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03379500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50", in SE¼ 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 28.5.

DRAINAGE AREA.--1,131 mi².

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

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. 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.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. 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	8.9	6.6	9.6	37	94	1010	6530	7680	176	1330	4900	35
2	8.2	6.3	11	21	84	633	6960	7000	194	1460	1930	34
3	7.2	7.3	11	18	74	472	4860	5170	176	711	445	33
4	6.9	8.0	11	17	65	327	3010	7140	140	348	2590	33
5	6.6	7.6	17	94	59	262	3760	9160	444	229	2930	32

6	6.5	8.4	18	763	56	276	3980	8010	1050	171	4910	34
7	6.7	7.9	15	1200	53	311	2700	7670	617	1020	5080	31
8	6.5	7.5	14	2800	51	336	1320	9810	316	5330	4220	29
9	6.3	8.6	14	3540	48	1530	1990	11000	1880	6930	3280	27
10	6.4	9.3	13	2400	45	3150	2060	8740	3650	6160	1870	26

11	6.9	14	12	1020	48	3410	1000	6870	2660	5020	1140	24
12	6.4	13	12	399	61	1990	590	4230	4470	2570	730	22
13	6.2	12	11	229	68	736	461	1460	6380	991	415	22
14	8.0	13	11	157	70	437	763	567	7080	365	317	21
15	12	11	11	176	76	359	888	396	7490	235	212	20

16	10	9.1	11	155	133	312	4930	320	6870	191	155	e21
17	8.6	8.1	12	129	1040	348	7620	266	4960	208	125	e23
18	7.3	7.6	11	121	3480	2460	7070	228	2340	152	107	e25
19	6.5	7.2	11	112	4360	5250	6220	197	2060	124	94	e28
20	7.8	6.7	9.8	96	3290	6240	6290	182	4000	105	84	34

21	7.8	6.8	8.6	81	1810	8130	4140	200	3200	95	76	49
22	6.8	7.4	10	78	934	8720	1390	1620	2620	90	70	52
23	6.2	6.8	12	313	542	7560	602	6440	5190	1160	64	43
24	6.2	6.2	41	327	369	8120	465	7730	3640	4080	60	38
25	5.9	6.7	222	263	272	8770	386	7300	2360	4480	56	68

26	6.4	8.2	172	216	217	6350	330	5460	1420	4520	53	265
27	6.0	8.5	105	216	251	2380	289	1950	611	2300	48	260
28	5.7	7.9	104	183	805	2520	265	563	360	488	44	106
29	5.6	8.2	65	157	---	5160	244	320	270	220	42	61
30	5.6	9.2	45	138	---	5400	4570	249	722	1380	e39	49

31	5.9	---	33	115	---	5510	---	203	---	5310	37	---

TOTAL	218.0	255.1	1063.0	15571	18455	98469	85683	128131	77346	57773	36123	1545
MEAN	7.03	8.50	34.3	502	659	3176	2856	4133	2578	1864	1165	51.5
MAX	12	14	222	3540	4360	8770	7620	11000	7490	6930	5080	265
MIN	5.6	6.2	8.6	17	45	262	244	182	140	90	37	20
CFSM	.01	.01	.03	.44	.58	2.81	2.53	3.65	2.28	1.65	1.03	.05
IN.	.01	.01	.03	.51	.61	3.24	2.82	4.21	2.54	1.90	1.19	.05

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1914 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	203	580	1037	1360	1489	1750	1667	1395	773	432	309	208
MAX	2146	5462	7882	9030	6833	5425	6267	10150	4271	2644	5794	2569
(WY)	1950	1986	1968	1950	1982	1978	1922	1943	1945	1993	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 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1914 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	302991.8		520632.1
ANNUAL MEAN	830		1426		931
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					2040	1950
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					29.3	1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	13900	Mar 2	11000	May 9	43200	May 10 1961
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	5.6	Oct 29,30	5.6	Oct 29,30	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	5.9	Oct 25	5.9	Oct 25	.00	Sep 3 1954
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			11400	May 9	47000	Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			20.83	May 9	26.67	Jan 5 1950
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			4.6	Oct 12
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.73		1.26		.82
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	9.97		17.12		11.18
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2500		5320		2920
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	114		200		147
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	7.7		7.7		10

A - Sept. 3-19, 1954.