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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03346000       NORTH FORK EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR OBLONG, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°00'36", long 87°56'44" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.7 N., R.14 W., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 0.8 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 2 mi west of Oblong, and at mile 10.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 318 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 456.19 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Dec. 11, 1940, nonrecording gage and Dec. 11, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1964, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1971 to May 15, 1979, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mi downstream at present datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,100 ft3/s, Jan. 4, 1950, from rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s, gage height, 24.38 ft, present datum; no flow for many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 3.2 94  727  e60  2810  161  322  553  160  36    8.3 1.7  
2 3.2 84  310  e57  3800  241  250  1490  172  32    7.0 1.7  
3 3.3 76  199  e54  1260  1180  212  1800  141  29    6.1 1.7  
4 3.4 70  150  e48  347  599  185  402  114  26    5.4 1.6  
5 4.3 63  122  e46  247  252  158  244  87  24    5.0 1.3  
 
6 4.1 58  122  e44  190  206  140  1460  150  21    4.3 1.3  
7 4.9 54  129  e44  167  192  128  3850  112  19    3.8 1.2  
8 8.8 50  118  e44  150  171  158  9500  90  17    3.4 1.2  
9 7.0 48  97  e50  132  1400  456  6700  79  16    3.2 1.3  
10 6.0 45  79  57  122  4220  402  4020  82  16    3.0 1.1  
 
11 13    42  69  55  115  1760  235  1430  81  14    3.1 1.00
12 304    40  88  54  110  367  182  1020  216  13    3.2 0.93
13 653    38  500  51  102  306  532  11300  548  12    5.2 0.84
14 1850    36  1200  51  90  256  383  9250  319  11    7.5 0.75
15 2700    34  2110  49  80  238  252  4050  188  11    4.6 0.75
 
16 2240    34  1340  47  77  1190  193  824  135  9.8 3.6 0.74
17 822    32  2700  43  72  942  153  430  128  9.3 3.0 0.85
18 317    31  5150  40  66  333  127  335  97  8.6 2.8 1.1  
19 196    30  4000  40  79  289  110  259  83  14    4.2 1.3  
20 146    29  814  40  793  580  114  200  75  10    8.3 2.3  
 
21 114    29  331  41  1220  548  537  169  67  7.4 12    2.4  
22 93    28  254  41  423  268  1440  151  60  14    8.3 2.0  
23 81    27  226  42  255  189  1110  140  55  35    5.8 1.6  
24 469    31  220  51  190  169  413  131  55  154    4.2 1.8  
25 1650    41  176  59  159  1410  784  135  49  68    3.2 1.8  
 
26 1770    70  141  56  181  3000  464  166  57  31    2.6 1.5  
27 462    55  122  47  220  1800  659  135  50  19    2.2 2.3  
28 229    46  e105  44  168  1310  2670  340  42  14    2.0 1.4  
29 163    69  e90  44  ---  1450  3880  391  59  13    1.9 1.2  
30 130    587  e75  51  ---  1190  2960  173  49  17    1.7 0.98
 
31 108    ---  e65  560  ---  518  ---  132  ---  10    1.7 ---     

TOTAL 14558.2 1971 21829 2010 13625 26735 19609 61180 3600 731.1 140.6 41.64
MEAN 469.6 65.70 704.2 64.84 486.6 862.4 653.6 1974 120.0 23.58 4.535 1.388
MAX 2700 587 5150 560 3800 4220 3880 11300 548 154 12 2.4
MIN 3.2 27 65 40 66 161 110 131 42 7.4 1.7 0.74
CFSM 1.48 0.21 2.21 0.20 1.53 2.71 2.06 6.21 0.38 0.07 0.01 0.00
IN. 1.70 0.23 2.55 0.24 1.59 3.13 2.29 7.16 0.42 0.09 0.02 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 66.85 192.0 297.9 381.1 446.3 496.2 474.7 397.7 242.7 141.9 86.25 78.68
MAX 1006 1757 1755 2798 1777 1469 1521 2825 1346 1010 471 900
(WY) 2001 1986 1968 1950 1982 1973 1984 1943 1945 1958 1985 1989
MIN 0.013 0.13 0.56 0.92 4.82 2.37 10.4 19.0 4.07 0.46 0.26 0.10
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1977 1954 1954 1954 1941 1954 1954 1954 1954

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 114457.9       166030.54
ANNUAL MEAN 313.6       454.9   274.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 644          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.88     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6730              Jul 11 11300          May 13 20300          Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.2   A 0.74     Sep 16 0.00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.3           Sep 28 0.84     Sep 11 0.00     Sep 13 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 17100          May 13 27100      C Jan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 23.17     May 13 24.38 D Jan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.62     Sep 14
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.99     1.43 0.86    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.39     19.42 11.72    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 555          1240      601         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 64          82      46         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.4       2.7   2.7      

A - Sept. 30 to Oct. 2.

B - Many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

C - From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s.

D - Present datum.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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