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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05597500       CRAB ORCHARD CREEK NEAR MARION, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 37°43'52", long 88°53'21", in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.16, T.9 S., R.3 E., Williamson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 13, 1.8 mi downstream from Buckley Creek, 2 mi east of Marion, and at mile 32.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 31.7 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1951 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1388: 1952-54. WDR-IL 75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 415.82 ft above sea level. Prior to Aug. 25, 1965, nonrecording gage and crest-stage gage at bridge 800 ft downstream and Aug. 25, 1965, to Oct. 28, 1965, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 .00 e.00 .00 e.26 e.60 15    3.9 4.7 2.3   8.6   9.3   1.1  
2 .00 e.00 .01 e.25 e.70 9.7 3.5 2.8 3.6   6.0   2.0   1.1  
3 .00 e.00 .03 375      e.80 9.1 2.9 2.0 2.1   4.6   48      .83
4 .00 e.00 .08 290      .96 11    2.4 2.2 .97 3.6   44      .75
5 .00 .00 .46 36      .76 7.4 2.9 3.1 .81 2.9   50      .99
 
6 .00 .00 .65 14      .74 5.4 2.8 13    .80 2.6   17      1.1  
7 .00 .00 .35 7.6   .78 4.0 3.6 4.9 .97 2.2   9.2   .89
8 .00 .00 .16 4.5   .84 3.5 55    3.7 1.2   1.5   7.6   .64
9 .38 .00 .52 3.6   .91 3.7 22    4.6 .79 1.6   3.2   .62
10 .55 .00 33      2.9   1.3   3.1 12    29    .73 1.5   5.4   .75
 
11 .28 .00 9.0   2.0   1.4   3.3 7.5 9.8 .65 1.8   12      .94
12 .23 .00 18      1.6   1.3   4.6 5.0 5.0 .67 13      1.6   1.5  
13 .18 .00 12      1.7   6.4   4.0 3.4 3.8 .52 2.6   .50 1.5  
14 .14 .00 24      1.4   18      3.4 2.9 2.6 .68 1.5   .38 1.0  
15 .14 .00 9.6   1.5   9.6   2.9 2.1 2.1 .92 1.2   2.3   .50
 
16 .12 .00 2.6   1.3   4.4   47    2.2 1.8 6.3   1.1   2.7   .38
17 .10 .00 1.4   1.2   3.0   50    5.7 2.1 1860      .81 2.1   .34
18 .08 .00 .86 1.4   299      18    4.5 4.2 2060      .91 .90 .24
19 e.05 .00 .69 1.4   348      38    3.1 31    305      15      2.2   .19
20 e.03 .00 e.55 1.2   46      591    3.0 9.1 39      2.8   2.0   .20
 
21 e.01 .00 e.50 .95 22      134    2.4 4.4 82      1.2   1.4   .27
22 e.00 .00 e.45 1.0   15      35    2.5 4.1 35      .78 1.9   .17
23 e.00 .00 e.42 1.1   12      20    1.9 95    23      .64 1.7   .12
24 e.00 .04 e.40 .99 19      14    5.9 89    19      .50 .83 .40
25 e.00 .07 e.38 .90 17      11    27    30    13      .39 .56 6.8  
 
26 .00 .07 e.36 e.72 91      8.6 11    62    8.1   .28 .48 2.9  
27 .00 .03 e.34 e.70 275      18    17    123    315      .23 .83 .47
28 .00 .00 e.33 e.70 53      14    60    50    119      .26 .80 .11
29 .00 .00 e.31 e.65 23      7.2 19    18    23      1.4   .63 .03
30 e.00 .00 e.29 e.65 ---      5.1 8.4 8.2 13      2.6   .40 .00
 
31 e.00 ---      e.27 e.60 ---      5.0 ---    3.6 ---      1.4   .58 ---     

TOTAL 2.29 0.21 118.01 757.77 1272.49 1106.0 305.5 628.8 4938.11 85.50 232.49 26.83
MEAN .074 .007 3.81 24.4 43.9 35.7 10.2 20.3 165 2.76 7.50 .89
MAX .55 .07 33 375 348 591 60 123 2060 15 50 6.8
MIN .00 .00 .00 .25 .60 2.9 1.9 1.8 .52 .23 .38 .00
CFSM .00 .00 .12 .77 1.38 1.13 .32 .64 5.19 .09 .24 .03
IN. .00 .00 .14 .89 1.49 1.30 .36 .74 5.79 .10 .27 .03

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 2.91 21.7 32.2 38.4 45.0 63.0 56.8 43.0 19.6 7.20 4.93 4.22
MAX 35.1 223 227 214 176 180 296 222 165 61.0 50.6 48.0
(WY) 1985 1986 1983 1982 1985 1979 1996 1996 2000 1958 1985 1993
MIN .000 .000 .000 .019 .14 .000 .51 .24 .000 .000 .000 .000
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1981 1964 1954 1981 1965 1953 1959 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 11630.69 9474.00
ANNUAL MEAN 31.9   25.9   28.1      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 66.6       1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2450          Jan 22 2060          Jun 18 3350          Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Many days .00     Many days .00     A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .00     Aug 20 .00     Oct 1 .00     Oct 1 1951
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2840          Jun 17 9270      B May 11 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 11.71     Jun 17 13.60     May 11 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.01 .82 .89    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.65 11.12 12.06    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 50      29      46         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS .99 1.5   2.1      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS .00 .00 .00    
A - Many days in most years.
B - On basis of contracted opening of peak flow.


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