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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 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 4.0 e6.0 42  315  e40  294  678  110  977  19    14    21     
2 3.7 e5.2 39  281  e39  276  428  140  409  19    11    14     
3 3.7 e4.7 34  380  e47  140  284  94  205  24    11    12     
4 4.2 e4.4 39  3910  e42  1100  202  67  123  41    11    9.7  
5 3.9 e5.4 38  6570  e38  3190  144  55  84  20    11    8.6  
 
6 3.7 e5.6 39  1740  e36  1260  115  52  65  22    11    9.6  
7 3.6 e5.4 37  565  e34  612  101  43  50  23    13    8.4  
8 3.5 e5.2 32  324  e32  355  109  42  40  28    13    6.1  
9 7.2 e5.1 32  218  e31  232  94  40  37  26    e11    6.5  
10 16    e5.0 39  151  e42  162  76  38  35  248    e9.8 8.1  
 
11 8.9 e6.8 43  108  123  119  71  35  36  281    e9.0 5.9  
12 4.5 e8.0 38  96  330  94  75  36  32  105    e8.3 4.6  
13 3.0 e6.9 32  84  122  78  75  42  29  48    e7.5 3.9  
14 90    e6.0 36  74  108  77  62  57  27  31    e7.0 3.6  
15 86    e5.4 34  71  149  72  46  60  26  40    e6.6 3.4  
 
16 27    e5.2 33  58  92  76  42  59  55  28    e6.2 8.7  
17 21    e4.9 31  233  72  74  41  46  75  20    e6.0 5.1  
18 14    869    31  1150  85  63  39  46  87  16    5.8 3.2  
19 12    574    31  499  184  57  37  43  64  14    6.0 2.5  
20 11    116    29  248  320  62  43  44  36  12    20    2.1  
 
21 e10    71    29  171  299  68  47  40  31  9.6 7.3 1.9  
22 e9.0 50    28  121  160  55  44  37  39  12    6.2 1.8  
23 e8.0 148    1370  81  125  46  51  36  36  428    6.1 1.5  
24 e6.8 897    966  94  229  45  51  34  25  45    6.9 1.4  
25 e6.0 427    466  51  179  47  58  42  21  24    14    1.1  
 
26 e5.4 213    253  80  124  987  48  139  21  15    821    0.79
27 e4.8 136    164  84  94  1890  40  1440  20  13    299    0.82
28 e4.4 97    130  58  78  789  38  2370  19  11    48    0.82
29 e4.2 70    1540  e50  71  819  35  788  18  10    440    0.58
30 e4.0 52    1090  e45  ---  1880  45  1410  18  37    132    0.74
 
31 e4.5 ---    532  e42  ---  1320  ---  5870  ---  15    38    ---     

TOTAL 398.0 3815.2 7277 17952 3325 16339 3219 13355 2740 1684.6 2016.7 158.45
MEAN 12.8 127 235 579 115 527 107 431 91.3 54.3 65.1 5.28
MAX 90 897 1540 6570 330 3190 678 5870 977 428 821 21
MIN 3.0 4.4 28 42 31 45 35 34 18 9.6 5.8 0.58
CFSM 0.05 0.53 0.98 2.41 0.48 2.20 0.45 1.80 0.38 0.23 0.27 0.02
IN. 0.06 0.59 1.13 2.78 0.52 2.53 0.50 2.07 0.42 0.26 0.31 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 66.0 151 238 251 326 379 364 316 195 94.9 51.9 72.9
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 0.00 0.03 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 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 26319.36   72279.95  
ANNUAL MEAN 72.1     197        208       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 450        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 41.5     2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1860            May 11 6570            Jan 5 15600        May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       A 0.58       Sep 29 0.00   B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 1.6         Jul 3 0.89       Sep 24 0.00   Oct 8 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 8840            May 31 31500        May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 18.87       May 31 24.27   May 12 2002
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.20       Sep 30
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.300 0.823 0.867
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 4.08   11.20   11.78  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 114        427        444       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 13        40        37       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.9     5.1     0.20  

A - Jan. 13-15, July 6-8.

B - Many days in most years.


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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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