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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378635       LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR EFFINGHAM, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 39°06'14", long 88°35'39", 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 south west of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 240 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: October 1966 to current year.
 

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

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, 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.-- Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in surface-water discharge records.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good 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 1.1   24    1.6   3.0   e2.5 26  15  18  43  104  43  24 
2 .78 37    1.6   3.2   2.8 22  18  18  32  147  160  21 
3 1.3   14    1.7   38      3.2 21  17  20  25  440  542  20 
4 2.1   11    2.1   26      3.5 22  15  23  22  668  112  20 
5 1.2   9.0 4.3   12      3.3 18  14  24  22  10100  620  19 
 
6 .90 7.7 2.5   7.0   3.6 16  16  22  20  6490  665  24 
7 .64 7.0 2.3   3.7   4.1 15  368  174  18  1160  643  20 
8 55      6.5 2.2   2.8   4.6 18  212  143  16  540  385  18 
9 26      6.3 3.4   4.4   5.0 15  48  74  15  286  189  17 
10 11      6.0 23      4.7   6.4 13  28  78  21  161  74  1220 
 
11 6.9   5.5 6.5   1.8   7.1 19  23  40  34  560  49  1910 
12 .00 5.7 5.8   .59 5.8 28  19  38  28  802  36  890 
13 .00 5.5 4.0   3.1   9.6 31  17  44  33  362  29  380 
14 .00 5.1 272      2.9   8.1 41  16  26  24  180  26  160 
15 .00 4.4 47      .37 6.2 43  18  22  18  104  23  99 
 
16 .00 4.1 16      .00 5.6 34  31  19  673  73  22  63 
17 .00 4.2 8.7   .00 5.3 25  99  828  1890  54  21  41 
18 .00 4.2 4.7   .00 254    24  53  394  527  53  86  32 
19 .00 4.5 2.3   .01 117    45  33  64  135  298  46  28 
20 .35 4.2 1.9   2.8   45    416  47  34  499  74  25  25 
 
21 2.5   3.6 .77 2.8   25    156  46  27  3500  45  20  23 
22 4.0   3.7 .73 3.0   20    58  29  24  1400  34  23  22 
23 4.1   5.2 3.0   3.2   16    37  27  378  573  27  65  21 
24 4.0   5.3 3.0   2.9   21    32  43  72  3110  24  101  40 
25 4.0   2.9 2.7   2.9   18    26  38  27  4930  21  69  751 
 
26 5.0   2.7 2.8   2.6   84    22  26  23  2740  19  54  1770 
27 5.5   2.5 2.8   2.4   226    23  22  2420  1240  18  61  846 
28 5.6   2.1 2.7   2.2   75    22  20  549  594  567  63  444 
29 5.7   2.0 2.9   e2.1   37    22  19  180  319  706  58  229 
30 5.6   1.7 3.2   e2.2   ---    17  19  85  166  417  40  135 
 
31 5.6   ---    3.1   e2.3   ---    16  ---  60  ---  81  30  --- 

TOTAL 158.87 207.6 441.30 144.97 1024.7 1323 1396 5948 22667 24615 4380 9312
MEAN 5.12 6.92 14.2 4.68 35.3 42.7 46.5 192 756 794 141 310
MAX 55 37 272 38 254 416 368 2420 4930 10100 665 1910
MIN .00 1.7 .73 .00 2.5 13 14 18 15 18 20 17
CFSM .02 .03 .06 .02 .15 .18 .19 .80 3.15 3.31 .59 1.29
IN. .02 .03 .07 .02 .16 .21 .22 .92 3.51 3.82 .68 1.44

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 46.7 152 241 253 325 382 377 275 196 101 55.3 78.9
MAX 286 1141 1055 964 1080 1200 1225 1391 756 794 252 1001
(WY) 1994 1994 1968 1993 1982 1978 1996 1995 2000 2000 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 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 94293.08 71618.44
ANNUAL MEAN 258      196      206     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 450      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.2   1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 8250          Jun 2 10100          Jul 5 12100      Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Many days .00     Several days .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Sep 2 .00     Oct 12 .00 Oct 8 1966
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 14200          Jul 5 17800      May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 21.13     Jul 5 21.19 May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.08 .82 .86
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.62 11.10 11.66
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 543      424      445     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 26      22      37     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .37 2.2   .10
A - Many days in most years.


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