Mississippi Basin
Station: Metropolis, Ill.


GRDC Station Information
STN Derived Subbasin Information
Station Name (GRDC ID): Metropolis, Ill. (4123050) Basin Name: Mississippi
River Name: Ohio Next Downstream Station:Vicksburg, Miss. (4127800)
GRDC Country Code: US Distance to Next Downstream Station: 721 km
Start Year [Month]: 1928 [1] Upstream Station(s): Paducah, Ky. (4123060)
Grand River, Ky. (4123080)
Mount Carmel, Ill. (4123130)
Louisville, Ky. (4123300)
End Year [Month]: 1984 [12]
Mean Discharge: 7450 m3/s
Minimum Discharge: 170 m3/s
Maximum Discharge: 33980 m3/s Length of Upstream Mainstem: 1444 km
Mean Interstation Discharge: 107 m3/s Distance to Basin Outlet: 1052 km
GRDC Catchment Area: 525770 km2 STN Catchment Area: 497409 km2
GRDC Interstation Area: 65778 km2 STN Interstation Area: 58857 km2
GRDC Station Runoff: 447 mm/yr STN Station Runoff: 472 mm/yr
GRDC Interstation Runoff: 51 mm/yr STN Interstation Runoff: 57 mm/yr
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Hydrograph Station Data
Extreme Values Over Period Of Record
Month MeanQ
m3/s
MinQ
m3/s
MaxQ
m3/s
Jan 10624.0 849.0 28660.0
Feb 12379.0 1020.0 33980.0
Mar 14335.8 520.0 27391.0
Apr 12766.3 1110.0 24083.0
May 9165.6 653.0 25974.0
Jun 5600.7 394.0 13954.0
Jul 4070.2 313.0 12493.0
Aug 3250.2 332.0 9375.0
Sep 2655.6 170.0 10700.0
Oct 2672.6 207.0 9400.0
Nov 4186.4 325.0 11000.0
Dec 7697.9 534.0 20100.0