03378500 DATA: Stage Tables, 2001

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03378500 WABASH RIVER AT NEW HARMONY, IN

(National Stream-Quality Accounting Network Station)

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°07'55", long 87°56'25"in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.35, T.4 S., R.14 W., Posey County, Hydrologic Unit 05120113, at bridge on State Highway 66 at New Harmony, at Indiana-Illinois state line, and at mile 51.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 29,234 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1938 to September 1947.

STAGE: August 1988 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: October 1974 to 1986, 1999 to current year. Data collected water years 1997 and 1998 were published in the Kentucky Water Resources Data reports, and are stored in the Indiana NWIS/QW data base.

SEDIMENT: Partial record station--October 1974 to 1985.

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 1974 to September 1980.

WATER TEMPERATURE: October 1974 to September 1980.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 353.20 ft above sea level. (Furnished by National Weather Service). (Prior to October 1992, erroneously published as 353.30 ft above sea level).

REMARKS.-- For sediment analysis, water discharge obtained from station Wabash River at Mount Carmel, IL. (03377500).

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 23.84 ft. May 26, 1943. Beginning August 1988, minimum gage height, 0.46 ft. Oct. 12, 1988.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum daily recorded, 805 microsiemens, Feb. 15, 1977; minimum daily recorded, 200 microsiemens, Mar. 3, 1979.
WATER TEMPERATURES: Maximum daily recorded, 32.0°C, June 28, 1978, July 14-18, 1980; minimum daily recorded, freezing point on many days during the winter period.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of March 1913 reached a stage of 27.7 ft. Flood of Jan. 31, 1937, reached a stage of 24.4 ft.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum gage height, 14.73 ft, Feb. 17; mimimum gage height, 1.51 ft, Aug. 19

GAGE HEIGHT, FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY OBSERVATION AT 2400 HOURS
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	5.89	2.37	4.94	---	8.39	12.67	3.53	3.42	6.38	3.11	4.77	2.55
2	4.86	2.33	4.47	---	9.93	12.67	3.43	3.23	6.25	2.89	3.97	2.25
3	4.21	2.39	4.07	---	10.93	12.47	3.53	3.07	5.77	2.72	3.52	2.15
4	3.69	2.35	3.78	---	11.45	12.23	3.54	2.94	5.22	2.63	3.35	2.24
5	3.45	2.25	3.51	---	11.30	11.89	3.50	2.87	5.93	2.55	3.11	2.23

6	7.13	2.25	3.30	---	10.70	11.31	3.43	2.81	7.58	3.40	2.81	2.04
7	10.00	2.16	3.15	---	9.79	10.13	3.33	2.71	9.38	5.06	2.56	1.92
8	10.91	2.29	3.01	---	8.83	8.69	3.23	2.63	10.19	5.55	2.36	1.81
9	11.13	2.71	2.91	---	8.46	7.63	3.23	2.55	10.84	5.77	2.19	1.84
10	11.47	3.67	2.85	---	9.25	6.78	3.35	2.49	11.44	7.75	2.07	1.97

11	11.99	5.18	3.16	---	11.05	6.22	3.61	2.44	11.67	8.63	1.99	2.19
12	12.41	6.21	4.42	---	12.25	5.86	4.29	2.45	10.91	8.33	1.88	2.36
13	12.05	6.27	5.81	---	12.85	5.53	5.11	2.46	9.53	7.77	1.79	2.65
14	9.41	6.43	6.69	---	13.43	5.37	6.31	2.43	8.11	7.37	1.69	3.03
15	6.40	6.58	6.82	---	14.29	5.27	7.71	2.38	6.97	6.53	1.67	3.25

16	5.05	6.43	7.63	---	14.71	5.22	8.47	2.31	6.13	5.05	1.61	3.27
17	4.53	5.99	---	---	14.59	5.11	8.73	2.27	5.55	4.11	1.60	3.00
18	4.69	5.40	---	---	14.15	5.03	8.43	2.64	5.19	3.93	1.56	2.73
19	4.54	4.91	---	---	13.70	5.01	7.77	4.57	5.00	3.32	1.53	2.51
20	4.35	4.53	---	---	13.47	4.91	7.05	4.33	5.01	2.96	1.59	2.29

21	4.09	4.19	---	---	13.26	4.89	6.38	4.40	4.89	2.73	1.69	2.09
22	3.88	3.85	---	---	12.95	4.91	5.79	4.86	4.75	2.83	1.72	2.01
23	3.70	3.58	---	---	12.49	4.87	5.29	5.55	4.81	2.97	1.71	2.09
24	3.52	3.41	---	---	11.77	4.68	4.85	6.04	4.89	3.41	1.86	2.21
25	3.40	3.45	---	---	11.14	4.49	4.55	5.91	4.68	3.45	2.01	2.45

26	3.25	4.30	---	---	11.23	4.29	4.32	5.37	4.55	3.44	1.99	2.65
27	3.11	5.77	---	---	11.79	4.11	4.22	4.80	4.45	3.73	2.11	2.58
28	2.99	6.29	---	---	12.39	3.99	4.09	4.30	4.12	4.05	2.77	2.49
29	2.81	6.07	---	---	---	3.89	3.83	4.09	3.73	5.37	3.05	2.53
30	2.61	5.40	---	---	---	3.79	3.61	4.57	3.40	5.79	2.92	2.50

31	2.47	---	---	6.20	---	3.63	---	5.47	---	5.51	2.68	---

MEAN	5.94	4.30	4.41	6.20	11.81	6.69	4.95	3.62	6.58	4.60	2.33	2.40
MAX	12.41	6.58	7.63	6.20	14.71	12.67	8.73	6.04	11.67	8.63	4.77	3.27
MIN	2.47	2.16	2.85	6.20	8.39	3.63	3.23	2.27	3.40	2.55	1.53	1.81