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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 to current year. 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 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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.00 0.23 0.00 109      e0.45 e160  14    40    9.3 32      0.51 0.16
2 0.00 0.18 0.00 30      e0.51 268  13    170    8.3 19      0.62 0.24
3 0.00 0.16 0.00 16      e0.65 118  12    56    8.9 12      0.94 30     
4 0.00 0.14 0.00 e8.0   e0.95 65  10    206    8.8 8.3   0.70 5.6  
5 0.00 0.19 0.00 e6.0   1.1   54  10    1350    8.9 6.4   0.54 1.7  
 
6 0.00 0.21 0.00 e4.5   0.85 39  22    1420    7.7 4.5   0.36 0.59
7 0.00 0.16 0.00 e3.5   0.75 26  32    1460    7.0 3.1   0.30 0.32
8 0.00 0.11 0.00 e4.0   e0.64 19  40    528    6.3 2.5   0.24 0.19
9 0.00 0.06 0.00 e2.5   e0.60 16  24    761    5.6 2.2   0.20 0.13
10 0.00 0.16 0.00 e1.8   e0.60 13  16    472    26    2.1   0.16 0.10
 
11 0.00 0.20 0.00 e1.2   e0.55 11  12    644    454    2.0   0.12 0.07
12 0.00 0.17 0.00 e1.0   e0.52 90  11    259    1050    2.1   0.10 0.05
13 0.00 0.15 0.01 e0.80 e0.50 352  10    55    616    2.0   0.09 0.03
14 0.00 0.13 0.02 e0.64 e3.2   227  8.9 34    739    1.8   0.09 0.02
15 0.00 0.14 0.04 e0.55 60      85  8.0 26    122    1.6   0.08 0.01
 
16 0.00 0.12 0.04 e0.45 75      53  7.6 19    45    1.5   0.09 0.00
17 0.00 0.12 0.07 e0.40 51      39  264    16    24    1.4   0.08 0.00
18 0.00 0.10 1.0   e0.33 28      31  165    48    17    122      0.07 0.00
19 0.00 0.09 85      e0.27 114      133  58    28    14    118      0.05 0.00
20 0.00 0.08 44      e0.33 424      186  68    21    12    15      0.03 0.00
 
21 0.00 0.08 6.3   e0.29 528      188  99    18    10    8.0   0.02 0.00
22 0.00 0.06 3.5   e0.25 1030      135  39    15    9.0 5.5   0.00 0.00
23 0.00 0.02 1.3   e0.21 502      54  22    11    8.0 3.5   0.00 0.00
24 0.00 0.01 e0.60 e0.18 173      36  20    8.5 7.0 2.1   0.00 0.00
25 0.00 0.00 e0.40 e0.14 e80      29  247    525    6.4 1.5   0.00 0.00
 
26 0.00 0.00 e0.30 e0.10 e68      89  323    274    28    1.3   0.00 0.00
27 0.00 0.00 e0.22 e0.12 e60      54  93    48    13    1.0   0.00 0.05
28 0.00 0.00 e0.15 e0.16 e66      35  46    24    11    0.89 0.00 0.05
29 0.67 0.00 e0.10 e0.24 ---      26  133    17    8.0 0.74 0.00 0.01
30 1.7   0.00 e10      e0.31 ---      19  62    14    23    0.63 0.01 0.01
 
31 0.38 ---      153      e0.36 ---      16  ---    11    ---    0.53 0.09 ---     

TOTAL 2.75 3.07 306.05 193.63 3270.87 2666 1889.5 8578.5 3313.2 385.19 5.49 39.33
MEAN 0.089 0.10 9.87 6.25 117 86.0 63.0 277 110 12.4 0.18 1.31
MAX 1.7 0.23 153 109 1030 352 323 1460 1050 122 0.94 30
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.45 11 7.6 8.5 5.6 0.53 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.07 1.33 0.98 0.72 3.14 1.25 0.14 0.00 0.01
IN. 0.00 0.00 0.13 0.08 1.38 1.13 0.80 3.63 1.40 0.16 0.00 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 24.1 98.3 100 115 153 148 163 150 55.7 26.0 5.06 16.0
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 30946.38 20653.58
ANNUAL MEAN 84.8   56.6   87.4  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 167      1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.1   1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 4390          May 13 1460          May 7 11200      Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Many days 0.00     Many days 0.00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Aug 5 0.00     Oct 1 0.00 Jul 24 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1930          May 7 21200      Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 12.66     May 7 17.73 Nov 14 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.96 0.64 0.99
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.08 8.73 13.50
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 145      122      132     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.96 1.3   4.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00 0.00 0.00

A - At times in most years.


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