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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03380500       SKILLET FORK AT WAYNE CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°21'25", long 88°35'00" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4 sec.7, T.2 S., R.6 E., Wayne County, Hydrologic Unit 05120115, on right bank 0.1 mi downstream from Shoe Creek, 0.5 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 15, 0.9 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1 mi north of Wayne City, and at mile 42.4.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 464 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: August 1908 to December 1912, June 1914 to September 1921, June 1928 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1979.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1979.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1143: 1947-48. WSP 1205: 1918-21, 1929-31, 1937-39. WSP 1335: 1908-13, 1916(M), 1930-34, 1935(M). WSP 1725: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and concrete dam since Nov. 17, 1954. Datum of gage is 383.15 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 30, 1921, nonrecording gage at site 0.9 mi downstream at datum about 3.0 ft lower. June 11, 1928, to Oct. 4, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi upstream at datum 2.8 ft lower.
 

REMARKS.-- Wayne City municipal water plant diverts about 0.02 ft3/s at gage since November 1954; diversion not included in records.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 59,400 ft3/s, May 17, 1990, gage height, 25.75 ft; maximum gage height, 26.68 ft, May 8, 1961; no flow at times in several years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges and those for discharges less than 5.0 ft3/s, 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 1.4   9.2 e1.5   1020    e7.6 443  107  451  72    305    2.7   0.06
2 0.81 6.1 e1.3   382    e9.5 942  94  298  49    90    2.7   1.6  
3 0.49 6.0 e1.2   e240    e13    813  79  279  44    20    2.5   4.1  
4 1.00 6.0 e1.0   e150    22    597  70  289  42    11    4.3   7.8  
5 1.2   6.5 e0.90 e120    23    423  69  4240  39    9.6 5.0   12     
 
6 1.4   5.6 e0.90 e100    22    339  234  4980  36    7.9 5.3   14     
7 1.7   4.3 e1.0   e80    20    273  298  4640  31    7.5 6.8   14     
8 1.7   3.8 e1.1   e65    17    199  217  4320  27    6.7 6.4   14     
9 1.7   3.4 e1.1   e55    16    148  156  5430  26    6.2 5.6   13     
10 2.0   7.8 e1.7   e45    15    113  116  5430  23    7.4 4.3   12     
 
11 2.5   29    e2.3   e35    16    92  98  4170  544    9.4 3.1   10     
12 2.4   14    2.8   e24    16    388  83  3250  3980    10    2.5   8.2  
13 2.3   6.5 3.4   e20    16    1690  69  2290  4160    14    2.3   6.3  
14 1.6   3.7 3.9   e16    26    2230  59  1030  2950    28    2.2   5.0  
15 0.57 3.2 4.4   e13    495    1590  52  346  1300    27    2.0   3.7  
 
16 0.02 3.0 4.5   e11    e1150    583  48  175  643    22    1.6   2.8  
17 0.00 2.6 4.6   e10    e550    324  303  115  277    12    0.80 2.7  
18 0.00 2.5 7.8   e9.4 e370    233  802  119  137    9.4 0.80 2.3  
19 0.00 3.2 657      e8.8 404    309  516  101  91    8.4 0.75 2.2  
20 0.02 3.7 882      e8.2 1740    791  668  78  55    7.5 0.48 2.0  
 
21 0.35 3.7 236      e7.6 2700    1640  829  78  26    6.7 0.34 1.7  
22 0.53 3.6 91      e7.2 3870    1820  657  296  18    6.0 0.19 1.7  
23 0.66 4.0 46      e6.6 4410    978  293  272  14    5.5 0.16 1.7  
24 0.80 5.1 31      e6.0 3210    390  174  138  11    4.3 0.04 1.0  
25 2.6   5.5 e23      e5.7 e1700    242  1930  724  9.4 3.5 0.00 0.80
 
26 3.7   5.5 e20      e5.4 e1100    405  3180  1430  8.4 3.0 0.00 1.1  
27 3.6   5.1 e18      e5.2 e600    837  2230  671  7.8 2.7 0.00 2.6  
28 5.2   3.2 e17      e5.0 e320    448  1060  251  7.3 2.7 0.00 2.1  
29 48      2.5 e26      e5.2 ---    256  904  136  7.2 2.7 0.00 1.8  
30 41      2.2 175      e5.6 ---    171  818  101  50    2.7 0.00 16     
 
31 17      ---    977      e6.5 ---    134  ---  82  ---    2.7 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 146.25 170.5 3244.40 2478.4 22858.1 19841 16213 46210 14685.1 661.5 62.86 168.26
MEAN 4.72 5.68 105 79.9 816 640 540 1491 490 21.3 2.03 5.61
MAX 48 29 977 1020 4410 2230 3180 5430 4160 305 6.8 16
MIN 0.00 2.2 0.90 5.0 7.6 92 48 78 7.2 2.7 0.00 0.06
CFSM 0.01 0.01 0.23 0.17 1.76 1.38 1.16 3.21 1.05 0.05 0.00 0.01
IN. 0.01 0.01 0.26 0.20 1.83 1.59 1.30 3.70 1.18 0.05 0.01 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 97.6 258 419 640 653 787 782 648 306 158 113 74.1
MAX 1462 2969 3314 4052 2408 2361 2495 4113 1554 1162 2257 1227
(WY) 1920 1986 1983 1949 1982 1945 1957 1961 2000 1993 1915 1993
MIN 0.016 0.13 0.29 0.69 2.51 1.96 11.6 8.96 1.48 1.05 0.056 0.047
(WY) 1909 1954 1954 1981 1934 1954 1954 1936 1988 1930 1991 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 169048.71 126739.37
ANNUAL MEAN 463      347      411         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 928          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.1       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 7030          May 14 5430          May 9,10 45000          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Many days 0.00     Several days 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Aug 20 0.00     Aug 25 0.00     Oct 24 1908
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5880          May 10 59400      B May 17 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 14.37     May 10 26.68     May 8 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.00 0.75 0.89    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.55 10.16 12.03    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1610      919      1120         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 21      14      36         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.50 1.1   1.3      

A - At times in several years.

B - Gage height, 25.75 ft.


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