03381500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03381500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CARMI, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 38°03'40", long 88°09'35" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.5 S., R.9 E., White County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of Possum Bridge, 2.3 mi south of Main Street Bridge in Carmi, 7.8 mi downstream from Skillet Fork, and at mile 30.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 3,102 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.
	STAGE: October 1908 to December 1912. Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-79.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1978-79.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1978-79.
	BIOLOGICAL: Algae, water years 1978-79.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 339.91 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to December 1912, nonrecording gage at site 3.1 mi upstream at datum 0.4 ft higher. Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, 1939, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Since Nov. 14, 1939, auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.1 mi upstream.

REMARKS.-- At extremely high stages, there is diversion 6 mi above the gage through McHenry Slough to the Wabash River.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 46,900 ft³/s, May 12, 1961, gage height 36.66 ft; maximum gage height, 36.70 ft, May 13, 1961, discharge unknown; no flow, Sept. 15-17, 1952, result of temporary dam upstream; minimum unregulated discharge, 0.6 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 1953, July 31, 1954.

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	65	797	44	7590	e125	11700	1130	4670	1010	640	120	52
2	57	576	42	8670	e150	11600	847	3960	882	1560	124	89
3	54	409	40	8500	180	11200	683	3000	1010	1090	258	162
4	79	304	39	7750	237	10600	584	2100	860	933	464	1310
5	68	269	44	6620	271	9910	516	4560	648	608	232	2260

6	50	240	40	5380	271	8980	467	7520	499	358	310	2710
7	41	197	37	3930	264	7870	960	8770	418	254	528	2880
8	34	152	39	2430	239	6570	1830	9950	368	209	634	2850
9	32	e130	39	1540	225	5210	1550	10600	334	183	476	2180
10	37	e300	40	1120	225	3620	1090	11300	360	160	309	1210

11	42	e500	47	816	231	2090	769	12300	2340	150	217	542
12	35	e450	47	564	244	1400	618	13100	6640	623	161	283
13	31	316	74	452	248	2730	520	13600	8720	2030	118	241
14	27	221	265	385	315	5060	426	14000	9400	2610	96	226
15	27	166	335	317	2050	5750	332	14200	9750	2870	81	206

16	26	137	295	e250	4560	5630	271	14000	9630	2930	71	123
17	24	158	238	e210	4890	4930	727	13600	9250	2410	62	92
18	23	183	245	e180	4420	4110	1770	13200	8410	e1350	63	84
19	29	186	3840	e160	4300	3180	1970	12600	7300	521	53	77
20	30	157	6410	e145	6320	3580	1690	12000	6190	223	49	67

21	28	127	6440	e130	8100	4150	2760	11100	4960	315	47	63
22	28	104	5430	e115	9930	5130	3080	10200	3290	390	45	83
23	30	86	4260	e95	11800	5290	2730	9220	1590	302	44	69
24	29	77	3040	e85	12100	4690	2020	8040	792	262	42	63
25	115	69	1870	e82	11800	3830	1860	6970	529	224	42	62

26	207	61	1130	e80	12000	3560	4780	7010	386	160	36	50
27	131	57	737	e80	12000	3230	6230	6160	301	138	33	72
28	99	54	549	e85	11900	2940	6520	4350	260	144	29	61
29	364	51	611	e90	---	2600	6070	2530	232	136	33	153
30	978	52	1650	e100	---	2080	5380	1650	232	120	53	631

31	1020	---	3870	e110	---	1540	---	1290	---	104	54	---

TOTAL	3840	6586	41787	58061	119395	164760	60180	267550	96591	24007	4884	18951
MEAN	124	220	1348	1873	4264	5315	2006	8631	3220	774	158	632
MAX	1020	797	6440	8670	12100	11700	6520	14200	9750	2930	634	2880
MIN	23	51	37	80	125	1400	271	1290	232	104	29	50
CFSM	0.04	0.07	0.43	0.60	1.37	1.71	0.65	2.78	1.04	0.25	0.05	0.20
IN.	0.05	0.08	0.50	0.70	1.43	1.98	0.72	3.21	1.16	0.29	0.06	0.23

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	589	1471	2722	3673	4579	5443	5305	4500	2459	1406	774	409
MAX	5429	12840	12960	23300	17270	17680	15400	19330	10120	8237	6024	2766
(WY)	1950	1994	1983	1950	1999	1979	1945	1961	1957	2000	1979	1993
MIN	5.25	8.23	16.4	30.6	62.7	25.3	176	167	44.5	40.8	22.7	3.07
(WY)	1965	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1988	1988	1940	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	1446024		866592
ANNUAL MEAN	3962		2374		2768
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					6094	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					151	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	34300	May 18	14200	May 15	46000	May 13 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	19	Sep 7	23	Oct 18	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	22	Sep 6	27	Oct 14	1.5	Sep 18 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			14300 B	May 14	46900 C	May 12 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			28.60 D	May 16	36.70 E	May 13 1961
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			22	Oct 18, 19
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.28		0.77		0.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	17.34		10.39		12.12
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11400		8570		8820
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	600		426		580
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	32		46		38

	A - Sept. 15-17, 1952, result of temporary dam upstream, minimum unregulated discharge, 0.6 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 1953, July 31, 1954.
	B - Gage height, 28.32 ft.
	C - Gage height, 36.66 ft.
	D - Discharge, 14,000 ft³/s.
	E - Discharge unknown.