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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03380500       SKILLET FORK AT WAYNE CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°21'25", long 88°35'00" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4 sec.7, T.2 S., R.6 E., Wayne County, Hydrologic Unit 05120115, on right bank 0.1 mi downstream from Shoe Creek, 0.5 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 15, 0.9 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1 mi north of Wayne City, and at mile 42.4.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 464 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1908 to December 1912, June 1914 to September 1921, June 1928 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1979.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1979.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1143: 1947-48. WSP 1205: 1918-21, 1929-31, 1937-39. WSP 1335: 1908-13, 1916(M), 1930-34, 1935(M). WSP 1725: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and concrete dam since Nov. 17, 1954. Datum of gage is 383.15 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 30, 1921, nonrecording gage at site 0.9 mi downstream at datum about 3.0 ft lower. June 11, 1928, to Oct. 4, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi upstream at datum 2.8 ft lower.

 

REMARKS.-- Wayne City municipal water plant diverts about 0.46 ft3/s at gage since November 1954; diversion not included in records.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 59,400 ft3/s, May 17, 1990, gage height, 25.75 ft; maximum gage height, 26.68 ft, May 8, 1961; no flow at times in several years.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, those for discharges less than 5.0 ft3/s, and those for period of June 7-18, June 23 to July 26, July 9-11, and July 17-22, which are poor.

Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
122     3.3  37 393 e52 159 1170 183 3340 e10   32   168   
212     3.0  28 174 e50 332 479 588 2400 12   17   92   
38.5  2.7  21 143 e100 227 254 527 792 39   13   59   
47.1  1.5  17 735 219 2980 177 245 156 36   13   96   
55.4  0.7117 2610 210 3080 129 141 83 37   46   218   
 
63.8  e0.4017 2290 203 2310 102 96 53 231   21   66   
72.8  e0.3515 2460 197 1850 87 67 40 146   12   39   
82.1  e0.3215 2020 158 597 79 50 36 60   9.128   
91.6  e0.3014 324 128 211 72 37 32 40   7.824   
101.9  e0.3015 163 155 134 60 28 28 40   6.720   
 
112.0  e0.4016 126 302 97 53 19 23 44   5.616   
121.9  2.5  19 133 455 75 48 14 25 208   5.515   
131.9  3.1  21 109 538 59 45 25 39 266   4.715   
142.4  3.5  20 90 390 60 43 379 37 233   3.917   
151.8  4.5  20 83 265 63 41 461 35 111   3.613   
 
161.4  4.5  20 76 197 60 37 209 33 57   3.212   
172.2  4.7  19 97 194 62 35 125 30 37   3.212   
182.0  11     19 1710 151 61 31 74 168 30   5.212   
191.2  702     19 e1600 148 59 22 58 286 24   6.213   
200.781180     17 e850 248 55 20 70 186 18   7.913   
 
211.6  841     17 e380 374 56 18 48 144 e12   7.514   
222.9  211     16 187 364 54 19 44 93 e20   7.014   
233.0  86     17 e100 257 50 16 70 47 343   6.412   
242.3  514     174 e90 190 53 18 185 37 32   12   11   
252.0  1110     606 e83 164 51 144 197 33 14   153   9.0
 
261.8  668     240 e76 149 60 290 1900 29 11   4100   7.7
271.4  188     109 e72 130 1940 164 3640 24 12   5590   7.3
282.0  95     69 e66 109 2100 94 3880 19 9.64300   6.8
292.1  63     198 e62 94 2410 61 3150 13 9.63620   6.3
302.4  46     1060 e58 --- 1780 45 3200 e10 35   2110   6.0
 
312.9  ---     1110 e55 --- 1410 --- 4170 --- 130   498   ---   

TOTAL109.185751.0840021741561912249538532388082712307.220630.51042.1
MEAN3.5219212956221372612877027674.466634.7
MAX2211801110261053830801170417033403435590218
MIN0.780.30145550501614109.63.26.0
CFSM0.010.410.281.210.461.560.281.660.590.161.430.07
IN.0.010.460.321.400.501.800.311.910.660.181.650.08

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN96.525741663964878777464930615711973.7
MAX146229693314405224082361249541131554116222571227
(WY)192019861983194919821945195719612000199319151993
MIN0.020.130.290.692.511.9611.68.961.481.050.060.05
(WY)190919541954198119341954195419361988193019911940

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1909 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL133040.48  115947.06      
ANNUAL MEAN364       317           410           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN928           1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN32.1        1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN5430           May 9,105590               Aug 2745000           May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN0.00      A0.30   B    Nov 9,100.00      C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM0.00      Aug 250.40          Nov 50.00      Oct 24 1908
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW5660               Aug 2759400        DMay 17 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE14.02          Aug 2726.68      May 8 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)0.7860.683    0.883    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)10.67  9.30      12.00      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1020       752           1110           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS19       50           36           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS1.7    3.1        1.4        

A - Several days.

B - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharge, Nov. 6-11.

C - At times in several years.

D - Gage height, 25.75 ft.



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