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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05595730       RAYSE CREEK NEAR WALTONVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°15'14", long 89°02'23" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.24, T.3 S., R.1 E., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, at bridge on County Highway 9, 1.2 mi downstream from Knob Creek, 2.4 mi downstream from Novak Creek, 3.0 mi north of Waltonville, and at mile 6.7.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 88.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: September 1979 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1997-2002. Gage-height record for Feb. 10, 1965 to Sept. 30, 1979 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, October 1980 to September 1994 (8 AM gage heights).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-94-1: 1982-90.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 412.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 21,200 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 17.73 ft; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.02 5.1   79    e3.6 1950    e23  52  26  12      0.37 0.09 0.00
2 0.00 4.9   19    e3.3 414    58  43  23  10      0.35 0.08 0.00
3 0.00 4.5   7.8 e3.1 84    201  44  19  8.5   0.30 0.06 0.00
4 0.00 3.4   4.0 e3.0 51    49  35  16  6.9   0.25 0.01 0.00
5 0.05 2.7   2.2 e3.3 32    31  27  15  5.5   0.22 0.00 0.00
 
6 0.09 2.5   85    e3.7 27    29  24  128  4.5   0.19 0.00 0.00
7 0.08 3.0   69    e4.2 25    27  22  373  4.0   0.15 0.00 0.00
8 0.07 3.1   23    e5.0 21    23  264  1550  3.4   0.10 0.00 0.00
9 0.06 3.3   9.2 e6.0 18    1820  168  1340  2.9   0.10 0.00 0.00
10 0.09 3.3   3.8 e7.5 16    1490  60  328  2.6   0.08 0.00 0.00
 
11 1.1   2.9   2.0 9.7 15    150  39  62  3.2   0.06 0.00 0.00
12 6.3   2.4   54    8.6 14    194  408  130  5.7   0.38 0.00 0.00
13 481      2.2   274    8.3 13    105  324  4390  9.3   0.91 0.01 0.00
14 614      1.8   495    8.3 12    64  1280  2420  8.3   0.18 0.02 0.00
15 51      1.5   227    7.9 11    66  201  176  7.1   0.17 0.00 0.00
 
16 106      1.2   613    7.3 11    343  74  50  5.9   0.16 0.00 0.00
17 44      1.0   1840    6.8 10    128  45  659  3.8   0.15 0.00 0.00
18 20      0.82 903    6.2 9.8 105  33  151  2.5   0.15 0.00 0.00
19 9.1   0.66 132    6.7 40    612  38  58  1.8   0.18 0.03 0.00
20 8.0   0.56 57    7.2 559    1480  43  33  1.3   0.12 0.04 0.00
 
21 6.3   0.63 36    7.6 152    355  85  23  1.1   0.11 0.02 0.00
22 4.8   0.64 29    8.1 55    82  142  18  0.96 0.44 0.00 0.00
23 3.9   0.54 e21    9.0 34    56  47  16  0.80 0.52 0.00 0.00
24 e100      0.59 e16    44    26    47  30  14  0.68 0.45 0.00 0.00
25 e180      0.81 e12    37    22    617  54  13  0.60 0.35 0.00 0.00
 
26 e45      1.2   e9.0 19    37    521  30  12  0.51 0.30 0.00 0.00
27 16      1.4   e7.5 15    e27    164  127  12  0.52 0.24 0.00 0.00
28 10      1.6   e6.4 13    e20    84  216  98  3.1   0.19 0.00 0.00
29 7.6   24      e5.5 12    ---    268  65  67  0.52 0.16 0.00 0.00
30 6.2   386      e4.7 18    ---    191  34  22  0.40 0.13 0.00 0.00
 
31 5.6   ---      e4.2 728    ---    79  ---  14  ---      0.10 0.00 ---     

TOTAL 1726.36 468.25 5050.3 1030.4 3705.8 9462 4054 12256 118.39 7.56 0.36 0.00
MEAN 55.69 15.61 162.9 33.24 132.3 305.2 135.1 395.4 3.946 0.244 0.012 0.000
MAX 614 386 1840 728 1950 1820 1280 4390 12 0.91 0.09 0.00
MIN 0.00 0.54 2.0 3.0 9.8 23 22 12 0.40 0.06 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.63 0.18 1.85 0.38 1.50 3.47 1.54 4.49 0.04 0.00 0.00 0.00
IN. 0.73 0.20 2.13 0.44 1.57 4.00 1.71 5.18 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 25.18 102.6 104.0 119.8 154.9 150.7 167.2 144.3 53.33 26.55 5.269 16.63
MAX 140 670 748 417 466 468 721 942 286 123 47.7 161
(WY) 1985 1986 1983 1999 1985 1984 1996 1995 2000 1982 1981 1993
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.028 1.78 4.05 12.4 1.35 0.35 0.15 0.000 0.000
(WY) 1996 1996 2000 1981 1996 1981 1981 1988 1992 1984 1991 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 20490.32 37879.42
ANNUAL MEAN 56.14 103.8   88.76
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 167      1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.1   1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1840          Dec 17 4390          May 13 11200      Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Oct 2-4 0.00     Many days 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.02     Sep 29 0.00     Aug 5 0.00 Jul 24 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 6150          May 13 21200      Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.86     May 13 17.73 Nov 14 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.64 1.18 1.01
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 8.66 16.01 13.70
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 82      197      133     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 6.3   7.2   4.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.19 0.00 0.00

A - At times in most years.


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