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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, Jan. 29-31, Feb. 5-6, 13-21, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .79 e7.0 24  e25  1580  804  63  130    10    588    1.5   .00
2 .76 e15    31  e250  1630  681  61  74    484    1690    1.0   .00
3 .66 e70    30  e550  1510  243  750  55    671    2240    .76 .00
4 .52 194    26  e400  1210  108  2280  44    505    2550    .63 .00
5 .41 86    22  e230  e545  88  2360  117    712    2240    .57 .00
 
6 48      37    22  e120  e117  1080  2590  534    774    1760    .48 .00
7 628      21    367  e80  1460  1080  2220  443    415    1310    .42 .00
8 732      16    307  e60  1890  1100  1780  111    61    615    .61 .00
9 682      13    114  e54  2010  1420  1370  57    32    74    .70 .00
10 267      146    59  e46  1650  1410  733  42    23    289    .52 .00
 
11 43      432    41  e40  1220  1300  194  34    29    168    .43 .00
12 19      227    34  e130  1110  1040  120  29    17    44    .43 .00
13 11      73    31  e900  e735  473  82  61    65    22    .39 .00
14 7.3   42    29  e1100  e253  148  68  56    762    17    .28 .00
15 4.9   33    25  e1000  e168  145  155  36    697    12    .20 .00
 
16 3.5   25    22  e1000  e207  611  273  27    238    9.6 .15 .00
17 4.1   22    20  1150  e200  890  145  23    39    7.5 .16 .00
18 11      18    18  1450  e148  363  100  116    21    19    .17 .00
19 128      16    e15  1430  e86  141  83  62    15    11    .14 .00
20 92      17    e13  1400  e45  104  71  28    11    5.5 .09 .00
 
21 31      20    e230  1460  e46  89  65  20    9.2 4.2 .04 .00
22 16      20    907  3630  47  72  58  17    7.2 3.4 .03 .00
23 9.1   18    763  4750  47  733  49  17    5.5 2.8 .00 .00
24 6.9   16    411  4560  63  886  44  37    10    107    .05 .00
25 5.2   15    e80  3870  99  547  33  23    42    37    .04 .00
 
26 4.5   37    e55  3100  87  170  41  15    26    15    .03 .00
27 e4.0   50    e45  2140  292  104  142  10    29    6.9 .00 .00
28 e3.5   38    e47  1490  947  84  876  8.2 21    4.3 .00 .00
29 e3.0   28    e55  e857  ---  71  857  6.9 23    3.0 .00 .00
30 e5.0   23    e40  e336  ---  62  481  6.0 22    2.5 .00 .00
 
31 e8.0   ---    e30  e1010  ---  57  ---  7.0 ---    2.0 .00 ---     

TOTAL 2780.14 1775.0 3913 38618 19402 16104 18144 2246.1 5775.9 13859.7 9.82 0.00
MEAN 89.7 59.2 126 1246 693 519 605 72.5 193 447 .32 .000
MAX 732 432 907 4750 2010 1420 2590 534 774 2550 1.5 .00
MIN .41 7.0 13 25 45 57 33 6.0 5.5 2.0 .00 .00
CFSM .39 .26 .55 5.46 3.04 2.28 2.65 .32 .84 1.96 .00 .00
IN. .45 .29 .64 6.30 3.17 2.63 2.96 .37 .94 2.26 .00 .00

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 40.5 173 258 334 369 479 439 332 176 108 68.2 32.5
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 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 110991.20 122627.66
ANNUAL MEAN 304      336      233         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3590          Apr 17 4750          Jan 23 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .17     Sep 16 .00     Many days .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .23     Sep 12 .00     Aug 27 .00     Oct 1 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 4910          Jan 23 7500          May 9 1961
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 21.72     Jan 23 24.04 B May 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.33 1.47 1.02    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 18.11 20.01 13.91    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1000      1130      800         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 48      42      20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.0   .02 .00    
A - At times in most years.
B - Site and datum then in use.


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