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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05595730       RAYSE CREEK NEAR WALTONVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°15'14", long 89°02'26" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.24, T.3 S., R.1 E., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, at bridge on County Highway 9, 1.2 mi downstream from Knob Creek, 2.4 mi downstream from Novak Creek, 3.0 mi north of Waltonville, and at mile 6.7.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 88.0 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: September 1979 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1997 to current year. Gage-height record for Feb. 10, 1965 to Sept. 30, 1979 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, October 1980 to September 1994 (8 AM gage heights).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
 

DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Water years 2001-2003.
PH: Water years 2001-2003.
 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 2001-2003.
 

TURBIDITY: Water years 2001-2003.
 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 2001-2003.
 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-94-1: 1982-90.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gages. Datum of gage is 412.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (411.64 ft NAVD 1988).
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 21,200 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 17.73 ft; no flow at times in most years.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.14 160    796    45  38  21    33  44      0.66 0.11 0.06 0.61
2 0.11 988    165    37  34  16    25  24      0.90 0.10 0.02 0.29
3 0.06 409    73    285  56  14    19  16      0.83 0.09 0.00 0.11
4 0.03 109    51    592  60  14    15  14      0.66 0.42 0.00 0.05
5 0.00 70    41    2090  43  14    14  13      0.63 0.64 0.00 0.02
 
6 0.00 31    86    3370  35  13    13  11      0.88 0.17 0.00 0.00
7 0.00 18    413    702  244  12    14  10      0.94 0.12 0.00 0.00
8 0.00 9.9 209    150  282  13    15  9.5   0.97 0.11 0.00 0.00
9 0.00 5.5 70    135  136  11    13  7.8   0.82 0.14 0.00 0.00
10 0.00 4.5 53    95  140  10    12  6.2   0.96 0.17 0.00 0.00
 
11 0.00 874    44    70  62  9.9 10  5.7   1.4   0.52 0.03 0.00
12 0.20 1400    42    68  47  10    45  5.2   1.6   1.2   0.01 0.00
13 0.15 334    33    1930  670  9.7 206  4.6   0.45 0.69 0.02 0.00
14 0.18 61    23    2900  896  9.1 67  5.0   0.32 0.76 1.4   0.00
15 0.26 38    16    208  159  8.4 33  4.9   0.23 1.5   16      0.92
 
16 0.22 30    e13    71  78  7.9 20  5.1   0.24 2.4   153      40     
17 0.19 25    e11    51  48  7.8 15  4.7   0.39 8.8   32      16     
18 10      23    e10    32  37  7.7 13  4.0   0.50 7.8   10      5.3  
19 36      170    e9.4 e26  31  7.8 12  3.1   0.34 4.4   5.1   2.7  
20 10      115    e9.0 e23  31  7.6 11  2.5   0.22 2.2   2.6   815     
 
21 4.6   57    e8.7 e21  35  7.2 10  2.5   0.21 1.9   1.2   759     
22 2.9   41    e8.4 e19  29  19    158  2.5   0.15 2.2   0.44 59     
23 2.8   42    e8.0 e18  23  800    192  2.1   0.13 1.7   0.12 15     
24 19      160    e7.8 e17  23  187    88  1.9   0.14 1.3   0.05 78     
25 15      275    e7.5 e16  25  105    40  1.6   0.18 0.89 0.04 35     
 
26 182      70    e7.2 e15  23  103    60  1.4   0.11 0.74 7.2   102     
27 926      47    e7.0 e14  19  146    89  1.3   0.08 1.1   46      34     
28 181      71    e7.0 e14  21  138    41  1.2   0.08 0.54 21      20     
29 40      69    37    e14  ---  61    64  0.97 0.10 0.32 6.6   249     
30 20      471    95    e32  ---  40    84  0.87 0.11 0.21 4.3   55     
 
31 11      ---    68    50  ---  32    ---  0.63 ---      0.10 1.5   ---     

TOTAL 1461.84 6177.9 2429.0 13110 3325 1862.1 1431 217.27 15.23 43.34 308.69 2287.00
MEAN 47.2 206 78.4 423 119 60.1 47.7 7.01 0.51 1.40 9.96 76.2
MAX 926 1400 796 3370 896 800 206 44 1.6 8.8 153 815
MIN 0.00 4.5 7.0 14 19 7.2 10 0.63 0.08 0.09 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.54 2.34 0.89 4.81 1.35 0.68 0.54 0.08 0.01 0.02 0.11 0.87
IN. 0.62 2.61 1.03 5.54 1.41 0.79 0.60 0.09 0.01 0.02 0.13 0.97
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 24.1 99.5 95.9 124 147 145 153 145 52.1 24.5 6.29 17.7
MAX 140 670 748 423 466 468 721 942 286 123 47.7 161
(WY) 1985 1986 1983 2005 1985 1984 1996 1995 2000 1982 1981 1993
MIN 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 1.78 4.05 12.4 1.35 0.35 0.15 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1996 1996 2000 1981 1996 1981 1981 1988 1992 1984 1991 1983

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 24533.23   32668.37
ANNUAL MEAN 67.0     89.5   85.8    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 167        1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 23.1     1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 1490            May 27 3370          Jan 6 11200        Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00       Several days 0.00     Many days 0.00   A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00       Oct 5 0.00     Oct 5 0.00   Jul 24 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 5780          Jan 14 21200        Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.74     Jan 14 17.73   Nov 14 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 0.762 1.02 0.975
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 10.37   13.81 13.24  
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 144        159      132       
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 7.9     11      4.6    
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.53   0.08 0.00  

A - At times in most years.


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