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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03380500       SKILLET FORK AT WAYNE CITY, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 38°21'25", long 88°35'00", in SW1/4 sec.7, T.2 S., R.6 E., Wayne County, Hydrologic Unit 05120115, on right bank 0.1 mi downstream from Shoe Creek, 0.5 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 15, 0.9 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 1 mi north of Wayne City, and at mile 42.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 464 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: August 1908 to December 1912, June 1914 to September 1921, June 1928 to current year.
 

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

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1979.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1979.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1143: 1947-48. WSP 1205: 1918-21, 1929-31, 1937-39. WSP 1335: 1908-13, 1916(M), 1930-34, 1935(M). WSP 1725: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and concrete dam since Nov. 17, 1954. Datum of gage is 383.15 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to Sept. 30, 1921, nonrecording gage at site 0.9 mi downstream at datum about 3.0 ft lower. June 11, 1928, to Oct. 4, 1939, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi upstream at datum 2.8 ft lower.

REMARKS.-- Wayne City municipal water plant diverts about 0.02 ft3/s at gage since November 1954; diversion not included in records.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges and those for discharges less than 5.0 ft3/s, 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 e.30 e.30 e.45 .97 3.0 207  54  76  65    101  355  27   
2 e.30 e.33 e.48 1.0   3.2 121  46  57  44    101  121  21   
3 e.30 e.34 e.52 3.6   4.2 86  44  47  31    193  74  17   
4 e.30 e.35 e.52 14      4.5 83  38  74  24    97  48  15   
5 e.30 e.35 e.50 34      4.7 94  34  51  21    63  60  12   
 
6 e.30 e.35 e.50 39      5.3 89  32  42  17    90  170  10   
7 e.30 e.34 e.48 29      6.2 71  77  38  15    53  315  8.8
8 e.30 e.34 e.45 20      6.3 57  2220  250  13    35  2010  8.0
9 e.32 e.33 e.45 14      6.6 47  1930  591  12    30  1180  8.0
10 e.35 e.33 e1.0   11      7.2 38  770  569  11    27  1220  8.6
 
11 e.35 e.33 e2.0   8.0   7.4 36  297  288  9.7 42  506  7.3
12 e.34 e.33 6.0   6.9   6.5 38  176  222  9.5 1010  123  6.5
13 e.34 e.32 11      7.8   13    95  120  305  10    779  65  5.6
14 e.33 e.32 16      9.9   82    567  91  254  16    383  42  5.9
15 e.33 e.31 12      9.5   135    692  74  158  17    138  30  6.2
 
16 e.32 e.31 11      8.1   78    558  66  81  17    74  24  6.4
17 e.32 e.30 8.8   7.1   43    981  228  51  3460    48  19  6.8
18 e.31 e.30 7.6   6.6   460    503  164  36  4990    35  22  6.7
19 e.30 e.30 5.5   6.0   1350    353  98  29  3460    196  21  6.2
20 e.30 e.30 4.2   6.6   683    2700  79  26  2450    254  18  5.6
 
21 e.30 e.30 3.3   7.1   245    2870  64  22  718    146  18  5.4
22 e.30 e.30 2.4   7.7   113    2190  52  19  649    80  16  5.0
23 e.30 e.30 2.0   9.5   74    835  60  18  423    47  18  4.7
24 e.30 e.32 1.6   9.7   58    316  66  18  3400    31  50  5.3
25 e.30 e.35 1.2   8.6   62    207  139  18  7890    23  536  14   
 
26 e.30 e.37 1.2   8.0   595    146  127  18  7980    18  1150  309   
27 e.30 e.38 1.2   7.5   2780    142  130  30  5810    15  446  751   
28 e.30 e.40 .71 7.4   1610    155  397  351  3920    14  111  277   
29 e.30 e.42 .65 5.5   490    115  218  969  963    82  69  84   
30 e.30 e.43 .97 4.2   ---    83  115  348  174    2480  59  44   
 
31 e.30 ---      .97 3.5   ---    66  ---  110  ---    1950  39  ---   

TOTAL 9.61 10.05 105.65 321.77 8936.1 14541 8006 5166 46619.2 8635 8935 1698.0
MEAN .31 .34 3.41 10.4 308 469 267 167 1554 279 288 56.6
MAX .35 .43 16 39 2780 2870 2220 969 7980 2480 2010 751
MIN .30 .30 .45 .97 3.0 36 32 18 9.5 14 16 4.7
CFSM .00 .00 .01 .02 .66 1.01 .58 .36 3.35 .60 .62 .12
IN. .00 .00 .01 .03 .72 1.17 .64 .41 3.74 .69 .72 .14

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 95.8 261 417 655 643 788 792 628 309 161 116 76.6
MAX 1462 2969 3314 4052 2408 2361 2495 4113 1554 1162 2257 1227
(WY) 1920 1986 1983 1949 1982 1945 1957 1961 2000 1993 1915 1993
MIN .016 .13 .29 .69 2.51 1.96 11.6 8.96 1.48 1.05 .056 .047
(WY) 1909 1954 1954 1981 1934 1954 1954 1936 1988 1930 1991 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 237880.02 102983.38
ANNUAL MEAN 652      281      412         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 928          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.1       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 13100          Jan 23 7980          Jun 26 45000          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .30     A .30     A .00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .30     Sep 13 .30     Oct 1 .00     Oct 24 1908
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 9700          Jun 25 59400      C May 17 1990
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 18.65     Jun 25 26.68     May 8 1961
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.40 .61 .89    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 19.07 8.26 12.05    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2250      592      1110         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 38      22      35         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .30 .32 1.3      
A - Many days, estimated due to leakage through dam.
B - At times in several years.
 C - Gage height, 25.75 ft.


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