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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05597500       CRAB ORCHARD CREEK NEAR MARION, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°43'52", long 88°53'21" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

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 NGVD of 1929. 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.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,430 ft3/s, Dec. 17, 2001, on basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow, gage height, 13.63 ft; no flow for many days in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records poor.
DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.14 e9.0 147  e11    1050  e18  32    39  27    2.2   0.25 e0.20
2 0.17 e7.8 51  e10    140  26  24    80  24    2.1   0.25 e0.15
3 0.22 e7.0 26  e9.0 71  64  21    51  21    2.0   0.24 e0.10
4 0.24 e6.4 17  e8.0 52  38  17    26  19    1.9   0.23 e0.06
5 0.35 e9.0 13  e8.3 42  29  13    15  28    1.7   0.23 e0.03
 
6 e0.30 e8.2 20  e9.0 38  28  11    25  66    1.6   0.24 e0.01
7 e0.25 e7.4 31  e12    36  24  11    31  40    1.4   0.25 e0.00
8 e0.20 e7.0 27  e14    31  21  21    1130  22    1.2   0.24 e0.00
9 e0.18 e10    17  e17    27  534  29    530  15    1.1   0.23 e0.00
10 0.16 e8.0 12  e23    23  321  13    160  12    1.0   0.23 e0.00
 
11 5.8   e7.0 10  e22    20  76  8.4 64  10    0.94 0.25 e0.00
12 81      e6.0 61  e20    18  82  32    50  9.2 0.92 0.26 e0.00
13 402      e5.2 154  e18    16  65  252    1910  8.3 0.82 0.33 e0.00
14 1160      e4.7 976  e17    15  50  393    456  6.7 0.74 0.38 e0.00
15 124      e4.3 336  e15    14  48  154    90  5.7 0.74 0.33 e0.00
 
16 59      e4.0 367  e14    13  240  55    52  5.1 0.70 0.29 e0.00
17 34      e3.8 5550  e13    12  96  33    584  4.9 0.64 0.25 e0.10
18 18      e3.6 440  e12    12  59  23    266  4.6 0.62 0.27 e0.50
19 11      e3.4 110  e12    14  260  49    85  4.3 0.71 0.31 e0.40
20 9.1   e5.2 68  e13    120  712  84    47  4.1 0.75 0.37 e2.0  
 
21 7.9   e4.8 53  e14    91  180  217    35  3.9 0.50 e0.30 e1.2  
22 7.1   e4.4 48  e17    48  77  107    24  3.8 0.40 e0.26 e0.90
23 38      e4.0 52  e22    38  58  42    19  3.7 0.36 e0.23 e0.80
24 e250      e25    42  378    33  50  43    16  3.8 0.33 e0.20 e0.80
25 e150      37    34  140    26  164  47    18  20    0.31 e0.30 e1.0  
 
26 e80      25    29  62    e24  1050  28    35  8.8 0.29 e0.24 1.6  
27 e45      221    27  46    e21  159  244    31  4.2 0.30 e0.20 2.7  
28 e30      233    e24  38    e17  74  260    33  3.2 0.30 e0.16 1.1  
29 e18      635    e20  33    ---  59  112    61  2.8 0.32 e0.12 0.45
30 14      777    e16  110    ---  49  46    42  2.5 0.31 e0.08 0.35
 
31 e11      ---    e13  387    ---  40  ---    33  ---    0.26 e0.06 ---     

TOTAL 2557.11 2093.2 8791 1524.3 2062 4751 2421.4 6038 393.6 27.46 7.58 14.45
MEAN 82.49 69.77 283.6 49.17 73.64 153.3 80.71 194.8 13.12 0.886 0.245 0.482
MAX 1160 777 5550 387 1050 1050 393 1910 66 2.2 0.38 2.7
MIN 0.14 3.4 10 8.0 12 18 8.4 15 2.5 0.26 0.06 0.00
CFSM 2.60 2.20 8.95 1.55 2.32 4.83 2.55 6.14 0.41 0.03 0.01 0.02
IN. 3.00 2.46 10.32 1.79 2.42 5.58 2.84 7.09 0.46 0.03 0.01 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.426 22.45 36.92 38.13 45.53 63.83 57.12 45.37 19.10 6.939 4.920 4.115
MAX 82.5 223 284 214 176 180 296 222 165 61.0 50.6 48.0
(WY) 2002 1986 2002 1982 1985 1979 1996 1996 2000 1958 1985 1993
MIN 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.019 0.14 0.000 0.51 0.24 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1981 1964 1954 1981 1965 1953 1959 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2001 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2002 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL 17891.87 30681.10    
ANNUAL MEAN 49.02 84.06     28.98    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 84.1       2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 5550          Dec 17 5550              Dec 17 5550          Dec 17 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.04     Sep 16 0.00 A     Several days 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.14     Sep 27 0.00 A     Sep 7 0.00     Oct 1 1951
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 9430      C     Dec 17 9430      C Dec 17 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.63         Dec 17 13.63     Dec 17 2001
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.55 2.65     0.91    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 21.00 36.00     12.42    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 65      156          48         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.0   15          2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.19 0.24     0.00    

A - Estimated.

B - Many days in most years.

C - On basis of contracted opening measurement of peak flow.


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