03380500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03380500 SKILLET FORK AT WAYNE CITY, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 38°21'25", long 88°35'00" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4 sec.7, T.2 S., R.6 E., Wayne County, Hydrologic Unit 05120115, on right bank 0.1 mi downstream from Shoe Creek, 0.5 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 15, 0.9 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1 mi north of Wayne City, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 464 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: August 1908 to December 1912, June 1914 to September 1921, June 1928 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1979.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1979.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1143: 1947-48. WSP 1205: 1918-21, 1929-31, 1937-39. WSP 1335: 1908-13, 1916(M), 1930-34, 1935(M). WSP 1725: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and concrete dam since Nov. 17, 1954. Datum of gage is 383.15 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 30, 1921, nonrecording gage at site 0.9 mi downstream at datum about 3.0 ft lower. June 11, 1928, to Oct. 4, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi upstream at datum 2.8 ft lower.

REMARKS.-- Wayne City municipal water plant diverts about 0.02 ft³/s at gage since November 1954; diversion not included in records.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 59,400 ft³/s, May 17, 1990, gage height, 25.75 ft; maximum gage height, 26.68 ft, May 8, 1961; no flow at times in several years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges and those for discharges less than 5.0 ft³/s, 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	1.4	9.2	e1.5	1020	e7.6	443	107	451	72	305	2.7	0.06
2	0.81	6.1	e1.3	382	e9.5	942	94	298	49	90	2.7	1.6
3	0.49	6.0	e1.2	e240	e13	813	79	279	44	20	2.5	4.1
4	1.00	6.0	e1.0	e150	22	597	70	289	42	11	4.3	7.8
5	1.2	6.5	e0.90	e120	23	423	69	4240	39	9.6	5.0	12

6	1.4	5.6	e0.90	e100	22	339	234	4980	36	7.9	5.3	14
7	1.7	4.3	e1.0	e80	20	273	298	4640	31	7.5	6.8	14
8	1.7	3.8	e1.1	e65	17	199	217	4320	27	6.7	6.4	14
9	1.7	3.4	e1.1	e55	16	148	156	5430	26	6.2	5.6	13
10	2.0	7.8	e1.7	e45	15	113	116	5430	23	7.4	4.3	12

11	2.5	29	e2.3	e35	16	92	98	4170	544	9.4	3.1	10
12	2.4	14	2.8	e24	16	388	83	3250	3980	10	2.5	8.2
13	2.3	6.5	3.4	e20	16	1690	69	2290	4160	14	2.3	6.3
14	1.6	3.7	3.9	e16	26	2230	59	1030	2950	28	2.2	5.0
15	0.57	3.2	4.4	e13	495	1590	52	346	1300	27	2.0	3.7

16	0.02	3.0	4.5	e11	e1150	583	48	175	643	22	1.6	2.8
17	0.00	2.6	4.6	e10	e550	324	303	115	277	12	0.80	2.7
18	0.00	2.5	7.8	e9.4	e370	233	802	119	137	9.4	0.80	2.3
19	0.00	3.2	657	e8.8	404	309	516	101	91	8.4	0.75	2.2
20	0.02	3.7	882	e8.2	1740	791	668	78	55	7.5	0.48	2.0

21	0.35	3.7	236	e7.6	2700	1640	829	78	26	6.7	0.34	1.7
22	0.53	3.6	91	e7.2	3870	1820	657	296	18	6.0	0.19	1.7
23	0.66	4.0	46	e6.6	4410	978	293	272	14	5.5	0.16	1.7
24	0.80	5.1	31	e6.0	3210	390	174	138	11	4.3	0.04	1.0
25	2.6	5.5	e23	e5.7	e1700	242	1930	724	9.4	3.5	0.00	0.80

26	3.7	5.5	e20	e5.4	e1100	405	3180	1430	8.4	3.0	0.00	1.1
27	3.6	5.1	e18	e5.2	e600	837	2230	671	7.8	2.7	0.00	2.6
28	5.2	3.2	e17	e5.0	e320	448	1060	251	7.3	2.7	0.00	2.1
29	48	2.5	e26	e5.2	---	256	904	136	7.2	2.7	0.00	1.8
30	41	2.2	175	e5.6	---	171	818	101	50	2.7	0.00	16

31	17	---	977	e6.5	---	134	---	82	---	2.7	0.00	---

TOTAL	146.25	170.5	3244.40	2478.4	22858.1	19841	16213	46210	14685.1	661.5	62.86	168.26
MEAN	4.72	5.68	105	79.9	816	640	540	1491	490	21.3	2.03	5.61
MAX	48	29	977	1020	4410	2230	3180	5430	4160	305	6.8	16
MIN	0.00	2.2	0.90	5.0	7.6	92	48	78	7.2	2.7	0.00	0.06
CFSM	0.01	0.01	0.23	0.17	1.76	1.38	1.16	3.21	1.05	0.05	0.00	0.01
IN.	0.01	0.01	0.26	0.20	1.83	1.59	1.30	3.70	1.18	0.05	0.01	0.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	97.6	258	419	640	653	787	782	648	306	158	113	74.1
MAX	1462	2969	3314	4052	2408	2361	2495	4113	1554	1162	2257	1227
(WY)	1920	1986	1983	1949	1982	1945	1957	1961	2000	1993	1915	1993
MIN	0.016	0.13	0.29	0.69	2.51	1.96	11.6	8.96	1.48	1.05	0.056	0.047
(WY)	1909	1954	1954	1981	1934	1954	1954	1936	1988	1930	1991	1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1909 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	169048.71		126739.37
ANNUAL MEAN	463		347		411
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					928	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					32.1	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	7030	May 14	5430	May 9,10	45000	May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00	Many days	0.00	Several days	0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	0.00	Aug 20	0.00	Aug 25	0.00	Oct 24 1908
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			5880	May 10	59400 B	May 17 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			14.37	May 10	26.68	May 8 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.00		0.75		0.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	13.55		10.16		12.03
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1610		919		1120
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	21		14		36
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	0.50		1.1		1.3

	A - At times in several years.
	B - Gage height, 25.75 ft.