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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03378635       LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR EFFINGHAM, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°06'14", long 88°35'39" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

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 NGVD of 1929. 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.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 31,500 ft3/s, May 12, 2002, gage height 24.27 ft; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except 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 38  559  e38  3950  101  433  687  52  16    2.2   1.6  
2 0.00 37  295  e38  1280  313  311  2240  65  13    2.4   1.5  
3 0.00 41  178  e37  667  959  223  999  55  12    2.5   1.3  
4 0.00 37  128  e35  439  386  161  534  39  10    2.0   0.94
5 2.3   33  107  e37  265  240  131  329  37  9.1 1.9   0.33
 
6 1.2   31  100  e37  193  194  115  3310  36  9.5 1.6   0.00
7 0.80 28  91  e35  160  186  102  9590  33  9.2 1.2   0.00
8 0.88 e26  77  e35  131  156  615  7210  26  9.8 0.91 0.00
9 0.95 e26  65  42  113  2490  1530  3690  24  8.7 0.68 0.00
10 6.3   e24  54  41  106  1790  705  1640  25  5.3 0.64 0.00
 
11 15      e23  48  39  107  668  408  857  79  5.9 0.69 0.00
12 144      e22  72  36  89  452  821  6270  219  7.1 1.9   0.00
13 688      e21  388  35  80  352  1170  15600  874  5.6 1.8   0.00
14 2200      e20  961  35  68  259  505  4270  762  5.4 1.2   0.00
15 733      e19  965  34  63  313  329  1050  273  4.5 1.2   0.00
 
16 753      e18  1050  31  60  1370  225  619  144  3.7 1.2   0.00
17 452      e17  4460  30  56  611  168  472  81  3.3 0.97 0.00
18 199      e16  3350  30  53  382  136  417  49  3.5 3.0   0.00
19 107      e16  1010  31  227  310  138  229  36  5.2 8.9   0.00
20 72      e15  582  34  1020  471  859  158  29  5.1 3.8   3.2  
 
21 53      e15  373  33  578  369  1480  121  25  4.9 3.5   1.4  
22 42      e14  269  33  306  207  1830  92  23  4.9 3.0   0.82
23 41      e14  250  38  188  148  791  77  22  6.5 3.2   1.0  
24 261      e40  188  47  139  134  760  71  20  10    3.4   1.1  
25 767      65  136  50  116  3140  1040  84  52  8.0 2.8   0.50
 
26 394      50  106  39  141  1840  569  71  106  7.3 2.7   0.16
27 179      42  91  35  108  1110  1710  62  66  5.0 2.4   0.11
28 97      41  e79  35  90  1800  5010  61  35  4.2 2.0   0.00
29 66      90  e65  36  ---  1830  2310  90  22  3.5 1.8   0.00
30 53      779  e45  86  ---  1120  780  74  18  3.0 1.7   0.00
 
31 44      ---  e50  1840  ---  653  ---  59  ---  2.5 1.6   ---     

TOTAL 7372.43 1658 16192 2982 10793 24354 25365 61033 3327 211.7 68.79 13.96
MEAN 237.8 55.27 522.3 96.19 385.5 785.6 845.5 1969 110.9 6.829 2.219 0.465
MAX 2200 779 4460 1840 3950 3140 5010 15600 874 16 8.9 3.2
MIN 0.00 14 45 30 53 101 102 59 18 2.5 0.64 0.00
CFSM 0.99 0.23 2.18 0.40 1.61 3.27 3.52 8.20 0.46 0.03 0.01 0.00
IN. 1.14 0.26 2.51 0.46 1.67 3.77 3.93 9.46 0.52 0.03 0.01 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 69.33 156.1 244.4 248.7 339.8 384.8 381.3 315.9 203.0 96.24 52.43 74.62
MAX 672 1141 1055 964 1080 1200 1225 1969 756 794 252 1001
(WY) 2001 1994 1968 1993 1982 1978 1996 2002 2000 2000 1974 1993
MIN 0.10 0.65 0.000 0.026 14.5 19.1 27.3 14.4 1.77 1.34 0.25 0.24
(WY) 1995 1977 1977 1981 1978 1972 1971 1988 1987 1972 1989 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 79647.96 153370.88
ANNUAL MEAN 218.2   420.2   213.0  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 450      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 51.2   1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5720          Jun 6 15600          May 13 15600      May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     several days 0.00     many days 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.12     Sep 28 0.00     Sep 6 0.00 Oct 8 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 31500          May 12 31500      May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 24.27     May 12 24.27 May 12 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.91 1.75 0.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 12.35 23.77 12.06
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 443      1000      460     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 43      52      38     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.7   1.1   0.13

A - Many days in most years.


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