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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03346000       NORTH FORK EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR OBLONG, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 39°00'36", long 87°56'44", in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.7 N., R.14 W., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 0.8 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 2 mi west of Oblong, and at mile 10.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 318 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 456.19 ft above sea level. Prior to Dec. 11, 1940, nonrecording gage and Dec. 11, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1964, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1971 to May 15, 1979, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mi downstream at present datum.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for Oct. 8 to Feb. 19 and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .66 e.55 1.1   e2.5 e3.8 68  25  36  70  94  251  58 
2 .60 e.50 1.1   e2.6 e4.0 47  23  33  56  78  119  46 
3 .57 e.45 .98 e3.0 e4.5 37  22  31  45  68  856  39 
4 .61 e.42 1.2   e4.5 e4.8 31  21  31  37  64  849  34 
5 .69 e.40 1.4   e3.5 e5.0 27  20  30  32  1500  212  30 
 
6 .74 e.38 1.5   e3.7 e4.5 24  19  28  29  3430  157  27 
7 .77 e.36 1.5   e10    e4.0 20  156  27  27  2750  1300  25 
8 1.9   e.34 1.4   e9.5 e3.7 19  1150  29  25  353  3690  23 
9 2.0   e.32 1.3   e8.0 e3.5 17  471  49  22  183  830  22 
10 1.8   e.30 2.5   e6.5 e3.3 16  158  127  20  141  208  436 
 
11 4.6   e.28 2.0   e5.5 e3.8 16  106  242  20  429  134  4990 
12 3.1   e.27 1.9   e4.8 e4.0 17  77  106  19  1990  99  5570 
13 1.8   e.26 3.2   e4.3 e3.5 19  60  88  21  3540  78  826 
14 1.3   e.25 2.6   e3.9 e5.0 27  50  106  26  2200  65  188 
15 1.2   e.24 1.9   e3.5 e4.7 39  43  63  23  277  58  131 
 
16 1.1   e.23 e2.3   e3.3 e4.0 53  42  41  32  186  50  102 
17 1.2   e.21 e4.0   e3.1 e3.5 54  269  36  630  151  44  80 
18 1.3   e.20 e3.5   e2.9 e15    38  494  96  972  120  41  66 
19 e1.1   e.20 e3.2   e2.7 e40    70  206  78  240  e1000  55  56 
20 e1.0   e.40 e2.9   e7.0 90    467  137  39  122  e550  55  48 
 
21 e.90 e1.0   e2.6   e6.0 44    434  307  29  499  e170  38  49 
22 e.80 e3.0   e2.5   e5.5 31    180  194  26  1390  105  32  52 
23 e.70 e1.8   e2.4   4.7 25    112  122  26  707  83  543  47 
24 e.65 e1.2   e2.1   4.5 23    81  100  35  1190  69  819  127 
25 e.60 e1.0   e2.1   e4.4 29    64  94  31  2210  61  258  1340 
 
26 e.55 e2.7   e2.2   e4.2 44    51  76  29  1610  54  136  3070 
27 e.50 e2.1   e2.2   e4.0 390    44  61  663  465  48  877  2380 
28 e.70 e1.6   e2.3   e3.8 270    40  52  1200  233  45  523  340 
29 e.80 e1.4   e2.3   e3.7 115    36  45  265  155  68  170  179 
30 e.70 e1.2   e2.4   e3.7 ---    31  40  142  117  84  106  133 
 
31 e.60 ---      e2.5   e3.7 ---    27  ---  95  ---  124  76  --- 

TOTAL 35.54 23.56 67.08 143.0 1185.6 2206 4640 3857 11044 20015 12729 20514
MEAN 1.15 .79 2.16 4.61 40.9 71.2 155 124 368 646 411 684
MAX 4.6 3.0 4.0 10 390 467 1150 1200 2210 3540 3690 5570
MIN .50 .20 .98 2.5 3.3 16 19 26 19 45 32 22
CFSM .00 .00 .01 .01 .13 .22 .49 .39 1.16 2.03 1.29 2.15
IN. .00 .00 .01 .02 .14 .26 .54 .45 1.29 2.34 1.49 2.40

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 44.5 193 294 387 439 497 478 377 241 136 88.7 81.2
MAX 565 1757 1755 2798 1777 1469 1521 2825 1346 1010 471 900
(WY) 1950 1986 1968 1950 1982 1973 1984 1943 1945 1958 1985 1989
MIN .013 .13 .56 .92 4.82 2.37 10.4 19.0 4.07 .46 .26 .10
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1977 1954 1954 1954 1941 1954 1954 1954 1954

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 127434.05 76459.78
ANNUAL MEAN 349      209      270         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 644          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.88     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 12700          Jan 22 5570          Sep 12 20300          Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .20     A .20     A .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .23     Nov 13 .23     Nov 13 .00     Sep 13 1953
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 7930          Sep 11 27100      C Jan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 19.05     Sep 11 24.38 D Jan 4 1950
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.10 .66 .85    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.91 8.94 11.55    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 722      468      600         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 50      30      45         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .74 .80 2.6      
A - Estimated, Nov. 18, 19, but may have been less during periods of estimated discharges in Oct. and Nov.
B - Many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.
 C - From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s.
 D - Present datum.


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Surface-Water Data

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