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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 (415.52 ft NAVD 1988). 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 2004 TO SEPTEMBER 2005
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 0.00 27    199    59    12    23    48    e10      e0.50 0.13 0.05 0.14
2 0.00 143    56    40    11    10    29    e8.0   e1.0   0.12 0.00 0.04
3 0.00 49    29    98    18    7.6 19    e6.1   e1.5   0.08 0.00 0.00
4 0.00 44    21    116    14    6.3 14    e5.1   e1.2   2.6   0.00 0.00
5 0.00 28    19    392    12    5.9 9.8 e4.2   e1.0   5.4   2.3   0.00
 
6 0.00 e17    80    922    11    4.8 7.9 e3.5   e0.84 1.1   3.6   0.00
7 0.00 e10    218    163    80    5.8 13    e2.9   e0.70 0.40 0.33 0.00
8 0.00 e7.5 115    83    90    5.3 15    e2.6   e0.60 0.23 0.29 0.00
9 0.00 e6.0 38    51    38    3.6 9.3 e2.4   e0.76 0.20 0.34 0.00
10 0.00 e5.0 25    34    27    3.6 6.4 e2.2   e1.1   0.18 0.35 0.02
 
11 0.02 e68    19    29    18    3.8 5.1 e2.1   e1.7   0.54 0.31 0.05
12 12      105    15    27    16    4.4 15    e2.0   6.4   3.6   0.23 0.00
13 1.3   31    13    509    125    3.5 64    e2.4   4.6   1.4   0.17 0.00
14 0.97 17    9.3 365    196    2.6 22    91      1.4   0.88 0.13 0.00
15 1.8   e13    7.9 52    67    2.7 10    e54      0.89 1.6   0.15 0.00
 
16 1.3   e11    e6.6 29    28    6.5 5.7 e31      0.80 2.6   0.26 0.00
17 0.80 e10    e6.4 20    17    6.5 4.4 e17      0.79 0.82 0.25 0.00
18 1.2   e9.0 e6.0 15    12    3.4 3.8 e10      0.70 0.57 0.21 0.00
19 8.7   60    e5.5 e12    9.0 2.9 3.8 e6.4   0.59 8.5   0.16 0.00
20 1.4   33    e5.2 e11    10    4.4 3.9 4.5   0.50 0.83 0.13 0.52
 
21 0.71 19    e5.0 e10    10    5.8 3.9 3.4   0.37 0.28 0.10 0.50
22 0.65 15    e8.0 e9.5 7.2 20    6.7 2.7   0.31 0.15 0.06 0.37
23 3.7   17    e13    e8.8 6.1 43    7.6 e2.1   0.22 0.12 0.03 0.39
24 3.3   53    e10    e8.4 11    17    6.3 e1.7   0.14 0.11 0.00 0.39
25 1.1   55    e9.0 e7.9 10    10    6.7 e1.4   0.10 0.10 0.00 0.81
 
26 6.8   22    e8.0 e7.4 7.6 8.3 12    e1.2   0.07 0.10 0.19 4.0  
27 36      24    e7.4 e7.0 6.0 26    9.4 e1.0   0.07 0.14 0.48 1.3  
28 2.9   43    e6.8 e6.8 24    1600    17    e0.86 0.08 0.16 0.14 0.77
29 1.3   38    e50    11    ---    251    29    e0.74 0.11 0.14 0.34 0.61
30 6.3   199    223    17    ---    54    19    e0.64 0.12 0.13 0.52 0.54
 
31 14      ---    154    14    ---    195    ---    e0.54 ---      0.10 0.39 ---     

TOTAL 106.25 1178.5 1388.1 3134.8 892.9 2346.7 426.7 283.68 29.16 33.31 11.51 10.45
MEAN 3.43 39.3 44.8 101 31.9 75.7 14.2 9.15 0.97 1.07 0.37 0.35
MAX 36 199 223 922 196 1600 64 91 6.4 8.5 3.6 4.0
MIN 0.00 5.0 5.0 6.8 6.0 2.6 3.8 0.54 0.07 0.08 0.00 0.00
CFSM 0.11 1.24 1.41 3.19 1.01 2.39 0.45 0.29 0.03 0.03 0.01 0.01
IN. 0.12 1.38 1.63 3.68 1.05 2.75 0.50 0.33 0.03 0.04 0.01 0.01
e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2005, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 4.27 22.4 37.1 39.6 45.8 63.9 55.3 45.7 19.7 6.62 4.83 3.90
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 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.02 0.14 0.00 0.51 0.24 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
(WY) 1953 1954 1954 1981 1964 1954 1981 1965 1953 1959 1953 1952

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 2004 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2005 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1952 - 2005
ANNUAL TOTAL 11737.30 9842.06  
ANNUAL MEAN 32.1   27.0     29.0        
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 84.1         2002
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 2.39       1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 440          Mar 4 1600            Mar 28 5550            Dec 17 2001
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 0.00     Many days 0.00       Many days 0.00       A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 0.00     Sep 11 0.00       Oct 1 0.00       Oct 1 1951
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW 2950            Mar 28 9430        B Dec 17 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE 11.76       Mar 28 13.63       Dec 17 2001
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.01 0.851 0.915    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 13.77 11.55   12.44      
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 106      51        49           
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 8.2   5.0     2.2        
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 0.03 0.06   0.00      

A - Many days in most years.

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


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