LOCATION.-- Lat 39°28'33", long 87°25'08" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.21, T.12 N., R.9 W., Vigo County, Hydrologic Unit 05120111, (TERRE HAUTE, IN. quadrangle), on left bank at Indiana America Water Company, Inc., lst and Elm Streets in Terre Haute, 3.0 mi upstream from Sugar Creek, and 3.6 mi downstream from Lost Creek and at mile 215.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 12,263 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: February 1905 to July 1906, October 1927 to current year.

STAGE: August 1902 to December 1903. Gage-height records collected at site 100 ft downstream June 1891 to June 1897 and since December 1904 are contained in reports of National Weather Service.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 205: 1905. WSP 1335: 1944. WDR IN-73-1: Drainage area. WDR IN-84-1: 1983. WDR IN-86 1: 1913 (Gage height).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 445.78 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 17, 1984, water-stage recorder at Wabash Avenue bridge 3,400 ft downstream at datum 2.88 ft lower. See WSP 1725 for history of changes prior to Oct. 27, 1928.

REMARKS.-- Flow partially regulated by upstream reservoirs.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 189,000 ft³/s, May 20, 1943, gage height 30.50 ft; minimum daily discharge, 701 ft³/s, August 3, 1934.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of March 27, 1913, reached a stage of about 31.2 present site and datum, discharge, 245,000 ft³/s.