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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378000       BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 38°23'11", long 87°58'32", 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 1994-2001.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: May and July 1998.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 372.92 ft above sea level. 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; minimum discharge, no flow at times in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 27    e1.3 55  e24  947  150  30    8.7 761    2.9   40      8.4  
2 20    e1.2 45  e23  585  116  28    12    185    2.6   12      2.9  
3 15    e1.1 40  e22  151  98  206    5.9 48    2.0   6.5   e1.5  
4 12    e1.0 36  e23  104  98  194    4.6 97    2.7   4.1   1.0  
5 59    e1.0 33  e25  103  86  101    4.7 305    2.5   2.9   e.70
 
6 52    e2.0 28  e30  94  64  69    4.1 374    1.7   2.3   e.55
7 64    e5.0 28  e35  82  54  59    4.1 455    1.3   1.8   e.45
8 22    e10    26  e43  197  50  50    3.8 218    .94 2.4   e.60
9 13    183    21  e41  792  45  38    3.7 41    19      5.5   e1.0  
10 8.7 326    20  e35  1070  41  34    3.4 21    129      67      e2.0  
 
11 6.2 200    343  e31  921  39  33    3.2 15    29      20      e1.6  
12 4.8 81    1010  e27  753  41  34    2.8 11    7.4   4.0   e.90
13 4.2 65    797  e30  270  48  41    2.2 8.6 3.5   2.2   e.60
14 4.0 117    327  e170  514  42  35    2.2 7.2 2.1   1.3   e.40
15 4.0 84    144  e800  1120  42  26    2.3 7.0 1.4   e.80 e.30
 
16 4.1 49    637  910  1200  120  25    2.2 4.4 1.0   e.60 e.25
17 4.8 33    1020  900  1090  125  19    164    3.4 .69 e.55 e.20
18 10    23    861  908  814  88  16    125    3.0 387      e.50 e.17
19 27    21    470  739  265  57  15    1280    2.5 330      e.45 e.13
20 13    18    232  411  145  47  13    474    66    115      e.60 e.11
 
21 8.5 15    e130  177  113  45  13    318    144    21      e.80 e.10
22 5.0 13    e90  121  92  39  13    149    186    8.4   e1.0   e.08
23 3.6 13    e65  121  82  35  14    55    21    68      e1.5   e.06
24 3.1 13    e50  148  85  32  13    36    8.8 46      2.9   e.04
25 e2.7 362    e36  127  1040  26  11    24    5.0 8.2   15      e.03
 
26 e2.4 892    e29  92  983  23  9.3 19    3.7 7.1   133      e.02
27 e2.2 788    e30  93  905  21  8.6 22    3.1 5.6   70      e.01
28 e1.9 469    e31  78  483  20  8.1 15    6.5 36      11      e.00
29 e1.8 138    e29  212  ---  22  7.2 10    3.7 974      4.2   e.00
30 e1.6 77    e27  1070  ---  25  9.2 9.2 4.5 700      2.0   e.00
 
31 e1.4 ---    e25  1060  ---  29  ---    125    ---    308      1.7   ---     

TOTAL 409.0 4002.6 6715 8526 15000 1768 1172.4 2895.1 3019.4 3224.03 418.60 24.10
MEAN 13.2 133 217 275 536 57.0 39.1 93.4 101 104 13.5 .80
MAX 64 892 1020 1070 1200 150 206 1280 761 974 133 8.4
MIN 1.4 1.0 20 22 82 20 7.2 2.2 2.5 .69 .45 .00
CFSM .06 .59 .95 1.21 2.35 .25 .17 .41 .44 .46 .06 .00
IN. .07 .65 1.10 1.39 2.45 .29 .19 .47 .49 .53 .07 .00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 39.4 170 254 327 371 467 427 325 182 108 75.6 33.1
MAX 350 1540 1787 2245 1379 1897 1375 1928 945 1366 575 304
(WY) 1946 1994 1983 1950 1950 1945 1972 1961 1945 1958 2000 1945
MIN .000 .000 .000 .028 .022 .000 8.02 5.33 1.05 .002 .000 .000
(WY) 1941 1941 1941 1977 1941 1941 1946 1941 1988 1944 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2000 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2001 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL 78210.07 47174.23    
ANNUAL MEAN 214      129          231         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2330          Jun 18 1280              May 19 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Jan 1 .00 A     Sep 28-30 .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .67     Jan 26 .01 A     Sep 24 .00     Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1450              May 19 7500          May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.67         May 19 24.04 C May 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .94 .57     1.01    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.76 7.70     13.76    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 850      461          797         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 35      25          20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.3   1.0       .00    

A - Estimated.
B - At times in most years.
C - Site and datum then in use.


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