03342000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03342000 WABASH RIVER AT RIVERTON, IN


LOCATION.-- Lat 39°01'13", long 87°34'07" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec.30, T.7 N., R.10 W., Sullivan County, Hydrologic Unit 05120111, (MEROM, IN-IL. quadrangle), on left bank at downstream side of Illinois Central Railroad bridge at Riverton, 0.5 mi downstream from Turtle Creek, 2 mi south of Merom, and at mile 162.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 13,161 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1938 to current year. Prior to April 1939, monthly discharge only published in WSP 1305.
	STAGE: June 1911 to December 1914 available in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office, Louisville, Ky.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1335: 1939, 1950. WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 414.65 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 17, 1951, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 201,000 ft³/s, May 21, 1943, gage height 29.36 ft; minimum daily discharge, 858 ft³/s, September 27, 1941.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of March 28, 1913, reached a stage of 26.4 ft, from graph based on once daily readings by Illinois Central Railroad Co., discharge, 250,000 ft³/s.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Records fair except for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	29300	7670	19600	33300	7570	12100	32800	6770	19500	17000	5330	20000
2	30900	7510	19000	34900	7420	13900	33200	6770	20800	15400	5090	20900
3	31500	7510	19300	36400	8090	14900	33300	7550	24100	14100	4940	19400
4	28600	7380	18300	39400	8750	17300	32400	8350	25400	14200	4870	16900
5	24100	7190	16400	45100	8740	23800	29000	8440	24900	13400	4820	14700

6	19700	7120	14600	47300	8450	27700	24000	8200	21400	13600	5200	14000
7	16300	7250	13500	49400	8270	29100	19000	8030	16900	13100	5500	e13300
8	14300	7100	12800	52700	8290	30700	15900	8010	14000	12200	5750	e12000
9	13400	6980	12400	55200	8060	32100	14000	7800	12200	12200	6280	10500
10	12700	6860	12300	55500	7850	33100	12500	7340	10700	11600	5990	8730

11	12300	6650	13100	54100	7900	33400	11400	6970	9680	13800	5390	7890
12	11800	6490	14400	51600	8050	30800	10500	7140	12000	20200	4860	7450
13	11100	6410	17700	48000	7940	25200	9650	7570	23500	20600	4520	6950
14	10600	6450	20800	43300	7630	19600	9050	7490	27900	18500	4360	6420
15	11700	6930	21100	37500	7560	15900	8650	7350	31300	14900	4230	5750

16	10900	7490	19000	30900	7480	13900	8260	7290	36400	12600	4080	5360
17	11000	8410	16100	26100	7340	12800	7950	8120	44900	11400	3850	5050
18	11500	8460	14000	24500	7090	12000	7690	8640	54900	9680	3780	4810
19	12500	11900	12600	22500	7050	11200	7450	8360	66000	8800	3730	4630
20	12600	18800	11500	19300	7370	10600	7250	11900	76400	9330	3690	4450

21	11600	24300	10600	16600	8330	10100	7180	14100	79900	8660	4620	4280
22	10400	25800	10000	14600	10300	9570	7370	13400	78300	7830	6750	4170
23	9810	25700	11900	13300	13000	9220	7540	11800	73000	7990	8180	3990
24	9310	26300	21500	12100	16700	8970	7670	11200	65700	6940	8860	3860
25	8980	27300	25800	11500	18200	8640	7910	13400	57300	6820	9440	3700

26	8690	28100	27100	10900	17600	8870	8090	13900	48400	7240	9080	3530
27	8170	28600	27800	10200	16100	14900	7910	15800	38500	7480	8510	3500
28	7830	28100	28200	9820	14300	23600	e7600	19600	28900	6980	7970	3430
29	7760	25900	29000	9430	12600	27400	7520	15700	23300	6280	8890	3330
30	7730	22500	31100	9020	---	29200	7000	12500	19400	5830	10600	3300

31	7700	---	32200	8350	---	31600	---	17200	---	5750	15600	---

TOTAL	434780	423160	573700	932820	284030	602170	409740	316690	1085580	354410	194760	246280
MEAN	14030	14110	18510	30090	9794	19420	13660	10220	36190	11430	6283	8209
MAX	31500	28600	32200	55500	18200	33400	33300	19600	79900	20600	15600	20900
MIN	7700	6410	10000	8350	7050	8640	7000	6770	9680	5750	3690	3300
CFSM	1.07	1.07	1.41	2.29	0.74	1.48	1.04	0.78	2.75	0.87	0.48	0.62
IN.	1.23	1.20	1.62	2.64	0.80	1.70	1.16	0.90	3.07	1.00	0.55	0.70

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	5331	7451	10910	13830	17000	20680	20840	17680	14320	9775	5924	4880
MAX	26610	39340	39250	80210	54530	60520	41840	68010	45640	44660	23680	25370
(WY)	2002	1993	1986	1950	1950	1982	1957	1943	1958	2003	1958	1989
MIN	1382	1437	1213	1318	2058	2763	5623	3435	2601	1968	1215	1261
(WY)	1957	1954	1964	1977	1963	1941	2000	1941	1977	1988	1941	1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	5931690		5858120
ANNUAL MEAN	16250		16010		12360
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					24340	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					3206	1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	96700	Jul 17	79900	Jun 21	200000	May 21 1943
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	2790	Feb 2	3300	Sep 30	858	Sep 27 1941
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	2850	Jan 29	3520	Sep 24	870	Sep 25 1941
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			80100	Jun 21	201000	May 21 1943
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			22.30	Jun 21	29.36	May 21 1943
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.23		1.22		0.939
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.77		16.56		12.76
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	34100		31500		30000
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11100		11600		7300
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4710		5810		2280