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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378000       BONPAS CREEK AT BROWNS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°23'11", long 87°58'32" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1998 and 2002.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 372.92 ft above NGVD of 1929. 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.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,500 ft3/s, May 9, 1961, gage height, 24.04 ft, site and datum then in use; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for periods of backwater from the Wabash River, Oct. 20-24, Oct. 27 to Nov. 4, Dec. 9-10, Dec. 24-31, Mar. 14-15, Apr. 1-11, 18-21, 26-27, May 6, 20-31, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.00 e15    1730  e25  2120  40  e145  1090    11    3.3   0.26 0.00
2 0.00 e17    1580  e17  2280  63  e89  1100    9.9 2.4   0.21 0.00
3 0.00 e18    1360  e13  2220  547  e203  1170    e8.0 1.8   0.17 0.00
4 0.00 e10    990  e11  1790  388  e132  1150    e7.0 1.4   0.13 0.00
5 0.00 6.2 423  e11  1310  131  e78  929    e6.5 1.2   0.13 0.00
 
6 0.00 5.5 372  e12  609  81  e53  e582    6.7 0.86 0.12 0.00
7 0.19 5.3 681  e13  e158  64  e41  1270    6.1 0.62 0.09 0.00
8 0.31 5.1 403  e16  e71  51  e41  2650    5.3 0.58 0.06 0.00
9 0.31 5.0 e140  e21  e42  566  e180  3470    4.6 0.62 0.05 0.00
10 0.72 4.9 e77  e25  e35  918  e160  3410    3.9 0.94 0.04 0.00
 
11 20      4.4 57  e27  e28  845  e77  2890    3.5 0.58 0.04 0.00
12 604      4.1 222  26  e26  613  161  2330    3.4 0.56 0.04 0.00
13 844      4.0 844  27  e24  267  767  4430    27    0.56 0.04 0.00
14 1780      4.0 1530  29  e23  e136  988  5230    154    0.49 0.04 0.00
15 1610      4.4 1750  29  e22  e112  1030  4870    38    0.39 0.04 0.00
 
16 1630      5.4 1760  26  e21  1030  916  4080    10    0.30 0.04 29     
17 1570      4.2 2770  24  e20  848  488  3340    6.1 0.34 0.03 7.4  
18 1320      3.9 2980  22  e19  435  e90  2650    4.5 2.4   0.03 2.7  
19 749      3.7 2770  21  e18  700  e49  2050    3.5 3.6   0.04 2.0  
20 e122      3.9 2300  22  192  1530  e88  e1550    2.9 0.83 0.04 82     
 
21 e17      4.3 1840  24  363  1430  e467  e1140    2.3 0.46 0.04 255     
22 e8.6   4.4 1450  24  178  1260  1110  e792    2.0 0.32 0.03 41     
23 e6.2   4.5 1070  26  e70  943  907  e659    1.9 12      0.03 9.1  
24 e283      45    e527  569  e55  343  609  e529    5.4 4.5   0.02 5.5  
25 837      328    e297  576  e40  525  852  e375    197    1.5   0.02 3.6  
 
26 565      178    e290  219  55  1570  e257  e243    29    1.8   0.01 2.6  
27 e143      1030    e285  120  75  1590  e528  e140    7.9 1.2   0.00 4.8  
28 e35      1100    e260  88  45  1490  1440  e46    9.5 0.89 0.00 5.7  
29 e22      1420    e208  78  ---  1320  1350  e5.9 7.4 0.60 0.00 6.4  
30 e17      1880    e106  109  ---  1060  1270  e6.3 3.9 0.40 0.00 4.3  
 
31 e16      ---    e36  984  ---  446  ---  e8.8 ---    0.30 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 12200.33 6128.2 31108 3234 11909 21342 14566 54186.0 588.2 47.74 1.79 461.10
MEAN 393.6 204.3 1003 104.3 425.3 688.5 485.5 1748 19.61 1.540 0.058 15.37
MAX 1780 1880 2980 984 2280 1590 1440 5230 197 12 0.26 255
MIN 0.00 3.7 36 11 18 40 41 5.9 1.9 0.30 0.00 0.00
CFSM 1.73 0.90 4.40 0.46 1.87 3.02 2.13 7.67 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.07
IN. 1.99 1.00 5.08 0.53 1.94 3.48 2.38 8.84 0.10 0.01 0.00 0.08
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 45.15 170.2 265.7 323.9 371.8 471.1 428.1 347.7 179.1 106.7 74.39 32.84
MAX 394 1540 1787 2245 1379 1897 1375 1928 945 1366 575 304
(WY) 2002 1994 1983 1950 1950 1945 1972 1961 1945 1958 2000 1945
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.028 0.022 0.000 8.02 5.33 1.05 0.002 0.000 0.000
(WY) 1941 1941 1941 1977 1941 1941 1946 1941 1988 1944 1953 1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 85484.16 155772.36
ANNUAL MEAN 234.2   426.8   234.0      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2980          Dec 18 5230          May 14 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Several days 0.00     Many days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Sep 28 0.00     Aug 27 0.00     Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5330          May 14 7500          May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 22.34     May 14 24.04 B May 9 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.03 1.87 1.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.95 25.42 13.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 909      1470      804         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 26      26      20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.70 0.04 0.01    

A - At times in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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