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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 (372.50 ft NAVD 1988). 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 period of backwater from the Wabash River, Jan. 8-29, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 e2.7 407  1240  1030  57  69  173  151    9.1   0.87 0.01 10     
2 e2.5 1800  1090  871  60  60  108  68    9.6   0.75 0.01 1.9  
3 e2.2 1980  1000  1530  78  51  92  43    11      0.82 0.00 0.70
4 e2.3 2140  678  2240  83  47  71  37    12      0.70 0.00 0.39
5 e2.4 2010  225  3600  72  44  59  26    12      0.56 0.00 0.31
 
6 e2.4 1640  160  4980  63  42  51  24    8.9   0.50 0.00 0.26
7 2.3 1130  905  5080  680  42  62  22    9.4   0.48 0.00 0.26
8 2.3 515  1060  e4150  1060  39  99  19    16      0.44 0.00 0.26
9 2.4 108  968  e3150  1040  34  83  17    16      0.42 0.00 0.26
10 2.2 57  716  e2200  868  30  61  15    8.3   0.34 0.00 0.27
 
11 1.9 821  301  e1550  557  32  49  14    14      0.32 0.00 0.25
12 2.7 1680  162  e1300  217  31  101  13    54      0.80 0.00 0.25
13 3.6 1510  108  e1400  690  34  645  13    274      0.75 0.00 0.25
14 e7.9 1380  72  e1600  1600  32  491  90    60      0.68 0.05 0.27
15 e20    1060  52  e1700  1470  27  156  77    26      0.70 0.08 0.29
 
16 e10    485  44  e1450  1240  23  77  34    17      0.59 8.4   0.31
17 e8.0 119  e40  e1150  820  22  56  23    10      0.46 15      0.30
18 536    79  e37  e850  295  21  45  18    7.3   0.38 4.6   0.28
19 1310    594  e34  e600  124  20  37  30    6.2   0.41 1.7   0.26
20 1220    607  e30  e400  114  19  30  409    4.5   0.33 1.2   0.39
 
21 1190    369  e29  e290  149  18  27  181    3.4   0.23 1.1   0.34
22 906    193  e27  e200  150  18  33  53    2.8   0.17 0.70 0.30
23 305    192  e27  e150  123  28  162  30    2.4   0.12 0.48 0.29
24 476    476  e27  e110  104  34  82  23    2.0   0.10 0.40 0.29
25 398    939  e26  e85  99  34  40  17    1.7   0.08 0.40 0.57
 
26 366    850  e25  e70  89  32  45  14    1.5   0.07 11      0.51
27 1880    711  e24  e60  74  39  172  13    1.3   0.07 5.3   0.03
28 1460    854  e24  e50  69  1470  87  13    1.2   0.06 3.6   0.00
29 1320    741  e70  e46  ---  1400  97  11    1.1   0.05 1.9   0.03
30 1180    955  597  42  ---  1150  236  11    0.97 0.03 14      0.18
 
31 877    ---  1180  55  ---  679  ---  9.2 ---      0.02 28      ---     

TOTAL 13501.8 26402 10978 41989 12045 5621 3527 1518.2 603.67 12.30 97.93 20.00
MEAN 436 880 354 1354 430 181 118 49.0 20.1 0.40 3.16 0.67
MAX 1880 2140 1240 5080 1600 1470 645 409 274 0.87 28 10
MIN 1.9 57 24 42 57 18 27 9.2 0.97 0.02 0.00 0.00
CFSM 1.91 3.86 1.55 5.94 1.89 0.80 0.52 0.21 0.09 0.00 0.01 0.00
IN. 2.20 4.31 1.79 6.85 1.97 0.92 0.58 0.25 0.10 0.00 0.02 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 50.7 178 265 340 374 464 413 351 179 105 79.5 31.9
MAX 436 1540 1787 2245 1379 1897 1375 1928 945 1366 575 304
(WY) 2005 1994 1983 1950 1950 1945 1972 1961 1945 1958 2000 1945
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.00 8.02 5.33 1.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1941 1941 1941 1977 1941 1941 1946 1941 1988 1944 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 132184.2   116315.90
ANNUAL MEAN 361      319      235         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3980          Aug 26 5080          Jan 7 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.7       Aug 10, 11 0.00     Several days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.9       Aug 10 0.00     Aug 3 0.00     Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5230          Jan 7 7500          May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 21.46     Jan 7 24.04 B May 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.58 1.40 1.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.57 18.98 14.02    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1180      1160      812         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 60      33      20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.6   0.26 0.04    

A - At times in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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