridge, and at mile 94.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 28,635 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1927 to current year.
	STAGE: January 1908 to September 1913. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity November 1874 to December 1878, are contained in files of Louisville office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and since June 1884, are contained in reports of the National Weather Service.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 369.46 ft above NGVD of 1929. Oct. 1, 1949, to Feb. 8, 1977, at datum 2.00 ft higher. See WSP 1725 for history of changes prior to Sept. 30, 1949.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 305,000 ft³/s, May 25, 1943, maximum gage height, 31.75 ft, January 7, 1991; minimum daily discharge, 1,650 ft³/s, September 27, 1941.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: (1874-78, 1884 to 1985) Maximum discharge, 428,000 ft³/s, Mar. 30, 1913, gage height, 33.0 ft, present site and datum.

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	7140	11100	8290	26000	10300	44000	36500	27500	27000	13400	42600	15600
2	7970	10700	8060	33600	9990	43400	36700	25200	26500	13100	37500	25200
3	8190	10400	7590	37400	9910	41900	38600	23400	26900	12900	33300	38200
4	8200	9920	7340	40600	10100	39000	36900	21400	27300	12300	30300	47300
5	7750	9140	7300	44300	10500	39000	32200	28500	26000	11700	27700	53800

6	7110	8440	7130	46400	11200	41400	28800	43300	24200	11300	25700	57100
7	6600	8010	6980	46200	13000	41000	26600	51400	22600	10800	25700	60000
8	6300	7910	6700	44200	14300	41600	26100	58700	20900	17600	26000	62600
9	6120	7760	6420	40300	15100	41500	28400	67100	19000	29800	25300	66400
10	6030	8830	6220	34300	15400	40200	30000	72000	17300	39100	24100	70600

11	5940	10800	6320	28700	14700	41100	30000	76900	17400	50400	23100	75700
12	5850	12200	6400	25700	13500	44100	28800	83600	25900	57400	22300	76100
13	5780	15700	6580	24200	12600	46700	26500	89400	31300	61100	21100	66200
14	5670	19000	7620	22800	12000	48800	24000	94000	33600	63600	20000	42100
15	5590	18900	8810	22300	12600	49100	21600	96700	36200	68800	19100	30900

16	5500	18100	10100	21200	16400	49700	19600	98100	40400	81600	18300	26700
17	5410	17300	11500	19100	18500	49800	18200	98900	44400	95500	17400	24200
18	5370	15800	11900	17700	20100	50200	17200	99700	46100	107000	16600	22100
19	5360	14100	15400	16300	20100	51900	16800	101000	46400	114000	15800	20000
20	5280	12600	22500	14500	19600	54500	16800	100000	44800	116000	14900	17700

21	5260	11600	25500	e13000	20600	53400	18800	95100	42200	113000	14300	16300
22	5340	10800	26300	e12400	29900	49000	20500	84500	40200	101000	13900	15900
23	5530	10100	26300	e12000	47200	43800	20600	71600	35000	85500	13100	15800
24	5590	9530	26000	e11500	52700	40500	20000	60000	27700	77600	12200	15400
25	6020	9200	27100	e11000	52600	39100	20700	51100	22900	72300	11400	14800

26	6820	8930	27700	e11000	50800	39300	28900	44300	20000	66900	10900	14800
27	6790	8700	25900	e11100	48900	39100	30500	38800	17900	61500	10600	17300
28	7060	8470	23100	e10700	46200	36500	31000	34900	16200	56700	10100	23600
29	7930	8520	20500	10500	---	36300	31200	31900	14900	52800	9730	31100
30	10600	8410	18700	10900	---	37000	30400	29600	13900	50000	9590	36600

31	10900	---	18500	10700	---	36800	---	27900	---	47200	9990	---

TOTAL	205000	340970	444760	730600	628800	1349700	792900	1926500	855100	1771900	612610	1100100
MEAN	6613	11370	14350	23570	22460	43540	26430	62150	28500	57160	19760	36670
MAX	10900	19000	27700	46400	52700	54500	38600	101000	46400	116000	42600	76100
MIN	5260	7760	6220	10500	9910	36300	16800	21400	13900	10800	9590	14800
CFSM	0.23	0.40	0.50	0.82	0.78	1.52	0.92	2.17	1.00	2.00	0.69	1.28
IN.	0.27	0.44	0.58	0.95	0.82	1.75	1.03	2.50	1.11	2.30	0.80	1.43

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1928 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	9747	15560	25700	36910	40950	49820	49930	43070	28900	19810	12170	9326
MAX	42230	87950	92340	199300	147100	108700	106400	148200	80120	73580	75530	50670
(WY)	2002	1994	1986	1950	1950	1985	1938	2002	1998	1958	1979	1989
MIN	2465	2632	2266	2861	3758	4815	11900	5805	5035	3366	2372	2572
(WY)	1941	1931	1964	1977	1931	1941	1941	1934	1988	1936	1936	1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1928 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	13841220		10758940
ANNUAL MEAN	37920		29480		28430
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					56740	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					6144	1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	236000	May 17	116000	Jul 20	302000	May 25 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	5130	Sep 17	5260	Oct 21	1650	Sep 27 1941
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	5180	Sep 13	5360	Oct 16	1700	Dec 19 1963
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			117000	Jul 20	305000	May 25 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			24.85	Jul 20	31.75	Jan 7 1991
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.32		1.03		0.99
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	17.98		13.98		13.49
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	83000		60400		68000
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	20800		22600		16700
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	6340		7700		4400