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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05595820       CASEY FORK AT MT. VERNON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°17'11", long 88°52'17" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.9, T.3 S., R.3 E., Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on left bank on upstream side of bridge on State Highway 142, 0.2 mi downstream from Sevenmile Creek, about 2 mi southeast of Mt. Vernon, and at mile 18.8.
 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 76.9 mi2.
 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1985 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1995 to current year. October 1985 to September 1994 (8 AM gage heights). Gage-height record for April 1965 to May 1971 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 420.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (419.64 ft NAVD 1988).
 

REMARKS.-- Sewage-treatment plant upstream at Mt. Vernon.
 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 16,100 ft3/s, May 17, 1990, gage height 17.03 ft; minimum daily discharge, 0.15 ft3/s, Sept 29, 1989.
 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Apr. 4, 1968, reached a stage of 14.60 ft, from records of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream at Mt. Vernon averaged about 5.0 ft3/s.
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 4.3 260  826  63  61  28    39  52    3.7 e3.8 3.5 4.6
2 4.1 1380  197  56  66  23    37  33    e3.7 e3.3 3.4 4.0
3 4.1 278  105  661  115  21    29  26    e3.5 e3.1 3.4 3.7
4 4.2 181  73  806  96  23    25  21    e3.5 e4.1 3.4 3.6
5 4.2 94  58  2380  72  22    22  18    e3.4 e5.0 3.5 3.7
 
6 4.3 62  116  3020  63  20    22  15    e3.3 3.8 3.4 3.8
7 4.2 48  661  491  504  21    31  13    3.5 3.5 5.6 3.7
8 4.5 35  203  278  305  21    36  12    3.4 3.5 5.8 3.7
9 4.5 28  108  179  183  16    25  10    3.2 3.5 3.7 3.6
10 4.5 25  e100  123  152  15    20  10    3.5 3.4 3.9 3.5
 
11 5.1 1250  e80  100  86  15    19  9.1 e4.5 6.4 5.3 3.4
12 23    1980  e70  99  74  15    96  8.2 e5.0 18    3.9 3.5
13 6.3 203  e61  1780  904  14    222  7.8 e4.2 5.2 6.1 3.6
14 12    101  e56  1690  849  12    67  18    e4.0 4.3 33    4.4
15 11    72  e52  182  200  11    40  13    e4.2 4.2 26    8.5
 
16 e7.0 67  e50  104  113  11    28  8.4 e3.5 4.0 38    4.7
17 e5.5 62  e46  62  75  11    22  6.8 e3.6 3.7 8.9 3.6
18 269    70  e42  46  56  12    19  6.0 e4.1 3.8 5.6 3.5
19 130    355  e38  e44  46  11    16  5.8 e3.6 4.6 4.9 4.9
20 31    152  e36  e40  53  10    14  5.5 e4.2 3.9 4.2 651   
 
21 18    82  e34  e40  55  9.9 16  5.4 e3.8 3.7 3.9 31   
22 15    68  e32  e34  42  59    765  5.0 e3.5 3.8 3.8 8.5
23 61    67  e29  e30  35  753    407  4.7 e3.2 3.7 3.6 5.0
24 95    358  e26  e29  38  178    109  4.5 e3.5 3.7 3.7 4.0
25 40    309  e26  e30  38  128    61  4.2 e3.0 3.7 3.7 11   
 
26 471    103  e28  e28  32  107    102  4.1 e3.3 3.8 42    14   
27 2030    90  e28  e25  28  224    88  4.1 e3.5 7.9 51    6.9
28 261    128  e30  e23  31  215    50  4.4 e3.3 4.2 8.9 19   
29 82    99  86  e30  ---  86    80  4.0 e3.3 3.8 5.1 81   
30 57    597  177  74  ---  61    104  3.8 e3.5 3.5 6.8 17   
 
31 38    ---  100  79  ---  49    ---  3.8 ---    3.4 6.0 ---   

TOTAL 3710.8 8604 3574 12626 4372 2201.9 2611 346.6 109.5 140.3 314.0 926.4
MEAN 120 287 115 407 156 71.0 87.0 11.2 3.65 4.53 10.1 30.9
MAX 2030 1980 826 3020 904 753 765 52 5.0 18 51 651
MIN 4.1 25 26 23 28 9.9 14 3.8 3.0 3.1 3.4 3.4
CFSM 1.56 3.73 1.50 5.30 2.03 0.92 1.13 0.15 0.05 0.06 0.13 0.40
IN. 1.80 4.16 1.73 6.11 2.11 1.07 1.26 0.17 0.05 0.07 0.15 0.45
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 15.6 89.6 61.1 117 129 137 159 143 51.0 22.1 14.0 15.8
MAX 120 542 233 407 383 456 540 809 279 101 129 155
(WY) 2005 1994 1991 2005 1986 1989 1996 1995 2000 1993 2004 1993
MIN 2.86 3.16 4.51 4.75 10.4 24.1 21.6 4.46 2.98 2.71 1.65 2.06
(WY) 1996 2000 1990 2000 1996 2001 2004 1988 1991 1991 1990 1995

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1986 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 34227.3   39536.5      
ANNUAL MEAN 93.5   108          79.2  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 123      1994
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 21.3   1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2030          Oct 27 3020              Jan 6 9940      May 18 1995
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 3.0       Aug 16 3.0   A     Jun 25 0.15 Sep 29 1989
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 3.1       Aug 11 3.3   B     Jun 23 0.38 Dec 11 1989
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 3720              Jan 6 16100      May 17 1990
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 13.52         Jan 6 17.03 May 17 1990
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.22 1.41     1.03
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 16.56 19.13     13.99
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 186      201          116     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 17      21          11     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 4.5   3.6       3.0  

A - Estimated, but may have been less during period of estimated discharges in June.

B - Estimated.


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