03381500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03381500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CARMI, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 38°03'40", long 88°09'35" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.25, T.5 S., R.9 E., White County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of Possum Bridge, 2.3 mi south of Main Street Bridge in Carmi, 7.8 mi downstream from Skillet Fork, and at mile 30.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 3,102 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1939 to current year.
	STAGE: October 1908 to December 1912. Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-79.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1978-79.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1978-79.
	BIOLOGICAL: Algae, water years 1978-79.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 339.91 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to December 1912, nonrecording gage at site 3.1 mi upstream at datum 0.4 ft higher. Oct. 1 to Nov. 9, 1939, nonrecording gage at present site and datum. Since Nov. 14, 1939, auxiliary water-stage recorder 3.1 mi upstream.

REMARKS.-- At extremely high stages, there is diversion 6 mi above the gage through McHenry Slough to the Wabash River.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 46,900 ft³/s, May 12, 1961, gage height 36.66 ft; maximum gage height, 36.70 ft, May 13, 1961, discharge unknown; no flow, Sept. 15-17, 1952, result of temporary dam upstream; minimum unregulated discharge, 0.6 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 1953, July 31, 1954.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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	849	58	4200	4010	e500	1080	6360	2170	10600	219	4600	11700
2	731	53	3890	4170	e550	1360	6170	3360	11200	192	2120	11200
3	483	50	2890	4160	e750	1820	5960	2790	11700	172	866	10500
4	304	48	1520	4370	e930	5530	5980	2320	11900	201	530	9550
5	210	48	774	6070	e1100	7350	e6100	1760	11900	503	609	8270

6	154	48	490	e6700	1540	7880	6280	1470	11600	1640	478	6420
7	116	47	441	6890	1890	7980	6240	1180	11300	3870	336	4100
8	92	46	417	7100	1750	7840	6040	895	10900	3350	233	1830
9	83	45	357	7300	1580	7310	5540	663	10500	2620	175	677
10	81	44	347	7040	1570	6490	4660	504	10000	2120	140	320

11	62	51	324	7040	2130	5870	3140	402	9460	1730	109	233
12	59	86	300	7500	2610	5560	1600	334	8590	1410	93	196
13	55	97	307	7960	2950	5370	868	300	7700	1480	82	172
14	70	92	352	8370	3190	5200	589	340	6590	1740	73	156
15	65	99	359	8550	3270	4840	e460	1620	5360	1740	67	148

16	95	127	368	8430	3170	4040	e360	1340	4030	1270	62	138
17	160	175	358	8180	2780	2560	e315	1070	2420	845	60	124
18	197	190	339	8470	2280	1410	e270	1180	1440	779	58	111
19	403	300	313	8560	1950	913	e240	938	1030	828	56	101
20	472	1100	293	8250	1960	756	e210	762	1320	521	57	94

21	359	2990	289	7580	2380	895	e195	583	1320	308	60	89
22	254	3490	284	6640	2690	858	e210	432	1130	539	57	80
23	199	3260	294	5860	2780	798	e280	373	973	1970	58	e71
24	166	3500	267	5410	2620	736	e355	396	748	1160	417	e68
25	147	3960	586	5110	2250	672	454	1280	474	1100	2270	e66

26	133	4410	2240	4330	1840	616	590	5400	303	1070	7850	e62
27	115	4360	2760	3310	1520	1100	761	8200	289	614	11200	e60
28	101	4220	2930	1870	1300	4140	635	8890	270	350	11400	e57
29	87	4210	3120	1050	1140	5770	619	9190	251	279	12200	e57
30	72	4230	3400	e700	---	6530	580	9270	242	1240	12300	55

31	65	---	3840	e600	---	6570	---	9990	---	5630	12100	---

TOTAL	6439	41434	38649	181580	56970	119844	72061	79402	165540	41490	80716	66705
MEAN	208	1381	1247	5857	1964	3866	2402	2561	5518	1338	2604	2224
MAX	849	4410	4200	8560	3270	7980	6360	9990	11900	5630	12300	11700
MIN	55	44	267	600	500	616	195	300	242	172	56	55
CFSM	0.07	0.45	0.40	1.89	0.63	1.25	0.77	0.83	1.78	0.43	0.84	0.72
IN.	0.08	0.50	0.46	2.18	0.68	1.44	0.86	0.95	1.99	0.50	0.97	0.80

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	583	1470	2699	3707	4538	5419	5260	4470	2506	1405	802	437
MAX	5429	12840	12960	23300	17270	17680	15400	19330	10120	8237	6024	2766
(WY)	1950	1994	1983	1950	1999	1979	1945	1961	1957	2000	1979	1993
MIN	5.25	8.23	16.4	30.6	62.7	25.3	176	167	44.5	40.8	22.7	3.07
(WY)	1965	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1988	1988	1940	1953	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1940 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	900901		950830
ANNUAL MEAN	2468		2598		2765
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					6094	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					151	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	14200	May 15	12300	Aug 30	46000	May 13 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	29	Aug 28	44	Nov 10	0.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	37	Aug 23	47	Nov 4	1.5	Sep 18 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			12500 B	Aug 29	46900 C	May 12 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			27.98 D	Aug 28	36.70 E	May 13 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	0.796		0.837		0.891
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	10.80		11.40		12.11
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	8570		7900		8790
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	516		1040		584
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	65		78		39

	A - Sept. 15-17, 1952, result of temporary dam upstream, minimum unregulated discharge, 0.6 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 1953, July 31, 1954.
	B - Gage height, 26.68 ft.
	C - Gage height, 36.66 ft.
	D - Discharge, 11,900 ft³/s.
	E - Discharge unknown.