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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05599000       BEAUCOUP CREEK NEAR MATTHEWS, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°58'03", long 89°21'08" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.29, T.6 S., R.2 W., Perry County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 13, 1.2 mi east of Matthews, 3.5 mi upstream from Galum Creek, 7 mi southwest of Du Quoin, and at mile 33.4.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 292 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1945 to October 1982.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 368.15 ft above NGVD of 1929 (367.79 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to July 25, 1946, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 18,800 ft3/s May 9, 1961, gage height, 23.41 ft; no flow at times each year 1953-59, 1961-63, 1966.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data