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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05599500       BIG MUDDY RIVER AT MURPHYSBORO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°44'55", long 89°20'45" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

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.
 

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. 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 (SLOPE), 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 90  1580  e4600  2650  e4600  1550  9410  6910  5820  1440  406  191 
2 78  990  4750  1830  e6000  1440  8580  6750  5110  e1280  400  181 
3 68  654  4720  1320  7280  1520  7740  6450  4390  e1150  384  173 
4 63  e525  4520  1040  8340  1710  6840  6070  3740  e1050  370  165 
5 78  e440  4120  916  8750  1950  5770  5520  3190  e990  359  153 
 
6 87  e380  3700  870  8350  1980  4950  4940  2900  e930  346  147 
7 e78  e335  3500  842  7430  1820  4320  4450  2600  e880  329  149 
8 e72  e295  3250  816  6220  1650  3790  e6000  2260  e840  314  148 
9 e67  e265  2870  801  5000  e3000  e3400  8960  2110  e800  293  143 
10 e64  238  2420  806  4200  e4500  e3200  11000  2100  e760  283  137 
 
11 e350  219  1950  803  3480  5750  e3100  12300  2080  e730  270  131 
12 e600  202  1600  803  2800  6620  e3000  13100  2090  e700  258  124 
13 1780  191  1990  791  2200  7230  e3600  14300  2210  e680  258  122 
14 4080  178  2840  773  1720  7330  e4500  15600  2320  e660  262  122 
15 4590  167  3880  749  1410  e7400  e6000  16300  2370  e640  261  120 
 
16 4370  157  e4500  720  1210  7110  7110  17500  2430  e620  234  114 
17 4000  149  e6500  690  1110  6890  7570  18200  2460  599  218  118 
18 3530  146  9520  659  1040  6620  7590  18100  2440  582  231  127 
19 2960  145  13100  637  1030  6640  7080  17800  2250  563  240  141 
20 2280  138  15400  621  1810  7650  6180  17000  2110  549  246  158 
 
21 1650  138  16100  631  2750  8800  5500  16200  2000  537  253  199 
22 1110  137  15400  639  3170  9600  5090  15200  1810  531  254  199 
23 e900  130  14000  651  3240  10400  4930  14000  1460  522  252  176 
24 e3000  141  12600  1820  3000  10700  4790  13000  1200  509  244  158 
25 e4200  181  11000  2670  2660  10500  4700  12000  1050  487  232  148 
 
26 e4350  242  9340  2600  2310  11100  4540  11100  928  478  230  139 
27 4060  500  8040  2520  1960  11500  4660  9990  859  466  226  130 
28 3770  1030  6830  2300  1730  11700  5670  8800  817  449  226  144 
29 3370  2270  5570  2010  ---  11600  6350  7940  1150  433  220  146 
30 2870  e3800  4470  1760  ---  10900  6660  7200  1440  421  210  137 
 
31 2260  ---  3530  2400  ---  10200  ---  6470  ---  412  203  --- 

TOTAL 60825 15963 206610 39138 104800 207360 166620 349150 69694 21688 8512 4440
MEAN 1962 532.1 6665 1263 3743 6689 5554 11260 2323 699.6 274.6 148.0
MAX 4590 3800 16100 2670 8750 11700 9410 18200 5820 1440 406 199
MIN 63 130 1600 621 1030 1440 3000 4450 817 412 203 114
CFSM 0.90 0.25 3.07 0.58 1.73 3.08 2.56 5.19 1.07 0.32 0.13 0.07
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 495.9 1424 2182 2453 2931 3809 3981 3657 2082 977.2 517.7 411.5
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 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 594716          1254800         
ANNUAL MEAN 1629          3438          2071         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 3864          1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 741          1972
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 16100              Dec 21 18200              May 17 33500          May 2 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 63      A     Oct 4 63      A     Oct 4 -2600      B Aug 6 1993
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 73              Oct 4 73              Oct 4 -1340          Aug 1 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 19100      C     May 17 33800      D May 2 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 32.73 E     May 18 36.88     May 5 1983
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW 60      A     Oct 4,5
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.75     1.58     0.95    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4300          9450          5600         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 546          1820          850         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 182          149          100         

A - May have been less during period of estimated discharges in October.

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

C - Gage height, 32.49 ft.

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

E - Discharge, 17,800 ft3/s.


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Surface-Water Data

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