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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 to current year.

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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.85 2.6 1.1   182    e2.6 e74  56  25  34  11    18    474 
2 0.79 3.7 1.3   132    e2.8 e70  51  29  32  11    14    1990 
3 0.72 2.9 1.3   58    e3.2 e75  46  23  32  10    33    2480 
4 0.94 2.2 1.2   31    e3.5 e110  44  19  31  9.7 111    566 
5 0.79 2.1 e1.0   21    e3.9 376  45  584  32  9.2 44    159 
 
6 0.69 2.2 e0.90 15    e5.0 285  44  394  30  8.7 36    106 
7 0.63 1.6 e0.85 12    e5.8 164  45  376  27  8.3 22    78 
8 0.62 1.5 e0.90 11    e6.0 120  42  541  26  7.8 16    61 
9 0.60 1.5 e1.0   9.7 e5.4 103  40  829  24  17    13    49 
10 0.57 2.6 1.5   8.2 e4.6 88  37  892  32  844    11    40 
 
11 0.56 4.0 1.6   e5.6 e4.0 73  34  2970  122  655    9.8 35 
12 0.56 3.4 1.6   e5.0 e3.6 63  31  4300  639  226    12    31 
13 0.55 2.8 1.6   e4.6 e3.3 78  29  1660  339  84    9.4 28 
14 0.54 3.2 1.6   e4.2 e3.6 98  27  259  215  50    8.2 27 
15 0.48 5.2 1.5   e3.8 136    100  26  439  194  35    7.8 24 
 
16 0.48 4.0 1.5   e3.6 424    82  24  460  82  28    7.4 23 
17 0.48 3.5 1.5   e3.3 290    72  e22  204  50  23    7.0 20 
18 0.49 2.9 2.8   e3.1 174    67  e21  149  37  23    6.8 18 
19 0.70 2.4 18      e2.9 128    95  e19  125  32  20    6.6 17 
20 0.81 2.1 44      e2.7 251    156  e18  110  28  17    6.3 15 
 
21 0.96 1.9 33      e2.6 859    190  e17  98  26  16    6.5 14 
22 1.1   1.8 23      e2.5 1030    269  16  83  25  14    6.0 18 
23 1.2   1.6 11      e2.4 1430    148  14  72  21  23    5.6 17 
24 1.3   1.6 7.5   e2.3 752    103  14  65  19  21    5.4 20 
25 2.0   1.4 e5.5   e2.2 e220    102  163  62  17  15    5.2 17 
 
26 1.4   1.3 e4.5   e2.1 e130    283  105  56  16  13    5.2 19 
27 1.7   1.2 e4.0   e2.1 e100    194  64  50  15  12    5.2 519 
28 1.8   1.1 e3.4   e2.2 e85    115  131  46  14  62    5.1 453 
29 7.6   1.1 e3.5   e2.2 ---    88  134  43  13  196    5.4 135 
30 4.8   1.1 8.7   e2.3 ---    73  39  39  12  67    5.1 76 
 
31 2.8   ---    78      e2.4 ---    63  ---  38  ---  28    7.9 --- 

TOTAL 39.51 70.5 268.85 544.0 6066.3 3977 1398 15040 2216 2564.7 461.9 7529
MEAN 1.27 2.35 8.67 17.5 217 128 46.6 485 73.9 82.7 14.9 251
MAX 7.6 5.2 78 182 1430 376 163 4300 639 844 111 2480
MIN 0.48 1.1 0.85 2.1 2.6 63 14 19 12 7.8 5.1 14
CFSM 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.68 0.40 0.15 1.53 0.23 0.26 0.05 0.79
IN. 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.06 0.71 0.47 0.16 1.76 0.26 0.30 0.05 0.88
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 65.8 189 293 375 443 490 468 399 240 141 85.1 81.4
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 128051.20 40175.76
ANNUAL MEAN 351      110      272         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 644          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.88     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 11300          May 13 4300          May 12 20300          Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.48     Oct 15-17 0.48     Oct 15-17 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.51     Oct 12 0.51     Oct 12 0.00     Sep 13 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4550          May 12 27100      B Jan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 17.48     May 12 24.38 C Jan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.37     Oct 15, 16
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.10 0.35 0.85    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.98 4.70 11.60    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 709      208      596         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 40      18      46         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.1   1.3   2.6      

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

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

C - Present datum.


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Surface-Water Data

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