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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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1940 to current year.
 

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

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: May and July 1998.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, 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 FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except 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 .00 .00 .00 .00 e.85 456  21  22  8.7 29    341    652   
2 .00 .00 .00 .02 e.95 94  20  19  6.8 55    68    93   
3 .00 .00 .00 121      1.2   64  20  20  5.4 37    20    36   
4 .00 .00 .00 248      1.5   99  17  166  4.3 16    45    25   
5 .00 .00 .00 76      1.3   89  14  69  4.2 230    88    19   
 
6 .00 .00 .00 36      1.2   61  13  48  3.6 607    433    14   
7 .00 .00 .00 21      1.4   44  76  64  3.1 613    216    12   
8 .12 .00 .00 14      1.5   36  794  51  2.9 242    818    10   
9 6.7   .00 .03 11      1.7   32  749  56  2.7 35    1360    9.3
10 2.3   .00 6.6   8.5   2.1   24  375  575  2.3 18    1210    10   
 
11 .46 .00 .19 6.0   2.3   29  104  255  2.1 17    1160    23   
12 .19 .00 1.3   4.6   2.2   67  68  82  29    406    868    17   
13 .05 .00 2.0   4.0   76      168  51  845  24    139    184    12   
14 .00 .00 95      2.6   273      262  44  706  7.9 39    26    9.2
15 .00 .00 62      2.4   110      188  39  175  3.8 19    15    e6.5
 
16 .00 .00 18      2.2   53      241  35  63  132    10    9.7 e5.0
17 .02 .00 6.7   1.8   29      383  53  44  2090    5.8 6.8 e4.0
18 .00 .00 2.8   2.9   841      169  90  38  2330    3.9 8.4 e3.3
19 .00 .00 1.6   3.3   1320      158  62  35  2010    306    6.7 e2.8
20 .00 .00 1.1   3.8   1140      1050  67  24  1630    522    4.7 3.0
 
21 .00 .00 .57 3.0   892      992  348  20  1250    e500    4.0 4.8
22 .00 .00 .31 2.5   273      871  162  18  684    e200    3.2 4.2
23 .00 .00 .17 2.5   85      364  75  19  122    e100    151    3.8
24 .00 .00 .07 e1.6   276      114  75  18  1300    e60    1280    3.7
25 .00 .00 .00 e1.1   175      77  142  13  1550    e45    1080    470   
 
26 .00 .00 .00 e.80 503      56  86  11  1460    e35    1040    950   
27 .00 .00 .00 e.60 1340      71  52  19  1330    e27    1550    447   
28 .00 .00 .00 e.50 1160      66  40  42  1140    e23    1560    113   
29 .00 .00 .00 e.55 992      43  32  35  569    e25    1560    58   
30 .00 .00 .00 e.65 ---      31  25  18  71    e40    1480    38   
 
31 .00 ---      .00 e.75 ---      25  ---  12  ---    e120    1230    ---   

TOTAL 9.84 0.00 198.44 583.67 9556.20 6424 3749 3582 17778.8 4524.7 17826.5 3058.6
MEAN .32 .000 6.40 18.8 330 207 125 116 593 146 575 102
MAX 6.7 .00 95 248 1340 1050 794 845 2330 613 1560 950
MIN .00 .00 .00 .00 .85 24 13 11 2.1 3.9 3.2 2.8
CFSM .00 .00 .03 .08 1.45 .91 .55 .51 2.60 .64 2.52 .45
IN. .00 .00 .03 .10 1.56 1.05 .61 .58 2.90 .74 2.91 .50

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 39.9 170 254 328 368 474 434 329 183 108 76.6 33.7
MAX 350 1540 1787 2245 1379 1897 1375 1928 945 1366 575 304
(WY) 1946 1994 1983 1950 1950 1945 1972 1961 1945 1958 2000 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 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 114367.80 67291.75
ANNUAL MEAN 313      184      233         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4750          Jan 23 2330          Jun 18 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Many days .00     Many days .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Aug 27 .00     Oct 1 .00     Oct 1 1940
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2460          Jun 18 7500          May 9 1961
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 17.26     Jun 18 24.04 B May 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.37 .81 1.02    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 18.66 10.98 13.86    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1130      762      800         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 19      19      20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .00 .00    
A - At times in most years.
B - Site and datum then in use.


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