03382100 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
SALINE RIVER BASIN

03382100 SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR CARRIER MILLS, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 37°38'16", long 88°40'40" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.10 S., R.5 E., Saline County, Hydrologic Unit 05140204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 45, 150 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Carrier Mills, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 147 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1965 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1963-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site ATH 05.
	SEDIMENT: Water years 1977 to 1981.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 375.63 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 31, 1967, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,160 ft³/s, Jan. 31, 1982, gage height, 16.32 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.60 ft³/s, July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,570 mg/L May 28, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L Aug. 20-22, 1980.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 8,010 tons May 28, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton Aug. 20-22, Sept. 20, Oct. 10, 1980, May 3, 4, 1981.

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	12	19	17	2370	e52	247	80	118	48	23	12	39
2	11	13	20	2250	68	257	83	212	41	20	33	81
3	9.7	12	19	1510	73	176	77	178	309	19	25	311
4	11	13	20	658	137	143	74	139	165	17	14	167
5	11	18	e21	e300	97	131	122	973	94	14	11	55

6	11	20	e22	e200	e63	106	103	552	69	13	9.1	31
7	11	33	e23	e160	e58	93	246	960	57	13	9.4	23
8	9.5	25	24	e125	e52	87	200	780	48	12	9.2	18
9	9.5	21	24	136	e50	90	130	426	40	11	8.0	16
10	10	1430	25	107	e56	65	109	221	42	13	7.3	14

11	9.5	873	27	87	67	57	92	317	1130	12	7.2	13
12	8.7	183	29	74	72	60	84	199	1910	9.9	7.5	12
13	8.9	89	38	67	65	72	72	126	1650	8.3	7.7	12
14	8.4	60	97	66	222	102	62	100	1110	9.2	7.7	13
15	6.9	52	133	57	660	82	58	105	408	8.9	7.6	11

16	6.7	52	108	54	538	78	58	82	220	8.0	6.2	10
17	8.3	49	88	50	305	75	303	78	147	12	5.6	9.7
18	8.1	40	79	e47	220	70	175	140	110	13	5.9	9.7
19	12	36	1550	e44	920	352	109	110	91	37	6.0	9.0
20	12	34	1650	e42	1710	573	100	630	68	30	5.4	8.9

21	12	32	686	e40	1510	545	105	348	52	19	5.5	9.3
22	11	29	223	e38	1460	370	78	139	43	15	5.6	13
23	9.9	28	154	e37	1830	211	64	91	37	11	5.1	9.8
24	9.5	28	271	e35	1480	158	61	68	31	8.9	5.3	9.2
25	17	28	438	e33	792	129	833	201	26	7.7	7.2	8.7

26	15	27	220	e32	364	131	973	340	34	7.1	7.5	8.1
27	19	24	158	e31	241	117	566	136	66	7.1	7.5	10
28	12	22	136	e30	197	105	236	95	44	6.8	7.6	8.9
29	23	20	259	e35	---	106	161	88	33	6.4	8.0	8.2
30	93	18	726	e40	---	93	131	66	27	6.3	195	7.8

31	32	---	1510	e45	---	80	---	54	---	8.8	173	---

TOTAL	448.6	3328	8795	8800	13359	4961	5545	8072	8150	407.4	632.1	956.3
MEAN	14.5	111	284	284	477	160	185	260	272	13.1	20.4	31.9
MAX	93	1430	1650	2370	1830	573	973	973	1910	37	195	311
MIN	6.7	12	17	30	50	57	58	54	26	6.3	5.1	7.8
CFSM	0.10	0.75	1.93	1.93	3.25	1.09	1.26	1.77	1.85	0.09	0.14	0.22
IN.	0.11	0.84	2.23	2.23	3.38	1.26	1.40	2.04	2.06	0.10	0.16	0.24

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	28.7	115	216	215	283	321	324	271	121	37.0	36.5	21.2
MAX	354	643	1193	608	864	837	922	1115	633	163	485	110
(WY)	2002	1986	1983	1999	1989	1979	1983	1983	1997	1976	1985	1992
MIN	2.57	4.05	8.22	10.7	42.3	28.6	22.3	15.4	6.10	1.88	5.34	1.67
(WY)	1967	1972	1977	1981	1996	1981	1981	1988	1972	1966	1994	1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1966 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	86897.0		63454.4
ANNUAL MEAN	238		174		165
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					336	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.0	1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	3320	May 14	2370	Jan 1	4880	Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	6.7	Oct 16	5.1	Aug 23	0.60	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	8.0	Oct 12	5.5	Aug 18	0.77	Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			2480	Jan 1	5160	Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			13.46	Jan 1	16.32	Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			5.0 B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.62		1.18		1.12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	21.99		16.06		15.27
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	839		415		408
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	42		52		32
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	10		8.4		6.0

	A - July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.
	B - Aug. 20, 21, 23, 24.