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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03380500       SKILLET FORK AT WAYNE CITY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°21'25", long 88°35'00" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

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 NGVD of 1929 (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.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 59,400 ft3/s, May 17, 1990, gage height, 25.75 ft; maximum gage height, 26.68 ft, May 8, 1961; no flow at times in several years.
 

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 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 1.4 26  1440  e33  5300  172  452  805  93    9.3 2.5   0.00
2 1.4 22  1040  e28  4300  212  276  360  57    7.9 2.5   0.00
3 1.6 20  368  e24  3400  1030  253  1120  39    6.8 2.3   0.00
4 1.3 18  184  e22  2400  991  205  893  29    6.4 1.7   0.00
5 2.1 14  130  e21  453  453  155  254  22    5.7 1.3   0.00
 
6 2.0 13  283  e22  231  250  126  350  19    4.4 1.0   0.00
7 1.4 13  543  e24  183  201  109  3030  16    4.1 0.71 0.76
8 2.8 14  486  e27  151  168  376  5200  14    3.6 0.50 14     
9 6.9 15  273  31  126  2670  807  6320  13    3.3 0.29 4.8  
10 5.9 15  160  35  109  4380  607  6150  14    2.9 0.00 2.3  
 
11 14    15  109  39  94  3560  325  4530  35    2.6 0.00 1.3  
12 86    14  188  40  82  3610  204  2660  50    2.5 0.00 0.91
13 304    12  1080  39  76  1990  1450  5320  62    2.7 0.50 0.68
14 2670    12  2490  37  65  475  2780  7030  88    2.7 1.2   0.64
15 1850    12  2760  36  59  329  1810  6790  88    2.6 1.1   0.52
 
16 2030    12  2910  34  56  1010  533  5320  76    2.5 0.69 0.28
17 1900    14  5290  31  51  1270  285  3660  59    2.5 0.48 0.01
18 604    15  5280  31  49  1130  183  769  30    2.8 0.47 0.00
19 170    15  3900  31  73  1090  135  278  19    89    0.22 0.00
20 82    14  3430  31  2260  3350  148  226  14    93    0.00 1.0  
 
21 51    16  1690  31  2400  2720  228  148  12    24    0.00 2.9  
22 33    19  332  33  1680  2280  2080  100  10    12    0.00 3.5  
23 22    18  252  36  499  689  1940  76  8.5 8.0 0.00 3.2  
24 69    23  187  63  260  316  789  60  7.5 7.4 0.00 2.1  
25 493    40  136  678  184  1560  414  50  12    8.4 0.00 1.2  
 
26 687    37  102  404  275  e3600  235  45  413    6.5 0.00 1.1  
27 361    59  e72  163  288  e2950  469  40  81    4.7 0.00 3.9  
28 134    80  e60  108  194  2190  2420  98  23    3.5 0.00 3.5  
29 71    202  e50  85  ---  1030  2640  705  15    2.9 0.00 3.2  
30 46    1310  e42  86  ---  786  2410  119  12    2.6 0.00 2.5  
 
31 34    ---  e37  1430  ---  658  ---  144  ---    2.5 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 11737.8 2109 35304 3733 25298 47120 24844 62650 1431.0 339.8 17.46 54.30
MEAN 378.6 70.30 1139 120.4 903.5 1520 828.1 2021 47.70 10.96 0.563 1.810
MAX 2670 1310 5290 1430 5300 4380 2780 7030 413 93 2.5 14
MIN 1.3 12 37 21 49 168 109 40 7.5 2.5 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.82 0.15 2.45 0.26 1.95 3.28 1.78 4.36 0.10 0.02 0.00 0.00
IN. 0.94 0.17 2.83 0.30 2.03 3.78 1.99 5.02 0.11 0.03 0.00 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 98.67 260.7 422.7 646.3 650.8 789.1 784.9 637.7 304.2 159.3 114.1 74.92
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 0.016 0.13 0.29 0.69 2.51 1.96 11.6 8.96 1.48 1.05 0.056 0.047
(WY) 1909 1954 1954 1981 1934 1954 1954 1936 1988 1930 1991 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 114803.59 214638.36
ANNUAL MEAN 314.5   588.1   411.5      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 928          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.1       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5290          Dec 17 7030          May 14 45000          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.99     Sep 28 0.00     Many days 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.3       Sep 27 0.00     Aug 20 0.00     Oct 24 1908
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 7660          May 14 59400      B May 17 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 16.95     May 14 26.68     May 8 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.68 1.27 0.89    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.20 17.21 12.05    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1000      2330      1120         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 52      51      36         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.2   0.74 1.3      

A - At times in several years.

B - Gage height, 25.75 ft.


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