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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
03379500 LITTLE WABASH RIVER BELOW CLAY CITY, IL
LOCATION - Lat 38°38'05", long 88°17'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SE 1/4 sec.3, T.2 N., R.8 E., Clay County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 05120114, on left bank of 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.
REVISIONS HISTORY -
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.
Revisions: Gage datum was changed to 391.92 ft NAVD88 on March 29, 2022, using an updated version of NGS Coordinate Conversion and Transformation Tool (NCAT).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: August 1914 to current. Prior to October 1958, published as "at Wilcox."
    Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.
  STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 391.92 ft NAVD 1988. Prior to Jan. 2, 1947, nonrecording gage at highway bridge 300 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 47,000 ft³/s, Jan. 5, 1950, gage height, 26.67 ft; no flow Sept. 3-19, 1954.