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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03379500       LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.2 N., R.8 E., Clay County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on County Highway 23, 0.3 mi downstream from Big Muddy Creek, 5 mi southeast of Clay City, and at mile 128.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,131 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1914 to current year. Prior to October 1958, published as "at Wilcox." Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 973: 1937-40. WSP 1335: 1915-33, 1934(M), 1935, 1940, 1941(M), 1946(M). WSP 1625: 1958. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 392.29 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Jan. 2, 1947, nonrecording gage at highway bridge 300 ft upstream at same datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 47,000 ft3/s, Jan. 5, 1950, gage height, 26.67 ft; no flow Sept. 3-19, 1954.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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 7.7 130    8.4 1360    e13  411  151  387  276  689  143    493 
2 6.8 124    8.1 714    e15  610  126  355  147  273  83    1890 
3 6.4 57    8.5 478    e17  716  105  359  122  94  100    3600 
4 6.4 30    8.9 301    e20  576  95  410  101  96  227    3520 
5 6.2 19    9.0 203    e23  584  788  4200  92  66  608    2900 
 
6 5.0 15    8.8 171    e27  551  737  6730  99  46  303    1010 
7 4.1 12    8.8 153    e33  457  309  6390  95  36  152    282 
8 3.7 9.5 8.6 129    e43  345  201  5650  82  29  84    174 
9 3.4 8.9 8.3 105    e35  247  157  6150  70  25  54    123 
10 4.1 11    8.4 87    e31  189  124  7960  66  1080  41    91 
 
11 4.5 11    8.7 72    e28  157  102  8440  905  3600  33    70 
12 4.2 56    8.5 e56    e26  220  84  7970  4350  3860  28    57 
13 5.4 90    8.6 e45    e24  724  73  7040  5480  2940  25    49 
14 4.9 123    9.3 e38    e26  1290  61  6410  4700  1020  24    45 
15 4.3 89    9.0 e34    572  862  57  5580  3250  334  22    39 
 
16 4.8 47    8.8 e29    1350  498  52  2840  2390  273  23    34 
17 5.1 29    8.8 e26    1380  312  106  1210  969  210  24    31 
18 4.9 20    9.5 e22    869  229  199  612  415  212  21    28 
19 7.4 18    269    e19    564  417  206  401  275  499  19    25 
20 7.8 14    885    e17    948  1210  396  329  207  283  18    23 
 
21 7.5 12    357    e15    3040  1330  522  362  166  184  16    22 
22 7.1 11    260    e14    5130  1590  575  700  138  130  15    23 
23 7.6 9.7 192    e13    6650  1040  358  432  112  86  14    22 
24 7.4 8.9 105    e12    6180  503  210  262  86  67  13    20 
25 9.5 8.4 62    e11    3480  320  1120  215  68  54  12    19 
 
26 15    7.6 43    e10    e1500  934  2840  196  58  44  12    25 
27 17    7.3 29    e9.5 e600  778  2020  192  52  36  11    238 
28 18    6.8 24    e9.5 429  458  707  206  48  31  9.7 547 
29 27    6.4 25    e10    ---  305  1690  231  45  28  12    575 
30 99    7.7 123    e11    ---  217  1050  301  62  28  14    288 
 
31 106    ---    675    e12    ---  171  ---  425  ---  157  18    --- 

TOTAL 428.2 999.2 3206.0 4186.0 33053 18251 15221 82945 24926 16510 2178.7 16263
MEAN 13.8 33.3 103 135 1180 589 507 2676 831 533 70.3 542
MAX 106 130 885 1360 6650 1590 2840 8440 5480 3860 608 3600
MIN 3.4 6.4 8.1 9.5 13 157 52 192 45 25 9.7 19
CFSM 0.01 0.03 0.09 0.12 1.04 0.52 0.45 2.37 0.73 0.47 0.06 0.48
IN. 0.01 0.03 0.11 0.14 1.09 0.60 0.50 2.73 0.82 0.54 0.07 0.53
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 220 571 1015 1348 1529 1725 1634 1465 816 476 315 214
MAX 2146 5462 7882 9030 6833 5425 6267 10150 4271 4567 5794 2569
(WY) 1950 1986 1968 1950 1982 1978 1922 1943 1945 2000 1915 1993
MIN 0.30 1.07 1.73 6.90 12.6 4.92 56.9 45.1 14.4 9.75 4.17 0.79
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1977 1963 1954 1954 1925 1988 1930 1964 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1914 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 506989.4   218167.1  
ANNUAL MEAN 1389      598      941     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 2040      1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 29.3   1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 34100          May 15 8440          May 11 43200      May 10 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.4       Oct 9 3.4       Oct 9 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 4.1       Oct 6 4.1       Oct 6 0.00 Sep 3 1954
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 8700          May 11 47000      Jan 5 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 20.50     May 11 26.67 Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 3.2       Oct 9
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.23 0.53 0.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.68 7.18 11.31
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4390      1350      2990     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 106      89      149     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.6   8.6   10     

A - Sept. 3-19, 1954.


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