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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03346000       NORTH FORK EMBARRAS RIVER NEAR OBLONG, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°00'36", long 87°56'44" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.35, T.7 N., R.14 W., Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05120112, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 33, 0.8 mi upstream from railroad bridge, 2 mi west of Oblong, and at mile 10.5.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 318 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.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 456.19 ft above NGVD of 1929 (455.80 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Dec. 11, 1940, nonrecording gage and Dec. 11, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1964, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1971 to May 15, 1979, water-stage recorder at site 0.8 mi downstream at present datum.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,100 ft3/s, Jan. 4, 1950, from rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s, gage height, 24.38 ft, present datum; no flow for many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 3.2 110  1660  e100  126  131  122  59  18    4.1 1.7   0.47
2 3.2 1280  1900  e140  126  122  110  51  17    4.1 1.4   0.34
3 3.1 1750  498  1730  125  110  134  44  16    3.7 1.2   0.31
4 3.1 1050  292  6100  125  106  120  40  16    3.4 1.1   0.27
5 2.8 1010  224  14100  125  105  98  38  16    3.3 0.95 0.23
 
6 2.8 320  252  15700  136  102  91  36  15    2.9 0.91 0.21
7 2.8 197  1340  7200  414  97  82  35  14    2.8 0.88 0.20
8 2.7 137  2510  2420  1670  97  78  33  13    2.7 0.84 0.19
9 2.7 106  1230  810  1160  91  73  31  13    2.6 0.82 0.18
10 2.7 87  370  1480  814  84  67  30  32    2.5 0.83 0.17
 
11 2.7 189  320  1580  400  81  64  29  24    2.6 0.78 0.15
12 2.9 1600  258  2570  277  85  93  36  23    3.2 0.59 0.14
13 2.9 929  198  4010  478  83  984  92  28    3.9 0.59 0.13
14 3.4 257  156  6170  2080  77  640  782  348    5.8 1.1   0.13
15 3.9 166  129  3930  2530  71  270  683  293    5.8 3.3   0.14
 
16 3.6 132  115  889  655  69  181  149  72    4.8 6.1   0.17
17 3.7 114  109  319  559  67  142  79  28    12    3.9   0.17
18 179    103  e100  256  303  67  120  55  16    8.3 2.6   0.18
19 1430    540  e90  e210  228  66  106  43  11    5.1 2.0   0.23
20 1220    1060  e80  e200  199  64  94  47  8.8 3.9 1.6   0.81
 
21 248    418  e73  e190  214  62  83  99  7.6 3.1 1.2   0.48
22 127    226  e70  e175  222  60  77  58  6.7 2.8 0.88 0.35
23 132    179  e65  157  186  67  72  39  6.2 2.5 0.86 0.30
24 291    622  e60  144  166  88  67  31  6.1 2.5 0.96 0.28
25 219    2420  e58  140  161  88  62  27  5.8 2.5 0.79 0.90
 
26 153    2930  e56  145  151  80  62  24  5.2 2.2 0.86 3.3  
27 355    843  e54  144  140  88  64  22  5.0 2.9 0.72 3.2  
28 326    1270  e52  123  132  83  66  21  4.6 2.6 0.70 8.6  
29 160    788  e50  113  ---  77  56  19  4.0 2.0 0.66 6.2  
30 107    465  e56  120  ---  73  58  19  4.1 2.0 0.68 3.8  
 
31 85    ---  e80  126  ---  93  ---  19  ---    2.0 0.60 ---     

TOTAL 5084.2 21298 12505 71491 13902 2634 4336 2770 1077.1 114.6 42.10 32.23
MEAN 164 710 403 2306 496 85.0 145 89.4 35.9 3.70 1.36 1.07
MAX 1430 2930 2510 15700 2530 131 984 782 348 12 6.1 8.6
MIN 2.7 87 50 100 125 60 56 19 4.0 2.0 0.59 0.13
CFSM 0.52 2.23 1.27 7.25 1.56 0.27 0.45 0.28 0.11 0.01 0.00 0.00
IN. 0.59 2.49 1.46 8.36 1.63 0.31 0.51 0.32 0.13 0.01 0.00 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 67.2 198 297 412 439 485 458 394 237 140 84.2 79.1
MAX 1006 1757 1755 2798 1777 1469 1521 2825 1346 1010 471 900
(WY) 2001 1986 1968 1950 1982 1973 1984 1943 1945 1958 1985 1989
MIN 0.01 0.13 0.56 0.92 4.82 2.37 10.4 19.0 4.07 0.46 0.26 0.10
(WY) 1954 1954 1954 1977 1954 1954 1954 1941 1954 1954 1954 1954

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1941 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 117787.4   135286.23
ANNUAL MEAN 322      371      273           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 644            1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 3.88       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 8090          Jan 5 15700          Jan 6 20300            Jan 4 1950
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 2.7       Oct 8, 9, 10, 11 0.13     Sep 13, 14 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.7       Oct 5 0.15     Sep 10 0.00       Sep 13 1953
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 17900          Jan 5 27100        B Jan 4 1950
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 21.69     Jan 5 24.38   C Jan 4 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 0.12     Sep 13, 14, 15
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.01 1.17 0.859    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.78 15.83 11.67      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 869      826      599           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 100      67      47           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.3   0.85 2.7        

A - Many days in 1953-54, 1964, 1988.

B - From rating curve extended above 16,000 ft3/s.

C - Present datum.


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Surface-Water Data

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