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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 to current year.

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 fair except 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 0.00 1.0   0.64 35      e5.0 e14  18    13    20    5.0   13    1200   
2 0.00 1.0   0.00 28      e6.0 e15  14    10    21    5.4   81    771   
3 0.00 1.0   0.00 18      e7.0 e16  13    9.7 27    4.8   199    124   
4 0.00 1.0   0.00 11      e8.0 19  15    15    24    3.4   27    31   
5 0.00 2.3   0.00 11      e7.0 24  24    581    20    0.22 15    13   
 
6 0.00 0.32 0.00 9.7   e6.0 20  17    82    19    0.00 13    7.3
7 0.00 0.26 0.00 8.6   e5.2 15  18    50    19    0.00 12    5.2
8 0.00 0.19 0.15 8.4   e4.7 16  15    167    19    0.00 11    4.5
9 0.00 0.00 0.50 9.6   e4.3 14  13    175    17    2.9   10    4.2
10 0.00 21      0.87 10      e4.1 11  13    1520    31    1730      10    4.2
 
11 0.00 11      1.0   7.1   e3.9 11  16    1860    60    201      10    4.3
12 0.00 2.7   1.2   1.4   e3.8 13  11    267    153    99      9.8 4.1
13 0.00 1.8   1.2   0.00 e3.7 21  9.8 148    73    39      9.6 3.9
14 0.00 1.3   1.2   0.00 e8.0 20  10    105    149    22      10    5.0
15 0.00 1.5   1.2   0.00 116    21  9.8 155    74    56      9.6 4.2
 
16 0.00 1.2   1.2   0.04 33    18  10    81    38    22      9.3 3.9
17 0.00 1.1   1.3   3.7   28    17  22    67    25    13      12    3.7
18 0.00 1.0   5.4   9.5   29    19  13    55    17    20      10    3.6
19 0.00 1.2   33      7.8   113    44  13    47    15    16      7.1 3.5
20 0.00 1.2   20      e6.4   230    40  60    77    9.6 14      6.9 3.1
 
21 0.00 1.4   13      e5.4   107    50  27    52    9.0 14      6.8 3.2
22 0.00 1.4   12      e4.6   112    33  20    38    9.2 9.2   6.9 5.1
23 0.00 1.2   11      e4.0   99    26  12    31    7.4 8.3   5.9 3.3
24 0.00 1.2   e10      e3.7   41    22  11    28    7.0 6.7   5.9 3.0
25 5.7   1.2   e9.0   e3.4   e23    24  18    34    6.7 8.4   6.0 4.8
 
26 1.2   1.2   e9.5   e3.1   e18    19  11    24    8.3 8.6   6.1 15   
27 1.3   1.1   e10      e3.0   e16    17  9.7 22    5.9 3.3   12    98   
28 1.1   1.0   e11      e3.1   e15    20  9.4 59    5.5 211      6.0 26   
29 7.1   1.1   12      e3.3   ---    20  9.4 42    5.4 100      9.3 7.3
30 1.2   1.1   15      e3.5   ---    17  11    30    5.2 22      6.9 4.5
 
31 1.1   ---      42      e3.9   ---    17  ---    27    ---    14      58    ---   

TOTAL 18.70 63.97 223.36 226.24 1056.7 653 473.1 5871.7 900.2 2659.22 615.1 2373.9
MEAN 0.60 2.13 7.21 7.30 37.7 21.1 15.8 189 30.0 85.8 19.8 79.1
MAX 7.1 21 42 35 230 50 60 1860 153 1730 199 1200
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.7 11 9.4 9.7 5.2 0.00 5.9 3.0
CFSM 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.03 0.16 0.09 0.07 0.79 0.13 0.36 0.08 0.33
IN. 0.00 0.01 0.03 0.04 0.16 0.10 0.07 0.91 0.14 0.41 0.10 0.37
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 67.5 152 238 242 332 375 371 313 198 96.0 51.5 74.7
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 15.8 14.4 1.77 1.34 0.25 0.24
(WY) 1995 1977 1977 1981 1978 1972 2003 1988 1987 1972 1989 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 128454.48 15135.19
ANNUAL MEAN 352      41.5   208     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 450      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 41.5   2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 15600          May 13 1860          May 11 15600      May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     many days 0.00     many days 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Sep 6 0.00     Oct 1 0.00 Oct 8 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3810          May 11 31500      May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 15.35     May 11 24.27 May 12 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.47 0.17 0.87
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 19.91 2.35 11.80
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 835      59      446     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 20      9.7   36     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.13

A - Many days in most years.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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