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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03346000       NORTH FORK EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR OBLONG, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°00'36", long 87°56'44" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.7 N., R.14 W., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 0.8 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 2 mi west of Oblong, and at mile 10.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 318 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 456.19 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1940, nonrecording gage and Dec. 11, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1964, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1971 to May 15, 1979, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mi downstream at present datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,100 ft3/s, Jan. 4, 1950, from rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s, gage height, 24.38 ft, present datum; no flow for many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for Jan. 5-17 and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
153 21 125 337 e64 391 466 57 3730 16 147   31   
240 22 112 401 e65 1070 278 83 947 15 56   23   
333 22 99 549 e70 366 208 119 211 19 32   19   
429 23 94 2250 e75 494 170 91 144 284 25   15   
526 23 94 8090 e82 1980 144 71 112 220 20   13   
 
623 24 96 6860 e90 2420 127 63 93 262 17   12   
722 23 103 1870 e82 621 118 56 78 326 15   10   
820 24 99 312 e75 282 121 48 67 78 13   8.4
919 24 94 221 e68 211 134 42 59 85 12   7.8
1018 22 99 189 e100 176 101 38 51 548 11   7.4
 
1116 23 145 168 e170 152 90 35 46 148 10   7.0
1217 21 164 161 e320 137 83 32 44 113 9.66.5
1315 20 122 150 e250 121 75 30 67 120 9.16.3
1424 20 99 139 e170 114 71 30 103 413 8.65.7
15519 23 90 131 e150 113 68 32 88 327 8.25.6
 
16226 22 87 123 e130 109 64 34 164 90 7.95.8
17127 20 84 170 e120 111 61 30 180 252 7.528   
1890 127 83 1130 e110 113 60 28 723 235 7.217   
1967 1390 81 825 e150 104 55 32 263 63 7.37.3
2053 1060 78 283 259 97 60 47 123 33 8.35.6
 
2144 306 68 216 323 94 80 35 66 24 15   5.1
2237 196 73 170 237 104 91 28 49 95 18   4.8
2333 176 853 e130 172 90 74 24 62 1240 15   4.2
2430 1470 2410 e115 185 87 71 22 40 413 42   4.0
2528 1750 1510 e105 218 87 106 76 31 123 91   3.8
 
2626 424 325 e95 174 478 154 133 27 214 800   3.7
2725 262 225 e90 137 2520 100 1150 24 114 1200   3.6
2823 206 189 e82 123 1490 74 3840 22 63 252   3.5
2923 168 929 e76 110 442 62 2430 20 41 406   3.3
3022 143 2400 e71 --- 634 55 306 18 57 105   3.1
 
3122 --- 1200 e66 --- 1190 --- 2410 --- 382 54   ---   

TOTAL175080551223025575427916398342111452765264133429.7280.5
MEAN56.52683958251485291143692552071119.35
MAX5191750241080903232520466384037301240120031
MIN152068666487552218157.23.1
CFSM0.180.841.242.590.461.660.361.160.800.650.350.03
IN.0.200.941.432.990.501.920.401.340.900.750.400.03

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN65.719029538243849146239924014285.580.3
MAX1006175717552798177714691521282513461010471900
(WY)200119861968195019821973198419431945195819851989
MIN0.010.130.560.924.822.3710.419.04.070.460.260.10
(WY)195419541954197719541954195419411954195419541954

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL61831.9    100935.2    
ANNUAL MEAN169       276       272           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN644           1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN3.88      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN4300           May 128090           Jan 520300           Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN2.1        A3.1        Sep 300.00      B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM2.2        Jan 243.6        Sep 240.00      Sep 13 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW10400           Jan 527100        CJan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE19.82      Jan 524.38   DJan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW3.0        Sep 30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.5330.8670.854    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)7.23  11.81  11.61      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS383       528       595           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS33       87       46           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS5.3    13       2.7        

A - Jan. 26, 27, estimated due to backwater from ice.

B - Many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

C - From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s.

D - Present datum.



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