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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378635                         LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR EFFINGHAM, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 39°06'13", long 88°35'33", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.36, T.8 N., R.5 E., Effingham County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 40, 1,000 ft upstream from railroad bridge, 2.3 mi southwest of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.--240 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1966 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 501.10 ft above sea level. Prior to Apr. 21, 1988, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in records. 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 1.9   3.2 14    e9.0 1390  408  47  234  59  55    4.5   .39
2 1.6   33    15    e9.0 936  247  49  166  8250  45    3.8   .00
3 1.5   137    15    e8.5 632  200  82  137  4830  33    .41 .00
4 1.7   34    16    e8.5 423  143  148  113  830  35    3.2   .00
5 2.4   12    14    e8.0 286  108  113  347  1300  26    3.8   .00
 
6 18      7.0 20    e8.0 224  354  287  619  611  55    3.8   .00
7 9.7   5.5 27    e7.5 6160  187  153  480  301  35    3.9   .00
8 6.4   4.9 15    e7.5 5570  123  108  262  166  26    4.5   .00
9 3.9   10    11    e7.0 1230  345  306  182  113  39    3.7   .00
10 1.6   402    10    e7.0 726  508  174  141  89  954    3.2   .00
 
11 .52 308    12    e7.0 594  343  110  111  89  151    2.3   .00
12 .00 48    11    e9.0 971  201  76  115  380  53    2.2   .00
13 .11 23    12    e25    539  158  65  452  660  32    26      .00
14 .46 16    10    e20    357  146  58  526  1690  20    3.4   .00
15 .00 14    8.1 e18    277  122  254  300  503  17    2.2   .00
 
16 .00 15    9.6 e17    240  82  767  201  205  18    1.9   .00
17 .00 13    10    e100    224  77  978  153  105  11    1.8   .00
18 6.4   15    11    2030    182  73  698  136  68  12    1.8   .00
19 4.3   18    12    1110    158  64  441  115  51  11    2.8   .00
20 4.2   20    12    883    135  58  323  89  42  17    2.3   .00
 
21 5.6   17    16    2370    113  54  297  75  40  17    1.9   .00
22 3.1   16    13    8180    95  53  278  e100  37  17    1.8   .00
23 .10 16    11    6410    86  53  194  e150  40  16    2.0   .00
24 .00 18    10    2530    94  53  161  e120  75  13    5.2   .00
25 .00 20    10    1060    82  51  123  e85  90  7.1 2.1   .00
 
26 .00 19    10    708    82  50  229  65  70  6.7 1.9   .00
27 .00 19    11    550    751  47  308  57  79  7.2 1.9   .00
28 .00 19    12    444    878  43  903  49  70  7.3 1.9   .01
29 .00 17    12    323    ---  43  699  45  53  5.9 1.7   6.6  
30 .57 18    9.8 246    ---  43  378  44  40  5.0 1.5   1.6  
 
31 2.9   ---    e9.5 1120    ---  44  ---  52  ---  4.7 1.4   ---     

TOTAL 76.96 1317.6 389.0 28240.0 23435 4481 8807 5721 20936 1751.9 104.81 8.60
MEAN 2.48 43.9 12.5 911 837 145 294 185 698 56.5 3.38 .29
MAX 18 402 27 8180 6160 508 978 619 8250 954 26 6.6
MIN .00 3.2 8.1 7.0 82 43 47 44 37 4.7 .41 .00
CFSM .01 .18 .05 3.80 3.49 .60 1.22 .77 2.91 .24 .01 .00
IN. .01 .20 .06 4.38 3.63 .69 1.37 .89 3.25 .27 .02 .00

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 47.9 157 247 261 334 392 387 277 179 79.9 52.7 71.9
MAX 286 1141 1055 964 1080 1200 1225 1391 698 315 252 1001
(WY) 1994 1994 1968 1993 1982 1978 1996 1995 1999 1993 1974 1993
MIN .10 .65 .000 .026 14.5 19.1 27.3 14.4 1.77 1.34 .25 .24
(WY) 1995 1977 1977 1981 1978 1972 1971 1988 1987 1972 1989 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 87326.86 95268.87
ANNUAL MEAN 239      261      206     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 450      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.2   1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6120          May 4 8250          Jun 2 12100      Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Several days .00     Many days .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .01     Oct 23 .00     Sep 2 .00 Oct 8 1966
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 14600          Jun 2 17800      May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 20.47     Jun 2 21.19 May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.00 1.09 .86
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.54 14.77 11.68
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 656      543      446     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 28      27      38     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.8   .01 .10
A - Many days in most years.


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