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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05595800       SEVENMILE CREEK NEAR MT. VERNON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°19'10", long 88°50'50" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SW1/4 sec.26, T.2 S., R.3 E., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 15,250 ft upstream from Southern Railway bridge, 3 mi east of Mt. Vernon, and at mile 3.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 21.1 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1960 to October 1982.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 436.76 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,530 ft3/s May 8, 1961, gage height, 17.05 ft, from rating curve extended above 1,800 ft3/s; no flow for many days each year.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data