03379500 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
WABASH RIVER BASIN

03379500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50", in SE1/4 sec.3, T.2 N., R.8 E., Clay County, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on right bank 300 ft downstream from bridge on County Highway 23, 0.3 mi downstream from Big Muddy Creek, 5 mi southeast of Clay City, and at mile 128.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,131 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: August 1914 to current year. Prior to October 1958, published as "at Wilcox." Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 973: 1937-40. WSP 1335: 1915-33, 1934(M), 1935, 1940, 1941(M), 1946(M). WSP 1625: 1958. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 392.29 ft above sea level. Prior to Jan. 2, 1947, nonrecording gage at highway bridge 300 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	e7.0	12	14	14	e8.0	408	87	107	1150	5790	1070	310
2	4.2	13	13	14	e8.4	223	79	90	317	2450	814	230
3	3.2	14	12	19	e8.7	150	72	79	207	1010	1010	189
4	13	15	12	26	e9.0	117	67	74	157	1390	1040	161
5	17	15	13	23	9.6	100	63	69	124	6280	1640	140

6	14	48	12	26	10	102	59	66	100	25100	1660	114
7	11	50	11	70	11	98	158	81	82	25500	1420	91
8	13	36	11	52	12	77	1840	1030	70	24800	3760	76
9	12	29	12	37	13	61	2980	1660	62	15000	5560	69
10	10	24	18	29	13	52	1580	786	57	9490	4970	73

11	30	22	25	23	13	50	526	1190	52	6690	2500	116
12	67	20	27	19	14	50	285	864	50	3550	757	1150
13	42	14	29	17	22	70	203	596	270	1670	326	1950
14	27	14	53	15	57	416	160	941	550	1100	244	1260
15	17	13	37	14	54	397	133	854	255	615	193	588

16	11	13	215	14	41	615	116	364	133	404	158	338
17	10	12	298	13	36	923	118	191	2110	303	135	241
18	8.3	12	137	13	484	343	333	135	5380	245	128	186
19	5.5	12	72	12	2200	401	689	405	5810	718	333	149
20	3.6	12	48	12	2230	2950	380	652	5410	1430	616	120

21	1.9	11	36	11	906	4610	245	275	3640	2070	315	105
22	2.7	11	29	12	311	3420	317	157	2270	943	186	94
23	7.4	12	25	12	171	1280	375	117	2730	346	183	91
24	8.9	13	21	11	121	489	253	106	5170	230	3230	85
25	12	13	18	e10	102	311	249	324	7070	180	5490	704

26	13	12	16	e9.0	288	230	361	330	7500	147	5300	4530
27	13	12	15	e8.5	2430	187	330	1610	6650	122	4370	5840
28	13	13	14	e8.0	1780	157	217	5080	7500	104	5340	5310
29	13	12	13	e7.8	929	136	158	5400	8610	210	4640	4130
30	13	12	13	e7.6	---	121	127	5120	7690	1930	1740	1730

31	13	---	13	e7.8	---	100	---	3730	---	1750	542	---

TOTAL	436.7	521	1282	566.7	12291.7	18644	12560	32483	81176	141567	59670	30170
MEAN	14.1	17.4	41.4	18.3	424	601	419	1048	2706	4567	1925	1006
MAX	67	50	298	70	2430	4610	2980	5400	8610	25500	5560	5840
MIN	1.9	11	11	7.6	8.0	50	59	66	50	104	128	69
CFSM	.01	.02	.04	.02	.37	.53	.37	.93	2.39	4.04	1.70	.89
IN.	.01	.02	.04	.02	.40	.61	.41	1.07	2.67	4.66	1.96	.99

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	200	570	1014	1381	1509	1732	1657	1388	811	482	325	215
MAX	2146	5462	7882	9030	6833	5425	6267	10150	4271	4567	5794	2569
(WY)	1950	1986	1968	1950	1982	1978	1922	1943	1945	2000	1915	1993
MIN	.30	1.07	1.73	6.90	12.6	4.92	56.9	45.1	14.4	9.75	4.17	.79
(WY)	1954	1954	1954	1977	1963	1954	1954	1925	1988	1930	1964	1953

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1914 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	487047.8		391368.1
ANNUAL MEAN	1334		1069		937
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2040	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					29.3	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	23600	Jan 24	25500	Jul 7	43200	May 10 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	1.9	Oct 21	1.9	Oct 21	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	4.8	Sep 22	5.5	Oct 18	.00	Sep 3 1954
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			28900	Jul 7	47000	Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			23.86	Jul 7	26.67	Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			1.5	Oct 21,22
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	1.18		.95		.83
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	16.02		12.87		11.26
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	4690		3580		2960
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	150		118		148
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	10		12		10

A - Sept. 3-19, 1954.