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03378635 LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR EFFINGHAM, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 39°06'13", long 88°35'33", in NW¼NW¼ 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 southwest of Effingham, and at mile 202.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.--240 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1966 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 501.10 ft above sea level. Prior to Apr. 21, 1988, at site 0.3 mi downstream at same datum.

REMARKS.--No estimated daily discharges. Records good except those for estimated daily discharges and those discharges below 1.0 ft³/s, which are poor. Pumpage diverted at station for municipal supply of Effingham not included in records. Gage-height telemeter at station.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	4.4	2.8	1.8	2.8	18	72	751	813	41	432	36	8.1
2	4.0	.01	1.7	2.6	19	49	458	780	39	206	26	5.1
3	3.7	.00	2.5	1.4	17	45	480	2600	35	119	24	4.4
4	3.1	.00	1.6	2.5	18	43	1890	6120	36	86	605	3.8
5	2.5	.25	2.1	14	15	49	882	1610	57	76	1250	3.5

6	1.3	4.1	1.4	28	16	43	512	690	57	62	714	3.4
7	.00	1.1	1.4	46	17	39	405	1450	39	1270	351	3.2
8	.00	.02	1.5	356	14	592	396	1360	49	1370	163	3.0
9	2.6	1.0	1.6	301	15	1280	229	664	137	378	70	2.7
10	.24	1.2	2.0	77	14	838	175	439	286	191	82	2.6

11	.00	.95	.36	37	22	365	122	310	204	111	136	2.5
12	.00	.92	.36	29	21	201	90	225	734	71	56	2.4
13	4.7	.92	.28	23	19	143	97	179	653	48	30	2.3
14	1.1	1.2	.54	18	15	130	162	146	447	38	20	2.3
15	.00	1.1	.00	24	16	112	654	117	477	37	16	2.7

16	.00	2.5	.00	22	33	92	3470	100	670	33	14	2.9
17	.00	.94	.00	20	379	658	930	86	304	28	12	6.1
18	.00	.87	.00	17	685	1580	489	71	164	28	11	8.2
19	.00	.78	.00	13	225	827	323	64	560	30	9.7	4.0
20	.00	.73	.00	15	116	4400	228	63	466	28	9.2	3.6

21	.00	.78	.00	16	91	4360	248	61	433	25	9.4	4.3
22	.00	.86	4.7	14	62	1120	212	130	642	167	8.2	4.3
23	.00	.70	3.0	16	47	586	168	137	2170	473	7.4	3.0
24	.00	.13	15	16	41	351	124	146	883	100	7.0	2.5
25	.00	.70	11	14	32	228	102	122	399	46	6.7	4.8

26	.33	.90	9.5	16	32	155	98	96	224	33	6.6	2.8
27	2.5	.88	5.9	18	159	111	93	76	143	28	6.1	2.2
28	2.0	.98	4.1	20	121	3340	83	63	101	25	4.1	1.9
29	1.7	1.2	2.7	22	---	3310	115	56	227	24	6.6	5.1
30	1.5	4.2	1.9	23	---	905	980	50	1220	198	6.9	2.5

31	1.5	---	2.9	19	---	610	---	46	---	71	7.9	---

TOTAL	37.17	32.72	79.84	1243.3	2279	26634	14966	18870	11897	5832	3711.8	110.2
MEAN	1.20	1.09	2.58	40.1	81.4	859	499	609	397	188	120	3.67
MAX	4.7	4.2	15	356	685	4400	3470	6120	2170	1370	1250	8.2
MIN	.00	.00	.00	1.4	14	39	83	46	35	24	4.1	1.9
CFSM	.00	.00	.01	.17	.34	3.58	2.08	2.54	1.65	.78	.50	.02
IN.	.01	.01	.01	.19	.35	4.13	2.32	2.92	1.84	.90	.58	.02

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1967 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	49.3	160	255	240	318	400	389	280	163	80.6	54.2	74.2
MAX	286	1141	1055	964	1080	1200	1225	1391	483	315	252	1001
(WY)	1994	1994	1968	1993	1982	1978	1996	1995	1973	1993	1974	1993
MIN	.10	.65	.000	.026	14.5	19.1	27.3	14.4	1.77	1.34	.25	.24
(WY)	1995	1977	1977	1981	1978	1972	1971	1988	1987	1972	1989	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1967 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	68426.52		85693.03
ANNUAL MEAN	187		235		205
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					450	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					51.2	1977
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	9440	Feb 27	6120	May 4	12100	Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.00	Many days	.00	Many days	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.00	Oct 15	.00	Oct 15	.00	Oct 8 1966
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			6590	May 4	17800	May 8 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			17.28	May 4	21.19	May 8 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.78		.98		.85
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	10.61		13.28		11.58
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	429		656		444
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	16		25		38
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	.00		.72		.10

A - Many days in most years.