03346500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03346500 EMBARRAS RIVER AT LAWRENCEVILLE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 38°43'25", long 87°39'52" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4SW1/4 sec. 5,T. 3 N., R. 11 W., Lawrence County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of U.S. Business Route 50 bridge in Lawrenceville, 6.7 miles upstream from mouth of Wabash River.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,333 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: March 1930 to November 1933, October 2001 to current year.
	STAGE: October 2001 to current year.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, crest-stage gage, and acoustical-velocity meter. Datum of gage is 382.24 ft above NGVD of 1988. March 1930 to November 1933 at datum 399.20 ft above NGVD of 1929.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 46,300 ft³/s, May 15, 2002, gage height, 41.57 ft; maximum gage height, 41.61 ft, May 16, 2002, discharge, 39,300 ft³/s; minimum daily discharge, 30 ft³/s, Nov. 28, 29, 1930.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for periods of Oct. 1-6, Jan. 12-18, and June 14 to July 4, which are fair, and those 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	564	265	2200	7710	e920	1460	7970	769	11400	243	880	723
2	514	263	1700	6680	e980	3110	8280	880	9950	157	614	752
3	483	263	1480	6530	e1100	3640	8140	1160	9340	137	416	871
4	439	256	1300	8380	e1000	3540	7180	1240	7700	404	340	585
5	415	247	1140	11200	e940	6140	5870	1250	3800	2400	298	388

6	371	259	1010	e14600	e880	7840	4320	1140	2410	1720	272	308
7	e340	266	931	15200	e830	8280	2820	989	1610	1670	253	272
8	316	265	892	16500	e800	8380	2040	876	1210	1470	236	242
9	278	261	849	18000	e800	6950	1700	788	1030	1120	222	219
10	265	259	852	16900	e850	5430	1540	719	902	923	215	199

11	257	263	934	15400	e1300	4620	1380	666	805	1350	205	185
12	244	477	959	11100	2300	4000	1230	627	738	1610	195	173
13	230	430	1000	6030	2420	3360	1110	608	e650	1690	187	164
14	234	300	1050	2940	1940	2420	1010	618	573	2470	180	149
15	272	282	1140	2180	1640	1770	938	834	601	1940	172	142

16	763	296	1070	1810	1590	1530	881	1000	839	1590	164	137
17	926	289	904	1730	1470	1420	834	944	1030	1540	153	131
18	787	410	794	5010	1310	1340	791	934	2420	1660	145	125
19	735	3610	758	7180	1330	1280	747	966	3160	1230	141	135
20	613	6580	718	5720	1680	1220	725	930	2090	820	152	134

21	514	5980	683	3600	2130	1150	732	868	1520	637	204	124
22	440	3940	645	2840	2100	1100	763	826	1300	551	178	118
23	392	3320	927	2320	1930	1080	788	889	1120	890	155	112
24	357	5750	4500	2000	1830	1030	764	898	1030	1920	169	114
25	339	7760	6780	1780	1810	990	819	873	849	1190	246	113

26	334	7550	6850	e1500	1760	1070	905	1210	784	663	1280	107
27	325	5670	5340	e1350	1580	5330	1020	4340	721	607	5370	101
28	301	4590	4120	e1200	1400	7540	920	9470	631	536	5170	98
29	287	3870	4260	e1100	1280	8310	834	11600	518	446	2010	93
30	273	3050	7020	e1000	---	8120	770	12300	396	417	1760	90

31	263	---	7890	e950	---	7710	---	12400	---	905	909	---

TOTAL	12871	67021	70696	200440	41900	121160	67821	73612	71127	34906	22891	7104
MEAN	415	2234	2281	6466	1445	3908	2261	2375	2371	1126	738	237
MAX	926	7760	7890	18000	2420	8380	8280	12400	11400	2470	5370	871
MIN	230	247	645	950	800	990	725	608	396	137	141	90
CFSM	0.18	0.96	0.98	2.77	0.62	1.68	0.97	1.02	1.02	0.48	0.32	0.10
IN.	0.21	1.07	1.13	3.20	0.67	1.93	1.08	1.17	1.13	0.56	0.37	0.11

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1930 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	883	1275	2411	3476	1980	3065	2324	5204	1152	548	321	661
MAX	3659	2705	5701	7934	4025	6031	6079	19430	2371	1266	738	1744
(WY)	2002	1932	2002	1932	2002	1933	1933	2002	2004	2003	2004	1931
MIN	45.0	37.5	56.6	40.0	128	704	303	339	182	113	49.5	80.9
(WY)	1931	1931	1931	1931	1931	1931	1931	1931	1930	1930	1930	2002

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1930 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	495120		791549
ANNUAL MEAN	1356		2163		2070
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					4072	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					330	1931
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	10500 A	May 12	18000	Jan 9	39900	May 16 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	66 B	Jan 27	90	Sep 30	30	C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	72	Jan 24	102	Sep 24	34	Nov 2 1930
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			18100	Jan 9	46300 D	May 15 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			35.21	Jan 9	41.61 E	May 16 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.581		0.927		0.887
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	7.89		12.62		12.06
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4160		6800		6800
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	585		939		614
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	141		205		70

	A - Estimated.
	B - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in January.
	C - Nov. 28, 29, 1930.
	D - Gage height, 41.57 ft.
	E - Discharge, 39,300 ft³/s.