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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 (500.78 ft NAVD 1988). 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 good, except those for Nov. 11 to Dec. 7, which are poor, and 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 1.1   146  2390  e70  74  107  86  27    7.3 2.1   0.10 0.33
2 0.50 988  1180  94  69  90  73  21    8.5 1.9   0.00 0.00
3 0.10 734  672  3750  69  79  62  19    8.5 1.7   0.00 0.00
4 0.08 535  459  6100  73  75  48  19    8.3 1.7   0.00 0.00
5 0.00 421  340  8110  103  73  45  18    7.7 1.7   0.00 0.00
 
6 0.34 213  460  7230  164  69  45  18    6.5 1.4   0.00 0.00
7 0.00 136  3050  2170  487  64  54  18    5.6 1.3   1.7   0.00
8 0.00 96  3030  888  1210  69  60  17    6.5 1.2   2.4   0.00
9 0.21 66  946  747  e260  59  46  17    5.4 1.1   1.5   0.00
10 0.13 54  625  992  e180  53  37  17    17    0.86 0.67 0.00
 
11 0.00 1040  482  994  e160  53  47  21    12    1.4   0.27 0.00
12 0.61 1890  356  1390  e230  58  146  25    12    6.6   0.00 0.00
13 0.66 791  261  4300  e950  57  507  32    24    1.8   5.2   0.00
14 3.5   404  187  4890  e2550  48  361  29    15    2.8   12      0.00
15 2.1   247  145  1000  e1200  43  169  17    8.6 1.8   2.2   0.00
 
16 0.82 187  e120  554  998  41  99  15    6.8 1.5   4.1   0.00
17 0.46 156  e105  317  684  38  74  13    5.3 1.4   2.5   0.00
18 93      142  e95  235  422  37  61  12    4.6 1.5   2.0   0.00
19 598      336  e85  e180  281  37  54  12    3.9 1.5   1.7   0.03
20 349      481  e78  e140  250  37  45  16    3.7 1.4   1.8   2.2  
 
21 194      287  e72  e120  276  37  45  24    3.4 1.3   1.4   0.56
22 106      191  e66  e105  230  61  58  17    3.3 1.0   1.2   0.15
23 82      164  e56  e96  182  107  58  13    3.3 0.85 0.83 0.00
24 76      1020  e55  e88  165  84  44  12    3.3 0.69 0.52 0.00
25 70      2560  e54  e82  145  78  29  13    2.7 0.42 0.29 11     
 
26 68      1010  e53  e76  128  107  31  11    2.5 3.3   0.16 2.5  
27 144      704  e51  e70  118  89  31  9.0 2.7 2.5   0.49 1.8  
28 154      1150  e50  e66  113  88  27  8.3 2.8 0.56 1.1   16     
29 127      689  e57  e70  ---  63  28  7.3 2.6 0.40 0.57 5.6  
30 136      1170  e62  98  ---  62  32  11    2.4 0.28 1.0   3.9  
 
31 195      ---  e67  80  ---  142  ---  7.6 ---    0.16 1.1   ---     

TOTAL 2402.61 18008 15709 45102 11771 2105 2502 516.2 206.2 48.12 46.80 44.07
MEAN 77.5 600 507 1455 420 67.9 83.4 16.7 6.87 1.55 1.51 1.47
MAX 598 2560 3050 8110 2550 142 507 32 24 6.6 12 16
MIN 0.00 54 50 66 69 37 27 7.3 2.4 0.16 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.32 2.50 2.11 6.06 1.75 0.28 0.35 0.07 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01
IN. 0.37 2.79 2.43 6.99 1.82 0.33 0.39 0.08 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 66.3 163 245 282 328 371 357 308 191 92.5 50.6 71.1
MAX 672 1141 1055 1455 1080 1200 1225 1969 756 794 252 1001
(WY) 2001 1994 1968 2005 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 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1967 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 96909.36 98461.00
ANNUAL MEAN 265      270      210       
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 450        1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 41.5     2003
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 6570          Jan 5 8110          Jan 5 15600        May 13 2002
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     A 0.00     Many days 0.00   B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.10     Oct 5 0.00     Sep 2 0.00   Oct 8 1966
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 9230          Jan 5 31500        May 12 2002
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 19.06     Jan 5 24.27   May 12 2002
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.10 1.12 0.874
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 15.02 15.26 11.87  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 694      677      447       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 58      41      37       
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 5.9   0.16 0.20  

A - Oct. 5, 7-8, 11.

B - Many days in most years.


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Surface-Water Data

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Meteorological Data

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