03379500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.2 N., R.8 E., Clay County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on County Highway 23, 0.3 mi downstream from Big Muddy Creek, 5 mi southeast of Clay City, and at mile 128.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,131 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: August 1914 to current year. Prior to October 1958, published as "at Wilcox." Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 973: 1937-40. WSP 1335: 1915-33, 1934(M), 1935, 1940, 1941(M), 1946(M). WSP 1625: 1958. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 392.29 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Jan. 2, 1947, nonrecording gage at highway bridge 300 ft upstream at same datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 47,000 ft³/s, Jan. 5, 1950, gage height, 26.67 ft; no flow Sept. 3-19, 1954.

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
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	7.7	130	8.4	1360	e13	411	151	387	276	689	143	493
2	6.8	124	8.1	714	e15	610	126	355	147	273	83	1890
3	6.4	57	8.5	478	e17	716	105	359	122	94	100	3600
4	6.4	30	8.9	301	e20	576	95	410	101	96	227	3520
5	6.2	19	9.0	203	e23	584	788	4200	92	66	608	2900

6	5.0	15	8.8	171	e27	551	737	6730	99	46	303	1010
7	4.1	12	8.8	153	e33	457	309	6390	95	36	152	282
8	3.7	9.5	8.6	129	e43	345	201	5650	82	29	84	174
9	3.4	8.9	8.3	105	e35	247	157	6150	70	25	54	123
10	4.1	11	8.4	87	e31	189	124	7960	66	1080	41	91

11	4.5	11	8.7	72	e28	157	102	8440	905	3600	33	70
12	4.2	56	8.5	e56	e26	220	84	7970	4350	3860	28	57
13	5.4	90	8.6	e45	e24	724	73	7040	5480	2940	25	49
14	4.9	123	9.3	e38	e26	1290	61	6410	4700	1020	24	45
15	4.3	89	9.0	e34	572	862	57	5580	3250	334	22	39

16	4.8	47	8.8	e29	1350	498	52	2840	2390	273	23	34
17	5.1	29	8.8	e26	1380	312	106	1210	969	210	24	31
18	4.9	20	9.5	e22	869	229	199	612	415	212	21	28
19	7.4	18	269	e19	564	417	206	401	275	499	19	25
20	7.8	14	885	e17	948	1210	396	329	207	283	18	23

21	7.5	12	357	e15	3040	1330	522	362	166	184	16	22
22	7.1	11	260	e14	5130	1590	575	700	138	130	15	23
23	7.6	9.7	192	e13	6650	1040	358	432	112	86	14	22
24	7.4	8.9	105	e12	6180	503	210	262	86	67	13	20
25	9.5	8.4	62	e11	3480	320	1120	215	68	54	12	19

26	15	7.6	43	e10	e1500	934	2840	196	58	44	12	25
27	17	7.3	29	e9.5	e600	778	2020	192	52	36	11	238
28	18	6.8	24	e9.5	429	458	707	206	48	31	9.7	547
29	27	6.4	25	e10	---	305	1690	231	45	28	12	575
30	99	7.7	123	e11	---	217	1050	301	62	28	14	288

31	106	---	675	e12	---	171	---	425	---	157	18	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	220	571	1015	1348	1529	1725	1634	1465	816	476	315	214
MAX	2146	5462	7882	9030	6833	5425	6267	10150	4271	4567	5794	2569
(WY)	1950	1986	1968	1950	1982	1978	1922	1943	1945	2000	1915	1993
MIN	0.30	1.07	1.73	6.90	12.6	4.92	56.9	45.1	14.4	9.75	4.17	0.79
(WY)	1954	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1925	1988	1930	1964	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1914 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	506989.4		218167.1
ANNUAL MEAN	1389		598		941
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2040	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					29.3	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	34100	May 15	8440	May 11	43200	May 10 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	3.4	Oct 9	3.4	Oct 9	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	4.1	Oct 6	4.1	Oct 6	0.00	Sep 3 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			8700	May 11	47000	Jan 5 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			20.50	May 11	26.67	Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			3.2	Oct 9
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.23		0.53		0.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.68		7.18		11.31
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4390		1350		2990
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	106		89		149
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.6		8.6		10

A - Sept. 3-19, 1954.