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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03336900       SALT FORK NEAR ST. JOSEPH, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'58", long 88°02'03" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NE1/4 sec.35, T.20 N., R.10 E., Champaign County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on County Road 1850 N, 0.2 mi downstream from Spoon River, 2.5 mi north of St. Joseph, and at mile 46.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 134 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1958 to September 1991, July 2004 to current year.
 

STAGE: July 2004 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1975-78.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water year 2005.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-83-1: 1982(M).
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 650.16 ft above NGVD of 1929 (650.00 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.-- Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by Rantoul sewage-treatment plant.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,860 ft3/s May 16, 1968, gage height, 18.26 ft, maximum gage height, 18.99 ft, Feb. 10,1959, discharge, 6,030 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 1.7 ft3/s Sept. 22, 1963.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  61  25  22   
2 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  57  23  17   
3 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  96  22  15   
4 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  212  36  13   
5 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  101  26  12   
 
6 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  78  20  11   
7 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  105  19  11   
8 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  73  18  10   
9 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  64  18  9.6
10 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  1250  35  9.3
 
11 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  651  21  9.0
12 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  319  18  8.8
13 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  207  17  8.6
14 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  225  16  10   
15 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  143  15  12   
 
16 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  110  15  11   
17 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  98  15  9.4
18 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  100  15  8.8
19 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  76  15  8.4
20 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  66  17  8.3
 
21 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  57  19  e8.1
22 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  51  15  8.0
23 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  47  14  8.6
24 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  41  14  8.5
25 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  38  18  8.3
 
26 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  36  71  8.0
27 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  34  35  8.1
28 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  31  25  8.2
29 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  29  126  8.0
30 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  34  112  8.1
 
31 ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  29  35  ---   

TOTAL --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 4519 890 306.1
MEAN --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 146 28.7 10.2
MAX --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1250 126 22
MIN --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 29 14 8.0
CFSM --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.09 0.21 0.08
IN. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.25 0.25 0.08
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1959 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 40.8 64.8 128 104 175 195 208 174 122 87.6 64.6 34.2
MAX 264 585 434 361 539 636 613 631 391 536 413 198
(WY) 1978 1986 1991 1974 1959 1979 1964 1968 1974 1981 1979 1981
MIN 7.18 8.45 4.43 3.57 10.5 31.5 36.6 37.6 17.3 11.5 8.50 6.60
(WY) 1965 1981 1964 1977 1964 1981 1971 1963 1988 1988 1959 1963

SUMMARY STATISTICS WATER YEARS 1959 - 2004
ANNUAL MEAN 116           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 203            1973
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 41.2             1963
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5550                May 16 1968
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.0             Jan 29 1964
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.0             Feb 1 1977
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 6860        A     May 16 1968
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 18.99   B     Feb 10 1959
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 1.7             Sep 22 1963
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.868    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 11.79      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 251           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 48           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 9.7        

A - Gage height, 18.26 ft.

B - Discharge, 6,030 ft3/s.


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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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