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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378635                   LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR EFFINGHAM, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 39°06'13", long 88°35'33", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.8 N., R.5 E., Effingham County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 40, 1,000 ft upstream from railroad bridge, 2.3 mi southwest of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.--240 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1966 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 501.10 ft above sea level. Prior to Apr. 21, 1988, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records good except those for estimated daily discharges and those discharges below 1.0 ft3/s, which are poor. Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in records. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 4.4   2.8   1.8   2.8 18  72  751  813  41  432  36    8.1
2 4.0   .01 1.7   2.6 19  49  458  780  39  206  26    5.1
3 3.7   .00 2.5   1.4 17  45  480  2600  35  119  24    4.4
4 3.1   .00 1.6   2.5 18  43  1890  6120  36  86  605    3.8
5 2.5   .25 2.1   14    15  49  882  1610  57  76  1250    3.5
 
6 1.3   4.1   1.4   28    16  43  512  690  57  62  714    3.4
7 .00 1.1   1.4   46    17  39  405  1450  39  1270  351    3.2
8 .00 .02 1.5   356    14  592  396  1360  49  1370  163    3.0
9 2.6   1.0   1.6   301    15  1280  229  664  137  378  70    2.7
10 .24 1.2   2.0   77    14  838  175  439  286  191  82    2.6
 
11 .00 .95 .36 37    22  365  122  310  204  111  136    2.5
12 .00 .92 .36 29    21  201  90  225  734  71  56    2.4
13 4.7   .92 .28 23    19  143  97  179  653  48  30    2.3
14 1.1   1.2   .54 18    15  130  162  146  447  38  20    2.3
15 .00 1.1   .00 24    16  112  654  117  477  37  16    2.7
 
16 .00 2.5   .00 22    33  92  3470  100  670  33  14    2.9
17 .00 .94 .00 20    379  658  930  86  304  28  12    6.1
18 .00 .87 .00 17    685  1580  489  71  164  28  11    8.2
19 .00 .78 .00 13    225  827  323  64  560  30  9.7 4.0
20 .00 .73 .00 15    116  4400  228  63  466  28  9.2 3.6
 
21 .00 .78 .00 16    91  4360  248  61  433  25  9.4 4.3
22 .00 .86 4.7   14    62  1120  212  130  642  167  8.2 4.3
23 .00 .70 3.0   16    47  586  168  137  2170  473  7.4 3.0
24 .00 .13 15      16    41  351  124  146  883  100  7.0 2.5
25 .00 .70 11      14    32  228  102  122  399  46  6.7 4.8
 
26 .33 .90 9.5   16    32  155  98  96  224  33  6.6 2.8
27 2.5   .88 5.9   18    159  111  93  76  143  28  6.1 2.2
28 2.0   .98 4.1   20    121  3340  83  63  101  25  4.1 1.9
29 1.7   1.2   2.7   22    ---  3310  115  56  227  24  6.6 5.1
30 1.5   4.2   1.9   23    ---  905  980  50  1220  198  6.9 2.5
 
31 1.5   ---      2.9   19    ---  610  ---  46  ---  71  7.9 ---   

TOTAL 37.17 32.72 79.84 1243.3 2279 26634 14966 18870 11897 5832 3711.8 110.2
MEAN 1.20 1.09 2.58 40.1 81.4 859 499 609 397 188 120 3.67
MAX 4.7 4.2 15 356 685 4400 3470 6120 2170 1370 1250 8.2
MIN .00 .00 .00 1.4 14 39 83 46 35 24 4.1 1.9
CFSM .00 .00 .01 .17 .34 3.58 2.08 2.54 1.65 .78 .50 .02
IN. .01 .01 .01 .19 .35 4.13 2.32 2.92 1.84 .90 .58 .02


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 49.3 160 255 240 318 400 389 280 163 80.6 54.2 74.2
MAX 286 1141 1055 964 1080 1200 1225 1391 483 315 252 1001
(WY) 1994 1994 1968 1993 1982 1978 1996 1995 1973 1993 1974 1993
MIN .10 .65 .000 .026 14.5 19.1 27.3 14.4 1.77 1.34 .25 .24
(WY) 1995 1977 1977 1981 1978 1972 1971 1988 1987 1972 1989 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 68426.52 85693.03
ANNUAL MEAN 187      235      205     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 450      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.2   1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 9440          Feb 27 6120          May 4 12100      Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Many days .00     Many days .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Oct 15 .00     Oct 15 .00 Oct 8 1966
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 6590          May 4 17800      May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 17.28     May 4 21.19 May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .78 .98 .85
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.61 13.28 11.58
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 429      656      444     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16      25      38     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .72 .10
A - Many days in most years.


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