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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378000       BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°23'11", long 87°58'32" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1998 and 2002.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 372.92 ft above NGVD of 1929. 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; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Wabash River, Jan. 10-17, 22, June 5-7, 20-21, and June 26-28, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.1   e0.00 24    110  e14  141  271  136    2360    7.1 307    253   
2 0.93 e0.00 14    140  e16  382  126  238    1880    34    46    52   
3 0.62 e0.01 9.3 208  e40  181  83  254    1260    13    20    100   
4 0.34 e0.01 7.2 603  118  1350  61  141    431    75    12    53   
5 0.21 0.03 6.9 1310  101  1350  47  70    e67    106    8.5 38   
 
6 0.22 0.04 11    1480  286  1300  39  43    e39    126    6.1 24   
7 0.17 0.03 33    1590  332  1120  36  30    e25    134    4.4 17   
8 0.15 0.01 19    1290  174  520  33  23    20    28    2.8 13   
9 0.12 0.00 12    652  104  124  27  19    16    11    2.1 10   
10 0.09 0.00 9.9 e318  232  74  24  16    15    6.4 1.7 8.6
 
11 0.07 0.01 14    e386  572  59  22  13    14    40    1.7 7.5
12 0.06 0.28 32    e553  563  49  21  11    109    777    1.8 7.1
13 0.05 0.35 20    e657  359  41  20  26    532    147    2.1 6.9
14 0.06 12      11    e640  164  37  18  27    197    37    2.1 7.1
15 0.05 11      8.2 e528  180  36  16  52    51    18    1.9 6.9
 
16 0.04 4.1   8.7 e391  123  37  15  36    307    11    1.9 6.6
17 0.09 1.3   9.4 e293  86  37  14  44    204    1510    2.4 6.9
18 0.06 2.5   13    913  75  36  12  93    541    1080    3.1 6.8
19 0.04 160      11    916  110  31  11  37    380    271    3.4 6.0
20 0.04 310      10    647  317  71  22  109    e91    36    3.8 5.1
 
21 0.02 96      9.4 161  398  254  24  25    e34    18    5.0 4.7
22 0.01 25      9.1 e75  200  89  20  16    480    11    5.7 e4.5
23 0.01 14      9.0 e50  104  50  18  12    631    339    5.3 e4.2
24 0.01 314      233    e44  89  42  17  9.7 195    197    48    e4.0
25 0.01 439      132    e40  79  37  56  82    139    37    89    e3.8
 
26 0.07 223      38    e34  60  38  68  910    e70    35    3980    e3.7
27 0.02 67      22    e28  48  492  34  1850    e17    22    3940    e3.6
28 0.00 148      17    e25  39  576  20  2690    e6.3 14    3130    e3.4
29 e0.00 98      93    e21  36  961  15  3090    5.9 8.7 2510    e3.2
30 e0.00 47      496    e18  ---  900  13  3030    4.9 90    1860    e3.0
 
31 e0.00 ---      390    e16  ---  713  ---  2880    ---    650    1110    ---   

TOTAL 5.66 1972.67 1732.1 14137 5019 11128 1203 16012.7 10122.1 5889.2 17117.8 673.6
MEAN 0.18 65.8 55.9 456 173 359 40.1 517 337 190 552 22.5
MAX 2.1 439 496 1590 572 1350 271 3090 2360 1510 3980 253
MIN 0.00 0.00 6.9 16 14 31 11 9.7 4.9 6.4 1.7 3.0
CFSM 0.00 0.29 0.25 2.00 0.76 1.57 0.18 2.27 1.48 0.83 2.42 0.10
IN. 0.00 0.32 0.28 2.31 0.82 1.82 0.20 2.61 1.65 0.96 2.79 0.11
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 44.7 167 263 325 373 468 418 356 182 107 80.7 32.4
MAX 394 1540 1787 2245 1379 1897 1375 1928 945 1366 575 304
(WY) 2002 1994 1983 1950 1950 1945 1972 1961 1945 1958 2000 1945
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.00 8.02 5.33 1.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1941 1941 1941 1977 1941 1941 1946 1941 1988 1944 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 76577.09   85012.83
ANNUAL MEAN 210        232      234         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2400            Feb 23 3980          Aug 26 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Several days 0.00     Several days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Oct 28 0.00     Oct 28 0.00     Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 4990          Aug 26 7500          May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 21.04     Aug 26 24.04 B May 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.920 1.02 1.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.49   13.87 13.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 803        634      804         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16        34      20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.19   0.20 0.03    

A - At times in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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