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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05595700       BIG MUDDY RIVER NEAR MT. VERNON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°18'36", long 88°59'18" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.33, T.2 S., R.2 E., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 15, 0.5 mi downstream from Harper Creek, 4.7 mi west of Mt. Vernon, 8.9 mi downstream from Snow Creek, and at mile 133.2.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 71.9 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
 

STAGE: October 1979 to current year. Gage-height record for February 1965 to September 1979 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-90.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, phone telemeter, rain gage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 425.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

STAGE: Maximum gage height, 12.04 ft, Nov.14, 1993; minimum, 0.05 ft, on Oct. 1-3, 1983.
 

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Maximum gage height, 10.48 ft, May 13; minimum, 0.85 ft, Aug. 15, 16.
GAGE HEIGHT, in FEET, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 2.07 2.24 4.10 2.18 9.53 2.38 2.48 2.11 1.57 2.02 1.33 1.06
2 2.05 2.23 2.88 2.15 5.96 2.70 2.33 2.01 1.59 1.99 1.32 1.05
3 2.03 2.28 2.62 2.14 3.30 5.16 2.41 1.90 1.66 1.96 1.30 1.04
4 2.02 2.27 2.50 2.14 2.77 3.06 2.28 1.75 1.66 1.92 1.29 1.03
5 2.02 2.27 2.47 2.14 2.48 2.50 2.13 1.68 1.61 1.89 1.26 1.01
 
6 2.02 2.23 3.03 2.17 2.35 2.41 2.07 2.96 1.59 1.86 1.21 1.00
7 1.99 2.23 3.62 2.20 2.33 2.35 2.02 8.47 1.56 1.83 1.14 0.99
8 1.98 2.30 2.89 2.20 2.28 2.26 3.97 9.25 1.56 1.77 1.07 0.98
9 1.96 2.35 2.61 2.22 2.21 7.92 4.53 9.35 1.75 1.73 1.01 0.97
10 1.96 2.40 2.47 2.25 2.18 8.46 2.78 6.33 1.95 1.71 0.97 0.96
 
11 2.25 2.44 2.39 2.27 2.16 3.87 2.34 2.82 2.03 1.69 0.95 0.95
12 2.45 2.45 2.60 2.26 2.11 3.74 4.16 2.58 2.09 2.17 0.92 0.93
13 3.86 2.45 5.76 2.24 2.09 3.24 5.82 10.08 2.13 1.78 0.90 0.91
14 8.64 2.45 6.53 2.24 2.05 2.77 7.55 9.23 2.27 1.67 0.89 0.90
15 3.97 2.47 6.31 2.23 2.09 2.58 4.25 4.08 2.24 1.68 0.87 0.90
 
16 3.71 2.47 6.17 2.23 2.14 5.38 2.62 2.52 2.19 1.70 0.85 0.89
17 2.95 2.49 9.45 2.24 2.18 3.87 2.27 5.24 2.14 1.73 0.87 0.92
18 2.24 2.51 8.18 2.25 2.22 3.37 2.08 3.67 2.10 2.02 0.88 0.97
19 2.04 2.53 4.05 2.26 2.47 5.01 1.96 2.52 2.06 2.12 0.93 0.98
20 2.09 2.55 3.02 2.31 7.96 9.03 2.05 2.11 2.02 1.84 0.99 1.04
 
21 2.24 2.56 2.70 2.36 4.99 5.71 2.41 1.92 1.98 1.72 1.01 1.11
22 2.25 2.57 2.60 2.38 3.06 3.18 7.11 1.80 1.93 1.60 1.02 1.13
23 2.26 2.58 2.57 2.48 2.57 2.67 3.48 1.71 1.87 1.56 1.04 1.14
24 2.68 2.62 2.52 2.79 2.37 2.52 2.43 1.63 1.81 1.51 1.08 1.13
25 4.15 2.65 2.43 2.78 2.28 6.40 2.31 1.58 1.85 1.36 1.09 1.12
 
26 2.98 2.74 2.36 2.49 2.57 7.07 2.04 1.58 1.92 1.34 1.09 1.12
27 2.40 2.71 2.32 2.45 2.51 4.33 3.16 1.55 1.90 1.38 1.09 1.11
28 2.23 2.69 2.32 2.42 2.31 3.15 6.37 1.65 2.08 1.40 1.09 1.10
29 2.16 2.83 2.33 2.46 --- 3.37 3.60 1.59 2.09 1.39 1.08 1.09
30 2.21 5.19 2.27 2.52 --- 3.46 2.38 1.62 2.05 1.35 1.09 1.08
 
31 2.24 --- 2.22 5.91 --- 2.79 --- 1.62 --- 1.33 --- ---

MEAN 2.65 2.56 3.56 2.43 3.05 4.09 3.25 3.51 1.91 1.71 --- 1.02
MAX 8.64 5.19 9.45 5.91 9.53 9.03 7.55 10.08 2.27 2.17 --- 1.14
MIN 1.96 2.23 2.22 2.14 2.05 2.26 1.96 1.55 1.56 1.33 --- 0.89


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