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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03380500       SKILLET FORK AT WAYNE CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°21'30", long 88°35'05" (NAD of 1983), 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) (382.74 ft NAVD 1988). 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, 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 5.8 391  3120  392  219  111  205  523    7.8 38    1.9   7.0  
2 4.9 3630  2580  296  213  105  215  327    7.6 67    1.2   4.8  
3 4.3 3080  1940  1880  248  94  226  186    7.1 13    0.92 3.8  
4 4.5 2590  689  3480  238  88  199  124    6.5 6.2 0.70 3.6  
5 5.0 1480  366  5490  216  83  147  91    6.0 7.0 0.27 3.3  
 
6 5.3 676  423  12200  214  78  116  74    5.5 8.3 0.13 2.4  
7 5.0 355  1610  14000  1120  74  107  61    5.4 6.8 0.13 2.4  
8 4.2 204  2030  9290  1920  73  139  51    5.4 5.1 0.13 2.4  
9 4.0 137  1780  5150  1830  69  182  44    6.3 4.3 0.05 2.1  
10 3.7 103  819  1650  1400  64  148  40    7.0 2.5 0.00 1.7  
 
11 3.6 1720  399  1070  848  61  111  36    31    3.0 1.3   1.6  
12 5.8 4420  280  848  489  58  133  34    15    5.5 2.5   1.3  
13 4.8 3210  208  3300  1620  54  942  31    7.2 5.3 2.3   0.73
14 11    1650  149  5520  3040  53  761  31    5.5 5.4 20      0.31
15 12    448  113  7300  2530  49  407  38    4.3 6.5 12      0.21
 
16 11    255  93  6120  2330  46  214  40    4.6 7.6 22      0.46
17 28    182  e74  2490  1110  44  138  39    6.6 7.5 5.5   0.72
18 516    151  e66  e750  386  42  102  35    6.6 6.6 3.2   0.82
19 1670    1020  e58  e380  248  41  82  32    4.6 6.3 15      1.2  
20 1430    1120  e53  e220  199  39  67  28    3.9 5.7 11      361     
 
21 837    811  e50  e180  211  36  57  24    3.5 3.9 6.5   105     
22 203    434  e47  e165  208  46  374  21    3.3 3.0 4.9   55     
23 105    323  e46  e145  184  430  991  18    3.0 3.4 3.8   31     
24 307    1040  e44  136  163  695  385  15    2.5 3.1 3.0   17     
25 404    2340  e42  134  154  e577  186  13    2.0 2.5 3.1   12     
 
26 739    2000  e41  122  142  e504  154  11    7.9 2.3 17      12     
27 3970    1330  e40  120  124  e448  337  10    11    3.7 59      8.9  
28 3610    901  e40  106  116  e987  280  9.0 5.6 3.8 69      7.8  
29 2640    763  133  98  ---  682  248  8.0 3.2 3.0 69      20     
30 939    1880  821  123  ---  363  522  8.4 2.9 2.5 26      22     
 
31 285    ---  713  185  ---  226  ---  8.4 ---    2.3 12      ---     

TOTAL 17777.9 38644 18867 83340 21720 6320 8175 2010.8 198.8 251.1 373.53 692.55
MEAN 573 1288 609 2688 776 204 272 64.9 6.63 8.10 12.0 23.1
MAX 3970 4420 3120 14000 3040 987 991 523 31 67 69 361
MIN 3.6 103 40 98 116 36 57 8.0 2.0 2.3 0.00 0.21
CFSM 1.24 2.78 1.31 5.79 1.67 0.44 0.59 0.14 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.05
IN. 1.43 3.10 1.51 6.68 1.74 0.51 0.66 0.16 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.06
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 102 269 418 662 649 780 769 642 303 155 118 73.1
MAX 1462 2969 3314 4052 2408 2361 2495 4113 1554 1162 2257 1227
(WY) 1920 1986 1983 1949 1982 1945 1957 1961 2000 1993 1915 1993
MIN 0.02 0.13 0.29 0.69 2.51 1.96 11.6 8.96 1.48 1.05 0.06 0.05
(WY) 1909 1954 1954 1981 1934 1954 1954 1936 1988 1930 1991 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 181373.7   198370.68
ANNUAL MEAN 496      543      411           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 928            1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.1         1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5590          Aug 27 14000          Jan 7 45000            May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.2       Aug 16, 17 0.00     Aug 10 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.2       Aug 12 0.20     Aug 4 0.00       Oct 24 1908
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 15900          Jan 7 59400        B May 17 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 21.41     Jan 7 26.68       May 8 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.07 1.17 0.886    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.54 15.90 12.04      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1910      1650      1120           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 90      64      36           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.6   3.0   1.4        

A - At times in several years.

B - Gage height, 25.75 ft.


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