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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03343400       EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR CAMARGO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°47'29", long 88°11'08" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.3, T.15 N., R.9 E., Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 36, 2.0 mi southwest of Camargo, 5.7 miles east of Tuscola, and at mile 166.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 186 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 622.30 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 8,040 ft3/s, Apr. 12, 1994, gage height, 17.33 ft; no flow for many days in most years.

 

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


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
139 22 220 631 e87 109 1130 96 118 38 20   23   
233 20 184 457 e83 131 792 127 99 35 15   16   
329 20 170 391 e80 120 560 130 83 75 14   12   
431 21 163 1050 e77 162 408 119 74 479 13   9.6
529 24 159 2880 e74 637 315 110 71 515 11   8.2
 
624 29 155 1830 e71 927 259 97 71 305 10   7.6
721 28 149 1130 e69 694 229 86 66 201 8.96.9
820 24 148 575 e67 451 204 76 61 168 8.06.4
919 21 145 387 e66 337 169 73 56 107 7.66.3
1019 20 149 301 e65 268 143 70 54 232 7.85.8
 
1120 20 169 257 e63 231 131 192 151 421 15   5.4
1220 25 149 249 e62 201 119 345 628 296 9.75.2
1320 26 133 229 e61 175 113 285 794 195 7.55.1
1426 23 132 209 e60 164 106 240 421 320 6.45.4
1551 19 e130 207 e60 151 95 365 225 351 5.514   
 
1646 19 125 187 e59 146 90 378 204 214 4.836   
1736 20 112 185 e58 150 88 288 328 138 4.511   
1831 69 103 257 e64 145 82 234 415 153 5.68.5
1928 529 98 257 127 130 79 307 288 116 4.75.5
2028 792 86 205 205 123 84 436 198 79 6.13.8
 
2126 598 82 180 221 117 109 358 156 61 9.42.9
2226 378 94 170 169 103 99 270 138 51 9.32.3
2325 305 290 144 137 101 172 228 108 43 6.82.2
2424 615 733 151 139 102 195 201 88 37 5.92.9
2522 827 708 121 135 105 164 201 75 31 6.62.7
 
2623 665 461 111 123 349 146 237 69 28 22   2.7
2726 465 334 e130 113 2380 124 206 60 26 40   2.3
2825 360 287 e115 102 1690 108 169 53 23 21   2.0
2926 294 557 e102 100 1080 99 136 47 20 75   2.3
3025 255 1040 e97 --- 1070 89 123 42 e19 75   2.9
 
3122 --- 911 e90 --- 1330 --- 132 --- 22 39   ---   

TOTAL84065338376132852797138796501631552414799495.1226.9
MEAN27.121827042996.444821720417515516.07.56
MAX5182710402880221238011304367945157536
MIN1919829058101797042194.52.0
CFSM0.151.171.452.300.522.411.171.100.940.830.090.04
IN.0.171.311.682.660.562.781.301.261.050.960.100.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1961 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN54.611319317623526229829518010257.943.8
MAX5709106916846508618931263773487315422
(WY)199419931984197419851979200219961974199219791993
MIN0.000.921.050.634.1160.024.836.514.39.590.120.02
(WY)196119611961197719632003200319761988198819641964

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1961 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL36390.1    69288.0  
ANNUAL MEAN99.7    189     167       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN357       1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN57.6    2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1100           May 112880         Jan 57000       May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN3.3        Aug 262.0      Sep 280.00  A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM3.6        Aug 212.4      Sep 220.00  Oct 1 1960
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW3160         Jan 58040       Apr 12 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE13.25    Jan 517.33  Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW1.8      Sep 28
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.5361.020.899
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)7.28  13.8612.21  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS283       440     428       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS31       102     60       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS9.2    8.4  2.9    

A - Many days in most years.



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