03382100 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2004

Station list Available data
SALINE RIVER BASIN

03382100 SOUTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR CARRIER MILLS, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 37°38'16", long 88°40'40" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.10 S., R.5 E., Saline County, Hydrologic Unit 05140204, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 45, 150 ft downstream from railroad bridge, 4.5 mi southwest of Carrier Mills, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 147 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1965 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. Additional chemical data for water years 1963-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-24 and 79-25 as site ATH 05.
	SEDIMENT: Water years 1977 to 1981.
	SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1980-81.
	WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1980-81.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 375.63 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 31, 1967, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,160 ft³/s, Jan. 31, 1982, gage height, 16.32 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.60 ft³/s, July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 1,570 mg/L May 28, 1981; minimum daily mean, 0 mg/L Aug. 20-22, 1980.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 8,010 tons May 28, 1981; minimum daily, 0 ton Aug. 20-22, Sept. 20, Oct. 10, 1980, May 3, 4, 1981.

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	9.1	14	58	102	e50	128	162	37	153	4.2	8.6	4.3
2	12	12	44	302	e56	252	130	49	84	4.8	7.5	4.0
3	11	9.2	38	296	406	132	103	75	55	4.5	6.0	3.8
4	9.2	8.3	42	311	205	1340	85	102	39	4.6	5.1	4.0
5	8.1	9.2	39	848	158	1200	67	73	29	7.0	26	3.7

6	7.7	11	37	303	444	867	59	49	22	8.8	17	3.8
7	7.5	8.7	34	173	354	372	56	40	17	351	8.0	3.9
8	7.3	11	29	137	207	213	52	31	16	88	5.4	3.9
9	7.4	18	26	117	172	158	44	23	16	32	4.6	4.0
10	7.5	16	28	94	176	118	36	23	15	22	4.3	4.0

11	11	14	39	80	177	103	33	21	14	16	4.2	4.0
12	12	17	32	86	154	78	32	20	15	9.5	4.7	4.0
13	10	18	25	66	126	65	28	25	246	7.6	4.3	4.0
14	9.3	21	24	55	110	60	24	381	90	6.6	3.7	4.2
15	7.2	23	24	54	100	63	22	818	42	5.4	3.4	4.1

16	5.3	32	24	47	81	59	21	415	29	4.7	3.1	4.2
17	6.1	31	24	49	70	63	20	201	27	5.0	3.4	3.9
18	6.2	55	26	384	62	66	19	141	27	9.5	3.6	3.9
19	5.7	434	25	254	64	70	17	103	22	5.9	3.5	3.6
20	5.1	137	24	128	80	65	22	80	13	4.5	3.6	3.4

21	5.1	56	22	100	79	114	18	63	9.8	4.1	3.5	3.4
22	5.0	37	20	91	49	73	18	48	8.0	4.4	3.6	3.2
23	4.8	32	83	71	40	56	61	38	7.3	24	4.4	3.0
24	4.5	534	132	73	38	54	109	32	7.5	14	5.0	3.2
25	5.7	154	67	72	37	59	199	29	6.3	9.9	86	3.0

26	7.3	73	44	147	34	51	146	196	5.5	7.5	25	2.9
27	5.9	56	36	174	32	102	77	260	5.1	6.7	12	2.5
28	5.7	347	32	125	30	112	53	116	4.6	5.3	7.2	2.0
29	6.5	184	504	e92	30	742	50	78	4.6	5.8	5.8	1.8
30	9.9	81	577	e74	---	454	39	59	4.6	8.1	5.2	2.6

31	13	---	147	e62	---	224	---	369	---	9.6	4.6	---

TOTAL	238.1	2453.4	2306	4967	3621	7513	1802	3995	1034.3	701.0	292.3	106.3
MEAN	7.68	81.8	74.4	160	125	242	60.1	129	34.5	22.6	9.43	3.54
MAX	13	534	577	848	444	1340	199	818	246	351	86	4.3
MIN	4.5	8.3	20	47	30	51	17	20	4.6	4.1	3.1	1.8
CFSM	0.05	0.56	0.51	1.09	0.85	1.65	0.41	0.88	0.23	0.15	0.06	0.02
IN.	0.06	0.62	0.58	1.26	0.92	1.90	0.46	1.01	0.26	0.18	0.07	0.03

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1966 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	28.2	114	212	214	279	319	318	268	119	36.6	35.8	20.8
MAX	354	643	1193	608	864	837	922	1115	633	163	485	110
(WY)	2002	1986	1983	1999	1989	1979	1983	1983	1997	1976	1985	1992
MIN	2.57	4.05	8.22	10.7	42.3	28.6	22.3	15.4	6.10	1.88	5.34	1.67
(WY)	1967	1972	1977	1981	1996	1981	1981	1988	1972	1966	1994	1966

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2004 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1966 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL	55880.3		29029.4
ANNUAL MEAN	153		79.3		163
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					336	2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.0	1967
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2370	Jan 1	1340	Mar 4	4880	Dec 26 1982
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	4.5	Oct 24	1.8	Sep 29	0.60	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	5.1	Oct 19	2.6	Sep 24	0.77	Sep 1 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			1730	Mar 4	5160	Jan 31 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			11.23	Mar 4	16.32	Jan 31 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			1.7	Sep 28, 29
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.04		0.540		1.11
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	14.14		7.35		15.06
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	350		188		400
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	44		29		32
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.5		4.1		5.9

A - July 29, 30, Sept. 3, 1966.