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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378000                         BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 38°23'11", long 87°58'32", 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.--October 1940 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 372.92 ft above sea level. 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.

REMARKS.--Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Wabash River, Mar. 24 to Apr. 2, Apr. 14-15, 22-24, May 12-16, June 18 to July 2, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .00 .71 5.1   2.8 21  63  e350  2050  20  e200    279    1.1  
2 .00 1.6   2.0   2.7 20  48  e250  2240  16  e50    69    .93
3 .00 .60 3.4   3.5 18  42  142  2030  13  29    25    .74
4 .00 .30 2.1   3.5 17  37  287  2270  14  38    16    .68
5 .00 .26 1.4   45    18  34  269  2350  51  41    42    .75
 
6 .00 .61 1.0   298    22  31  133  2190  43  17    888    .74
7 .00 1.9   .90 572    29  30  94  2310  30  499    1600    .60
8 .00 2.1   .85 901    68  239  85  2170  22  1030    2210    .53
9 .00 e1.6   1.0   825    63  535  184  2050  21  1170    2640    .42
10 .00 e1.3   5.1   663    41  339  230  1770  80  1100    2330    .36
 
11 .00 e1.0   8.6   183    69  136  108  1390  46  826    1950    .32
12 .00 e.80 5.6   64    324  72  68  e700  151  220    1550    .28
13 .00 e1.0   2.5   46    189  67  57  e200  653  186    1040    .26
14 .00 e2.2   1.5   34    87  66  e250  e110  475  815    320    .21
15 .00 e3.0   .98 44    56  52  e500  e70  608  206    48    .19
 
16 .00 e2.7   .70 90    315  43  3190  e45  399  62    25    .17
17 .00 e2.4   .59 65    865  93  3590  65  124  41    18    .21
18 .00 e2.0   .50 42    1020  841  3260  22  e45  25    14    .29
19 .00 e1.7   .71 42    897  917  2570  18  e55  17    11    .28
20 .00 e1.4   .80 40    767  1100  1880  17  e80  12    8.6 3.5  
 
21 .00 e1.2   .96 32    541  1230  1370  167  e100  9.4 6.6 59     
22 .00 e1.1   3.3   29    232  1100  e670  369  e170  7.0 5.1 24     
23 .00 e1.0   4.1   236    140  901  e180  834  1490  8.9 4.4 5.6  
24 .00 e.90 74      228    98  e300  e80  976  1500  9.7 3.6 1.9  
25 .00 e.80 269      106    71  e80  174  1050  e1270  7.2 3.0 38     
 
26 .10 e.70 87      64    60  e50  102  681  e990  4.8 2.6 78     
27 .08 e.65 24      48    87  e35  47  128  e380  3.6 2.0 13     
28 .07 e.60 11      42    92  e85  33  55  e210  3.0 1.7 4.0  
29 .05 e.55 5.8   37    ---  e140  61  41  e170  3.1 1.6 1.7  
30 .04 e3.0   4.8   29    ---  e70  1600  31  e620  118    1.5 1.1  
 
31 .07 ---      3.5   24    ---  e50  ---  26  ---  429    1.3 ---     

TOTAL 0.41 39.68 532.79 4841.5 6227 8826 21814 28425 9846 7187.7 15117.0 238.86
MEAN .013 1.32 17.2 156 222 285 727 917 328 232 488 7.96
MAX .10 3.0 269 901 1020 1230 3590 2350 1500 1170 2640 78
MIN .00 .26 .50 2.7 17 30 33 17 13 3.0 1.3 .17
CFSM .00 .01 .08 .68 .98 1.25 3.19 4.02 1.44 1.02 2.14 .03
IN. .00 .01 .09 .79 1.02 1.44 3.56 4.64 1.61 1.17 2.47 .04

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 39.7 175 261 318 363 478 436 337 176 102 69.4 33.1
MAX 350 1540 1787 2245 1379 1897 1375 1928 945 1366 488 304
(WY) 1946 1994 1983 1950 1950 1945 1972 1961 1945 1958 1998 1945
MIN .000 .000 .000 .028 .022 .000 8.02 5.33 1.05 .002 .000 .000
(WY) 1941 1941 1941 1977 1941 1941 1946 1941 1988 1944 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1998 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL 90344.18 103095.94
ANNUAL MEAN 248      282      232         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3370          Jun 20 3590          Apr 17 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Many days .00     Many days .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Sep 28 .00     Oct 1 .00     Oct 1 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 3650          Apr 17 7500          May 9 1961
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 19.67     Apr 17 24.04 B May 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.09 1.24 1.02    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.74 16.82 13.80    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 983      1000      797         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 16      37      19         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .04 .26 .00    
A - At times in most years.
B - Site and datum then in use.


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