03378635 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN


LOCATION.-- Lat 39°06'14", long 88°35'39" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.8 N., R.5 E., Effingham County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 40, 1,000 ft upstream from railroad bridge, 2.3 mi south west of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 240 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1966 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 501.10 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Apr. 21, 1988, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in surface-water discharge records.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 31,500 ft³/s, May 12, 2002, gage height 24.27 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
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	4.0	e6.0	42	315	e40	294	678	110	977	19	14	21
2	3.7	e5.2	39	281	e39	276	428	140	409	19	11	14
3	3.7	e4.7	34	380	e47	140	284	94	205	24	11	12
4	4.2	e4.4	39	3910	e42	1100	202	67	123	41	11	9.7
5	3.9	e5.4	38	6570	e38	3190	144	55	84	20	11	8.6

6	3.7	e5.6	39	1740	e36	1260	115	52	65	22	11	9.6
7	3.6	e5.4	37	565	e34	612	101	43	50	23	13	8.4
8	3.5	e5.2	32	324	e32	355	109	42	40	28	13	6.1
9	7.2	e5.1	32	218	e31	232	94	40	37	26	e11	6.5
10	16	e5.0	39	151	e42	162	76	38	35	248	e9.8	8.1

11	8.9	e6.8	43	108	123	119	71	35	36	281	e9.0	5.9
12	4.5	e8.0	38	96	330	94	75	36	32	105	e8.3	4.6
13	3.0	e6.9	32	84	122	78	75	42	29	48	e7.5	3.9
14	90	e6.0	36	74	108	77	62	57	27	31	e7.0	3.6
15	86	e5.4	34	71	149	72	46	60	26	40	e6.6	3.4

16	27	e5.2	33	58	92	76	42	59	55	28	e6.2	8.7
17	21	e4.9	31	233	72	74	41	46	75	20	e6.0	5.1
18	14	869	31	1150	85	63	39	46	87	16	5.8	3.2
19	12	574	31	499	184	57	37	43	64	14	6.0	2.5
20	11	116	29	248	320	62	43	44	36	12	20	2.1

21	e10	71	29	171	299	68	47	40	31	9.6	7.3	1.9
22	e9.0	50	28	121	160	55	44	37	39	12	6.2	1.8
23	e8.0	148	1370	81	125	46	51	36	36	428	6.1	1.5
24	e6.8	897	966	94	229	45	51	34	25	45	6.9	1.4
25	e6.0	427	466	51	179	47	58	42	21	24	14	1.1

26	e5.4	213	253	80	124	987	48	139	21	15	821	0.79
27	e4.8	136	164	84	94	1890	40	1440	20	13	299	0.82
28	e4.4	97	130	58	78	789	38	2370	19	11	48	0.82
29	e4.2	70	1540	e50	71	819	35	788	18	10	440	0.58
30	e4.0	52	1090	e45	---	1880	45	1410	18	37	132	0.74

31	e4.5	---	532	e42	---	1320	---	5870	---	15	38	---

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	66.0	151	238	251	326	379	364	316	195	94.9	51.9	72.9
MAX	672	1141	1055	964	1080	1200	1225	1969	756	794	252	1001
(WY)	2001	1994	1968	1993	1982	1978	1996	2002	2000	2000	1974	1993
MIN	0.10	0.65	0.00	0.03	14.5	19.1	15.8	14.4	1.77	1.34	0.25	0.24
(WY)	1995	1977	1977	1981	1978	1972	2003	1988	1987	1972	1989	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	26319.36		72279.95
ANNUAL MEAN	72.1		197		208
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					450	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					41.5	2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	1860	May 11	6570	Jan 5	15600	May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	0.00	A	0.58	Sep 29	0.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	1.6	Jul 3	0.89	Sep 24	0.00	Oct 8 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			8840	May 31	31500	May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			18.87	May 31	24.27	May 12 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			0.20	Sep 30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.300		0.823		0.867
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	4.08		11.20		11.78
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	114		427		444
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	13		40		37
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	3.9		5.1		0.20

	A - Jan. 13-15, July 6-8.
	B - Many days in most years.