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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05599500       BIG MUDDY RIVER AT MURPHYSBORO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°44'53", long 89°20'48" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.8, T.9 S., R.2 W., Jackson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on left bank just upstream from Lewis Creek, 0.2 mi upstream from South Twentieth Street Bridge, at Murphysboro, and at mile 36.0.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 2,169 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: December 1916 to current year (fragmentary prior to 1931).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-92.
 

SEDIMENT: May 1980 to Sept. 1997.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 1975-81.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1975-81.
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1993-97.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-79-1: Drainage area.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 335.5 ft above NGVD of 1929 (335.2 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to June 20, 1931, nonrecording gage at South Twentieth Street Bridge, 1,300 ft downstream, at datum 5 ft lower. June 20, 1931, to July 11,1933, nonrecording gage at upstream side of railroad bridge across mouth of Lewis Creek at present datum. Since Nov. 14, 1973, auxiliary water-stage recorder 7,700 ft upstream. Oct. 6, 1931, to Nov. 13, 1973, auxiliary nonrecording gage read twice daily at same site. Oct. 1, 1995 to Sept. 30, 1999, water-stage recorder at South Twentieth Street Bridge, 1,300 ft downstream, at present datum.
 

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated since October 1970 by Rend Lake (station 05595950), 67.8 mi upstream from gage.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 33,800 ft3/s, May 2, 1996, from graph based on discharge record, gage height 36.12 ft; maximum gage height, 37.97 ft, May 12, 1961; maximum daily reverse flow, 4,400 ft3/s, June 3, 1947, caused by backwater from Mississippi River; no flow Aug. 13 to Sept. 1, 1936, unaffected by backwater.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 1,700 mg/L, Feb. 28, 1987; minimum daily, 2 mg/L, Aug. 10, 11, 1993.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 20,500 tons, May 3, 1983; minimum daily, -45 tons, Aug. 6, 1993.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Feb. 2, 1916, reached a stage of 34.9 ft, present datum, discharge, 28,000 ft3/s.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those above 500 ft3/s and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 354  1160  4090  3070  2040  1720  5380  1650  375  136  104  532 
2 345  1290  4520  3240  1920  1650  5050  1600  356  129  98  491 
3 334  2190  4880  3280  1880  1580  4680  1440  343  125  93  370 
4 329  2760  5130  3560  1890  1510  4190  1240  331  146  88  229 
5 324  3030  5060  4510  1830  1440  3520  1050  314  214  85  145 
 
6 317  3200  4660  5930  1800  1360  2830  900  300  223  81  110 
7 311  3040  4510  7330  1910  1310  2260  791  285  184  81  94 
8 304  2510  4690  9290  2540  1240  1830  718  332  160  85  84 
9 295  1960  4710  11800  3050  1170  1590  660  e500  144  90  77 
10 282  1440  4830  e12700  3380  1130  1440  617  668  133  81  70 
 
11 276  1300  4720  12400  3410  1080  1320  583  702  160  75  65 
12 310  2550  4350  11500  3280  1030  1230  557  766  334  72  62 
13 406  3330  3890  10700  3290  1000  1320  537  884  475  68  59 
14 517  3720  3430  11000  3860  975  1610  769  876  448  81  59 
15 498  4180  2940  11200  4310  930  1980  1000  964  314  93  64 
 
16 437  4520  2480  11900  4690  897  2010  1080  1230  389  164  74 
17 385  4560  2060  12800  4970  862  1770  1040  1310  495  296  78 
18 377  4150  1710  12700  4970  817  1540  1240  1150  373  464  85 
19 503  3410  1480  11900  4460  795  1370  1350  902  445  597  109 
20 538  2830  1320  10600  3840  760  1230  1280  712  601  519  133 
 
21 578  2570  1210  9200  3510  732  1080  1130  e520  362  455  232 
22 639  2420  1130  8010  3160  770  1000  991  e410  275  320  813 
23 653  2200  1070  7020  2710  1370  1020  888  e320  224  205  1000 
24 670  1970  1030  6020  2370  2560  1100  801  e260  191  144  926 
25 643  2210  e1000  5100  2140  3200  1440  690  217  161  113  724 
 
26 612  2650  e980  4470  1960  3830  1540  608  175  137  101  520 
27 e680  2950  e960  3930  1830  3960  1380  565  159  122  94  424 
28 e950  3050  e940  3330  1740  4440  1260  524  148  115  e200  402 
29 1320  2840  e960  2800  ---  5020  1310  476  143  114  e500  420 
30 1620  3180  e1700  2390  ---  5380  1500  421  138  113  620  405 
 
31 1460  ---  2680  2230  ---  5510  ---  391  ---  110  564  --- 

TOTAL 17267 83170 89120 235910 82740 60028 60780 27587 15790 7552 6631 8856
MEAN 557 2772 2875 7610 2955 1936 2026 890 526 244 214 295
MAX 1620 4560 5130 12800 4970 5510 5380 1650 1310 601 620 1000
MIN 276 1160 940 2230 1740 732 1000 391 138 110 68 59
CFSM 0.26 1.28 1.33 3.51 1.36 0.89 0.93 0.41 0.24 0.11 0.10 0.14
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 475 1394 2109 2536 2863 3682 3794 3620 2142 949 506 407
MAX 2700 10110 10030 9489 10600 12290 10510 16410 6972 3393 1307 2821
(WY) 1994 1994 1983 1991 1982 1979 1979 1983 1995 1998 2000 1993
MIN 56.5 44.2 74.3 74.7 377 237 289 298 119 131 72.1 43.8
(WY) 2000 1972 1990 1977 1972 1981 1981 1987 1972 1971 1991 1971

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 616009        695431           
ANNUAL MEAN 1683        1905            2035           
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 3864            1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 741            1972
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 7900            Jun 2 12800                Jan 17 33500            May 2 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 276            Oct 11 59                Sep 13, 14 -2600        A Aug 6 1993
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 299            Oct 6 65                Sep 10 -1340            Aug 1 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 13400        B     Jan 18 33800        C May 2 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 26.34   D     Jan 17 36.88   E May 5 1983
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 55                Sep 13, 15
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.776 0.878     0.938    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4180        4670            5440           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 1100        1000            840           
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 400        119            100           

A - Backwater from the Mississippi River; lowest daily mean unaffected by backwater, 27 ft3/s, Nov. 4-5, 1999.

B - Gage height, 26.30 ft.

C - From graph based on discharge record, gage height 36.12 ft.

D - Discharge, 12,800 ft3/s.

E - Discharge unknown.


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