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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378000       BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°23'11", long 87°58'32" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.33, T.1 S., R.14 W., Edwards County, Hydrologic Unit 05120113, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 15, 0.5 mi north of Browns, 0.7 mi upstream from railroad bridge, and at mile 14.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 228 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.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1998 and 2002.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 372.92 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1968, water-stage recorder and concrete dam at site 0.4 mi downstream at datum 2.0 ft higher. Dec. 11, 1968, to Aug. 13, 1969, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi downstream at datum 1.0 ft lower. Prior to Oct. 1, 1982, auxiliary nonrecording gage near mouth on Wabash River at Grayville read twice daily.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,500 ft3/s, May 9, 1961, gage height, 24.04 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow at times in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for periods of backwater from the Wabash River, May 16-25, July 12-31, and Sept. 4-15, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
12.2  50   2.41590   e9.0563 64 73   20   49     1.2  2.0  
21.4  14   e2.11610   e12   807 50 49   15   81     1.3  57     
31.1  7.1e2.01480   e16   659 42 42   29   18     1.4  108     
43.8  4.9e1.91200   138   471 37 78   28   9.2  5.0  e16     
59.2  5.2e1.8751   95   553 33 1410   18   6.6  5.9  e4.9  
 
64.8  12   e1.9253   49   533 40 1580   17   5.4  3.4  e2.5  
73.0  19   e2.0126   29   265 70 1740   14   4.6  2.3  e1.4  
81.9  9.42.397   e20   135 65 2010   14   3.8  1.1  e0.88
91.3  5.72.481   e17   107 48 2230   11   4.1  1.1  e0.42
101.1  514   2.760   e15   71 38 2090   13   32     0.90e1.0  
 
110.90811   3.539   e14   53 33 2320   575   166     0.78e4.7  
120.68331   4.6e29   e13   282 28 2220   1560   e36     0.74e5.4  
130.4462   37   e23   e15   853 22 1950   1390   e8.4  0.70e0.83
140.3727   420   e19   e100   869 20 1590   1130   e5.4  0.70e0.34
150.4618   324   e16   851   801 18 1250   669   e4.1  0.64e0.47
 
160.3913   140   e13   917   395 17 e596   217   e11     0.560.44
170.3410   76   e11   705   139 176 e175   74   e53     0.530.41
180.328.7104   e10   326   97 340 e198   41   e90     0.490.38
190.967.51380   e9.0293   447 132 e87   30   e128     0.450.36
200.826.21460   e8.0868   851 89 e73   24   e117     0.420.23
 
210.555.81400   e7.21170   897 330 e43   19   e101     0.400.26
220.445.71240   e6.41890   839 184 e7.816   e20     0.390.52
230.655.3888   e6.02400   435 60 e5.014   e4.0  0.370.46
240.895.0287   e5.52370   133 40 e7.411   e2.0  0.340.39
2538     4.7e90   e5.02060   131 451 e133   10   e0.800.330.34
 
26208     4.0e76   e4.81660   357 918 157   10   e0.540.310.37
2745     3.4e70   e5.21210   180 844 60   9.3e1.0  0.278.9  
2835     3.1e74   e5.6718   104 450 65   8.5e1.6  0.26159     
29487     2.9e200   e6.2---   229 258 141   8.4e1.4  0.2433     
30709     2.5548   e7.0---   138 145 43   7.3e1.4  0.364.8  
 
31316     ---   966   e8.0---   87 --- 29   ---   e1.5  0.64---     

TOTAL1876.011978.19809.67491.917980.012481504222452.26002.5967.8433.52415.70
MEAN60.565.931624264240316872420031.21.0813.9
MAX709811146016102400897918232015601665.9159
MIN0.322.51.84.89.053175.07.30.540.240.23
CFSM0.270.291.391.062.821.770.743.180.880.140.000.06
IN.0.310.321.601.222.932.040.823.660.980.160.010.07

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN45.416926632337647042435417910573.232.5
MAX39415401787224513791897137519289451366575304
(WY)200219941983195019501945197219611945195820001945
MIN0.0000.0000.0000.0280.0220.0008.025.331.050.0020.0000.000
(WY)194119411941197719411941194619411988194419531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2002 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2003 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL119999.5486530.37
ANNUAL MEAN329     237     234         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN505         1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN9.71    1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN5230         May 142400         Feb 237410         May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00    Many days0.23    Sep 200.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.00    Aug 270.30    Aug 240.00    Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2440         Feb 247500         May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE17.22    Feb 2424.04 BMay 9 1961
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW0.17    Sep 20, 21
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.441.041.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)19.5814.1213.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1120     859     806         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS18     19     20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.040.550.03    

A - At times in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.



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