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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 gages. 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 good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.01 0.00 2.2 14    e2.8 27    53    265    215    1.2   2.9   5.2  
2 0.00 0.00 1.7 8.7 e14    56    38    192    48    1.1   3.1   3.8  
3 0.00 0.00 1.4 7.5 126    61    27    70    24    1.2   2.7   2.7  
4 0.00 0.00 1.3 106    68    1190    20    35    15    1.5   2.2   1.9  
5 0.00 0.00 1.3 323    38    1240    15    20    11    4.6   1.7   1.5  
 
6 0.00 0.00 1.3 57    e21    348    11    12    9.4 190      1.3   1.4  
7 0.00 0.00 1.3 23    e14    78    10    8.2 8.6 60      1.1   1.3  
8 0.00 0.00 1.3 9.9 e11    44    9.2 6.4 7.9 18      0.89 1.1  
9 0.00 0.00 1.5 e6.2 e9.0 30    7.9 5.4 7.6 7.9   0.82 1.0  
10 0.00 0.00 1.5 e5.0 e25    20    7.3 4.9 6.7 19      0.83 0.70
 
11 0.00 0.00 1.5 e4.3 76    15    7.2 4.5 5.6 29      0.72 0.52
12 0.00 0.00 1.4 e4.0 52    12    7.0 3.7 4.8 6.7   0.64 0.46
13 0.00 0.00 1.7 e3.7 28    11    6.8 2.8 4.1 4.7   0.62 0.37
14 0.00 0.00 2.0 e3.4 17    10    6.6 3.8 3.9 4.4   0.54 0.31
15 0.00 0.00 1.9 e3.2 e12    10    6.2 5.1 3.9 2.8   0.49 0.33
 
16 0.00 0.00 1.7 e3.0 e9.0 11    5.7 7.1 4.2 2.1   0.45 0.32
17 0.00 0.00 1.5 32    e7.6 12    5.1 5.0 6.1 1.9   0.43 0.65
18 0.00 61      1.5 444    e6.5 11    4.8 4.4 51    1.6   0.40 1.6  
19 0.00 252      1.4 96    e9.0 9.7 4.2 4.2 8.8 1.4   0.44 1.1  
20 0.00 50      1.3 37    e25    9.0 3.8 4.0 6.3 1.2   0.62 0.82
 
21 0.00 12      1.3 e21    42    15    3.5 3.5 4.9 1.0   0.57 0.71
22 0.00 5.2   1.2 e12    28    11    3.3 3.1 3.7 0.84 0.45 0.72
23 0.00 10      1.6 e9.0 17    8.5 4.1 2.6 3.1 0.78 0.41 0.65
24 0.00 149      54    e8.0 13    8.0 8.6 2.2 2.8 0.66 2.4   0.57
25 0.00 45      16    e7.0 11    7.6 115    73    2.4 1.2   3.9   0.45
 
26 0.00 12      5.9 e7.0 9.2 30    43    841    2.0 0.88 418      0.31
27 0.00 5.5   3.9 e5.9 7.8 597    15    1490    1.8 0.85 333      0.23
28 0.00 4.8   3.3 e5.0 7.3 234    8.6 954    1.6 e1.0   25      0.22
29 0.00 3.7   145    e4.5 7.0 297    6.7 132    1.4 1.5   137      0.18
30 0.00 2.8   122    e3.7 ---    124    5.7 434    1.2 4.3   41      0.14
 
31 0.00 ---      34    e3.2 ---    98    ---    889    ---    5.1   11      ---     

TOTAL 0.01 613.00 418.9 1277.2 713.2 4634.8 469.3 5487.9 476.8 378.41 995.62 31.26
MEAN 0.00 20.4 13.5 41.2 24.6 150 15.6 177 15.9 12.2 32.1 1.04
MAX 0.01 252 145 444 126 1240 115 1490 215 190 418 5.2
MIN 0.00 0.00 1.2 3.0 2.8 7.6 3.3 2.2 1.2 0.66 0.40 0.14
CFSM 0.00 0.23 0.15 0.47 0.28 1.70 0.18 2.01 0.18 0.14 0.36 0.01
IN. 0.00 0.26 0.18 0.54 0.30 1.96 0.20 2.32 0.20 0.16 0.42 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 23.2 95.2 96.6 112 148 148 157 151 54.1 25.4 6.14 15.4
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 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 1.78 4.05 12.4 1.35 0.35 0.15 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1996 1996 2000 1981 1996 1981 1981 1988 1992 1984 1991 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2003 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2004 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL 21373.62   15496.40  
ANNUAL MEAN 58.6     42.3     85.6    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 167        1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.1     1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1460            May 7 1490            May 27 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 22 0.00       Oct 2 0.00   Jul 24 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1870            May 27 21200        Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.96       May 27 17.73   Nov 14 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.665 0.481 0.973
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 9.04   6.55   13.22  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 133        63        130       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.5     4.2     4.5    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.00   0.00   0.00  

A - At times in most years.


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