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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 to current year.

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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.29 e1.4   0.78 657      e1.0 101  11    27  27    3.6   2.4   0.53
2 0.21 e1.0   e0.64 191      e1.7 70  8.9 34  25    3.6   69      0.58
3 0.20 e0.70 e0.58 96      e2.5 46  7.3 26  130    3.7   92      3.3  
4 0.30 e0.55 e0.58 42      10    48  6.6 58  57    3.6   11      1.7  
5 0.43 e0.45 e0.60 28      4.2 31  5.8 454  32    3.4   2.0   0.63
 
6 0.38 0.66 e0.63 19      2.0 23  5.9 167  23    2.3   1.3   0.40
7 0.37 0.38 e0.66 11      e1.6 19  21    176  21    1.8   1.4   0.32
8 0.29 0.24 e0.72 9.9   e1.3 17  16    103  19    1.5   1.6   0.29
9 0.24 0.33 e0.80 9.4   e1.1 15  8.8 66  16    1.3   1.6   0.32
10 0.31 111      e1.0   5.9   e1.4 12  6.4 45  30    1.1   1.6   0.36
 
11 0.39 e50      e1.2   e3.0   e2.0 12  4.9 64  383    0.96 1.6   0.32
12 0.33 e12      1.5   e2.0   e4.3 13  4.3 41  1070    0.94 1.4   0.28
13 0.28 e7.0   1.6   e1.6   e2.3 18  3.7 26  160    1.1   1.3   0.25
14 0.29 e4.5   3.6   e1.3   e40    20  3.3 22  165    1.2   1.3   0.28
15 0.27 e3.0   3.8   e1.1   137    17  2.9 79  68    1.1   1.2   0.25
 
16 0.23 e2.2   1.3   e1.0   79    16  2.9 39  46    0.92 1.1   0.26
17 0.16 e1.8   1.0   e0.87 39    17  60    32  27    0.83 0.87 0.23
18 0.14 e1.6   20      e0.80 31    21  23    34  40    0.95 0.72 0.19
19 0.17 e1.3   427      e0.72 338    99  9.0 30  29    1.2   0.62 0.16
20 0.27 e1.2   241      e0.65 505    114  7.4 45  14    1.3   0.53 0.15
 
21 0.33 1.1   38      e0.60 236    143  8.0 43  7.8 1.4   0.47 0.15
22 0.32 0.99 14      e0.53 411    76  5.4 28  5.7 1.2   0.41 0.26
23 0.31 0.84 6.0   e0.47 404    27  4.8 21  8.9 1.0   0.35 0.26
24 0.32 0.85 58      e0.42 173    19  7.3 17  7.5 0.90 0.31 0.22
25 0.67 0.81 86      e0.38 e100    21  93    86  5.7 0.94 0.31 0.19
 
26 0.82 0.80 40      e0.35 e56    68  122    86  3.4 0.98 0.30 0.19
27 0.57 0.83 e15      e0.33 e48    38  49    41  4.0 0.96 0.31 0.26
28 0.47 0.89 e12      e0.38 e57    20  25    31  4.1 0.92 0.35 0.22
29 14      0.88 e50      e0.46 ---    30  29    43  3.8 0.92 0.81 0.18
30 e5.0   0.83 e250      e0.60 ---    21  39    34  3.7 0.99 22      0.17
 
31 e2.5   ---      739      e0.80 ---    13  ---    29  ---    1.1   6.7   ---     

TOTAL 30.86 210.13 2016.99 1087.56 2689.4 1205 601.6 2027 2436.6 47.71 226.86 12.90
MEAN 1.00 7.00 65.1 35.1 96.0 38.9 20.1 65.4 81.2 1.54 7.32 0.43
MAX 14 111 739 657 505 143 122 454 1070 3.7 92 3.3
MIN 0.14 0.24 0.58 0.33 1.0 12 2.9 17 3.4 0.83 0.30 0.15
CFSM 0.03 0.22 2.05 1.11 3.03 1.23 0.63 2.06 2.56 0.05 0.23 0.01
IN. 0.04 0.25 2.37 1.28 3.16 1.41 0.71 2.38 2.86 0.06 0.27 0.02
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.36 22.2 37.5 38.1 46.5 63.3 56.4 45.8 20.3 6.84 4.97 4.04
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 2002 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2003 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL 19497.77     12592.61
ANNUAL MEAN 53.4       34.5   29.1      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 84.1       2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.39     1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1910              May 13 1070          Jun 12 5550          Dec 17 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00 A     Several days 0.14     Oct 18 0.00     B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00 A     Sep 7 0.20     Sep 15 0.00     Oct 1 1951
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 1540          Jun 12 9430      C Dec 17 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 10.85     Jun 12 13.63     Dec 17 2001
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.69     1.09 0.92    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 22.88     14.78 12.47    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 100          79      48         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.0       3.0   2.2      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.24     0.31 0.00    

A - Estimated.

B - Many days in most years.

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


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