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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 to current year.

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 good except those for periods of backwater from the Wabash River, May 16-25, July 12-31, and Sept. 4-15, and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.2   50    2.4 1590    e9.0 563  64  73    20    49      1.2   2.0  
2 1.4   14    e2.1 1610    e12    807  50  49    15    81      1.3   57     
3 1.1   7.1 e2.0 1480    e16    659  42  42    29    18      1.4   108     
4 3.8   4.9 e1.9 1200    138    471  37  78    28    9.2   5.0   e16     
5 9.2   5.2 e1.8 751    95    553  33  1410    18    6.6   5.9   e4.9  
 
6 4.8   12    e1.9 253    49    533  40  1580    17    5.4   3.4   e2.5  
7 3.0   19    e2.0 126    29    265  70  1740    14    4.6   2.3   e1.4  
8 1.9   9.4 2.3 97    e20    135  65  2010    14    3.8   1.1   e0.88
9 1.3   5.7 2.4 81    e17    107  48  2230    11    4.1   1.1   e0.42
10 1.1   514    2.7 60    e15    71  38  2090    13    32      0.90 e1.0  
 
11 0.90 811    3.5 39    e14    53  33  2320    575    166      0.78 e4.7  
12 0.68 331    4.6 e29    e13    282  28  2220    1560    e36      0.74 e5.4  
13 0.44 62    37    e23    e15    853  22  1950    1390    e8.4   0.70 e0.83
14 0.37 27    420    e19    e100    869  20  1590    1130    e5.4   0.70 e0.34
15 0.46 18    324    e16    851    801  18  1250    669    e4.1   0.64 e0.47
 
16 0.39 13    140    e13    917    395  17  e596    217    e11      0.56 0.44
17 0.34 10    76    e11    705    139  176  e175    74    e53      0.53 0.41
18 0.32 8.7 104    e10    326    97  340  e198    41    e90      0.49 0.38
19 0.96 7.5 1380    e9.0 293    447  132  e87    30    e128      0.45 0.36
20 0.82 6.2 1460    e8.0 868    851  89  e73    24    e117      0.42 0.23
 
21 0.55 5.8 1400    e7.2 1170    897  330  e43    19    e101      0.40 0.26
22 0.44 5.7 1240    e6.4 1890    839  184  e7.8 16    e20      0.39 0.52
23 0.65 5.3 888    e6.0 2400    435  60  e5.0 14    e4.0   0.37 0.46
24 0.89 5.0 287    e5.5 2370    133  40  e7.4 11    e2.0   0.34 0.39
25 38      4.7 e90    e5.0 2060    131  451  e133    10    e0.80 0.33 0.34
 
26 208      4.0 e76    e4.8 1660    357  918  157    10    e0.54 0.31 0.37
27 45      3.4 e70    e5.2 1210    180  844  60    9.3 e1.0   0.27 8.9  
28 35      3.1 e74    e5.6 718    104  450  65    8.5 e1.6   0.26 159     
29 487      2.9 e200    e6.2 ---    229  258  141    8.4 e1.4   0.24 33     
30 709      2.5 548    e7.0 ---    138  145  43    7.3 e1.4   0.36 4.8  
 
31 316      ---    966    e8.0 ---    87  ---  29    ---    e1.5   0.64 ---     

TOTAL 1876.01 1978.1 9809.6 7491.9 17980.0 12481 5042 22452.2 6002.5 967.84 33.52 415.70
MEAN 60.5 65.9 316 242 642 403 168 724 200 31.2 1.08 13.9
MAX 709 811 1460 1610 2400 897 918 2320 1560 166 5.9 159
MIN 0.32 2.5 1.8 4.8 9.0 53 17 5.0 7.3 0.54 0.24 0.23
CFSM 0.27 0.29 1.39 1.06 2.82 1.77 0.74 3.18 0.88 0.14 0.00 0.06
IN. 0.31 0.32 1.60 1.22 2.93 2.04 0.82 3.66 0.98 0.16 0.01 0.07
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 45.4 169 266 323 376 470 424 354 179 105 73.2 32.5
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 119999.54 86530.37
ANNUAL MEAN 329      237      234         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 505          1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 9.71     1941
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5230          May 14 2400          Feb 23 7410          May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Many days 0.23     Sep 20 0.00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Aug 27 0.30     Aug 24 0.00     Oct 1 1940
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2440          Feb 24 7500          May 9 1961
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 17.22     Feb 24 24.04 B May 9 1961
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.17     Sep 20, 21
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.44 1.04 1.03    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 19.58 14.12 13.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1120      859      806         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 18      19      20         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.04 0.55 0.03    

A - At times in most years.

B - Site and datum then in use.


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