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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378000       BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°23'11", long 87°58'32" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.33, T.1 S., R.14 W., Edwards County, Hydrologic Unit 05120113, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 15, 0.5 mi north of Browns, 0.7 mi upstream from railroad bridge, and at mile 14.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 228 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.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1998 and 2002.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 372.92 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1968, water-stage recorder and concrete dam at site 0.4 mi downstream at datum 2.0 ft higher. Dec. 11, 1968, to Aug. 13, 1969, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi downstream at datum 1.0 ft lower. Prior to Oct. 1, 1982, auxiliary nonrecording gage near mouth on Wabash River at Grayville read twice daily.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,500 ft3/s, May 9, 1961, gage height, 24.04 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow at times in most years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Wabash River, Jan. 10-17, 22, June 5-7, 20-21, and June 26-28, 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
 
12.1  e0.0024   110 e14 141 271 136   2360   7.1307   253   
20.93e0.0014   140 e16 382 126 238   1880   34   46   52   
30.62e0.019.3208 e40 181 83 254   1260   13   20   100   
40.34e0.017.2603 118 1350 61 141   431   75   12   53   
50.210.036.91310 101 1350 47 70   e67   106   8.538   
 
60.220.0411   1480 286 1300 39 43   e39   126   6.124   
70.170.0333   1590 332 1120 36 30   e25   134   4.417   
80.150.0119   1290 174 520 33 23   20   28   2.813   
90.120.0012   652 104 124 27 19   16   11   2.110   
100.090.009.9e318 232 74 24 16   15   6.41.78.6
 
110.070.0114   e386 572 59 22 13   14   40   1.77.5
120.060.2832   e553 563 49 21 11   109   777   1.87.1
130.050.3520   e657 359 41 20 26   532   147   2.16.9
140.0612     11   e640 164 37 18 27   197   37   2.17.1
150.0511     8.2e528 180 36 16 52   51   18   1.96.9
 
160.044.1  8.7e391 123 37 15 36   307   11   1.96.6
170.091.3  9.4e293 86 37 14 44   204   1510   2.46.9
180.062.5  13   913 75 36 12 93   541   1080   3.16.8
190.04160     11   916 110 31 11 37   380   271   3.46.0
200.04310     10   647 317 71 22 109   e91   36   3.85.1
 
210.0296     9.4161 398 254 24 25   e34   18   5.04.7
220.0125     9.1e75 200 89 20 16   480   11   5.7e4.5
230.0114     9.0e50 104 50 18 12   631   339   5.3e4.2
240.01314     233   e44 89 42 17 9.7195   197   48   e4.0
250.01439     132   e40 79 37 56 82   139   37   89   e3.8
 
260.07223     38   e34 60 38 68 910   e70   35   3980   e3.7
270.0267     22   e28 48 492 34 1850   e17   22   3940   e3.6
280.00148     17   e25 39 576 20 2690   e6.314   3130   e3.4
29e0.0098     93   e21 36 961 15 3090   5.98.72510   e3.2
30e0.0047     496   e18 --- 900 13 3030   4.990   1860   e3.0
 
31e0.00---     390   e16 --- 713 --- 2880   ---   650   1110   ---   

TOTAL5.661972.671732.114137501911128120316012.710122.15889.217117.8673.6
MEAN0.1865.855.945617335940.151733719055222.5
MAX2.1439496159057213502713090236015103980253
MIN0.000.006.9161431119.74.96.41.73.0
CFSM0.000.290.252.000.761.570.182.271.480.832.420.10
IN.0.000.320.282.310.821.820.202.611.650.962.790.11

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN44.716726332537346841835618210780.732.4
MAX39415401787224513791897137519289451366575304
(WY)200219941983195019501945197219611945195820001945
MIN0.000.000.000.030.020.008.025.331.050.000.000.00
(WY)194119411941197719411941194619411988194419531953

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1941 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL76577.09  85012.83
ANNUAL MEAN210       232     234         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN505         1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN9.71    1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2400           Feb 233980         Aug 267410         May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00      Several days0.00    Several days0.00    A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.00      Oct 280.00    Oct 280.00    Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW4990         Aug 267500         May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE21.04    Aug 2624.04 BMay 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.9201.021.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)12.49  13.8713.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS803       634     804         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS16       34     20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS0.19  0.200.03    

A - At times in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.



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