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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 to current year.

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 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 0.46 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, those for discharges less than 5.0 ft3/s, and those for period of June 7-18, June 23 to July 26, July 9-11, and July 17-22, 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 22      3.3   37  393  e52  159  1170  183  3340  e10    32    168   
2 12      3.0   28  174  e50  332  479  588  2400  12    17    92   
3 8.5   2.7   21  143  e100  227  254  527  792  39    13    59   
4 7.1   1.5   17  735  219  2980  177  245  156  36    13    96   
5 5.4   0.71 17  2610  210  3080  129  141  83  37    46    218   
 
6 3.8   e0.40 17  2290  203  2310  102  96  53  231    21    66   
7 2.8   e0.35 15  2460  197  1850  87  67  40  146    12    39   
8 2.1   e0.32 15  2020  158  597  79  50  36  60    9.1 28   
9 1.6   e0.30 14  324  128  211  72  37  32  40    7.8 24   
10 1.9   e0.30 15  163  155  134  60  28  28  40    6.7 20   
 
11 2.0   e0.40 16  126  302  97  53  19  23  44    5.6 16   
12 1.9   2.5   19  133  455  75  48  14  25  208    5.5 15   
13 1.9   3.1   21  109  538  59  45  25  39  266    4.7 15   
14 2.4   3.5   20  90  390  60  43  379  37  233    3.9 17   
15 1.8   4.5   20  83  265  63  41  461  35  111    3.6 13   
 
16 1.4   4.5   20  76  197  60  37  209  33  57    3.2 12   
17 2.2   4.7   19  97  194  62  35  125  30  37    3.2 12   
18 2.0   11      19  1710  151  61  31  74  168  30    5.2 12   
19 1.2   702      19  e1600  148  59  22  58  286  24    6.2 13   
20 0.78 1180      17  e850  248  55  20  70  186  18    7.9 13   
 
21 1.6   841      17  e380  374  56  18  48  144  e12    7.5 14   
22 2.9   211      16  187  364  54  19  44  93  e20    7.0 14   
23 3.0   86      17  e100  257  50  16  70  47  343    6.4 12   
24 2.3   514      174  e90  190  53  18  185  37  32    12    11   
25 2.0   1110      606  e83  164  51  144  197  33  14    153    9.0
 
26 1.8   668      240  e76  149  60  290  1900  29  11    4100    7.7
27 1.4   188      109  e72  130  1940  164  3640  24  12    5590    7.3
28 2.0   95      69  e66  109  2100  94  3880  19  9.6 4300    6.8
29 2.1   63      198  e62  94  2410  61  3150  13  9.6 3620    6.3
30 2.4   46      1060  e58  ---  1780  45  3200  e10  35    2110    6.0
 
31 2.9   ---      1110  e55  ---  1410  ---  4170  ---  130    498    ---   

TOTAL 109.18 5751.08 4002 17415 6191 22495 3853 23880 8271 2307.2 20630.5 1042.1
MEAN 3.52 192 129 562 213 726 128 770 276 74.4 666 34.7
MAX 22 1180 1110 2610 538 3080 1170 4170 3340 343 5590 218
MIN 0.78 0.30 14 55 50 50 16 14 10 9.6 3.2 6.0
CFSM 0.01 0.41 0.28 1.21 0.46 1.56 0.28 1.66 0.59 0.16 1.43 0.07
IN. 0.01 0.46 0.32 1.40 0.50 1.80 0.31 1.91 0.66 0.18 1.65 0.08
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 96.5 257 416 639 648 787 774 649 306 157 119 73.7
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 0.02 0.13 0.29 0.69 2.51 1.96 11.6 8.96 1.48 1.05 0.06 0.05
(WY) 1909 1954 1954 1981 1934 1954 1954 1936 1988 1930 1991 1940

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1909 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 133040.48   115947.06      
ANNUAL MEAN 364        317            410           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 928            1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.1         1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5430            May 9,10 5590                Aug 27 45000            May 9 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       A 0.30   B     Nov 9,10 0.00       C
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Aug 25 0.40           Nov 5 0.00       Oct 24 1908
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5660                Aug 27 59400        D May 17 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 14.02           Aug 27 26.68       May 8 1961
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.786 0.683     0.883    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.67   9.30       12.00      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1020        752            1110           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 19        50            36           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1.7     3.1         1.4        

A - Several days.

B - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharge, Nov. 6-11.

C - At times in several years.

D - Gage height, 25.75 ft.


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