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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05597500                   CRAB ORCHARD CREEK NEAR MARION, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 37°43'52", long 88°53'21", 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.--October 1951 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1388: 1952-54. WDR-IL 75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 415.82 ft above sea level. 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.

REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage-height telemeter at station.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1e.23e.241.2  e5.2434   20   11   17   1.5  1.0  .10.00
2e.20e.25.98e90   119   14   11   13   95     1.2  .08.00
3e.16e.25.85e130   50   11   248   10   21     .96.06.00
4e.12e.27.70e40   29   9.11060   9.36.8  .73.04.00
5e.20e.281.0  e20   20   8.6164   77   4.0  .59.02.00
 
6e3.0  e.301.4  e15   17   69   954   167   2.7  .48.00.00
721     e.35e12     e20   161   40   113   65   2.1  .41.00.00
85.3  e.45e7.0  e17   83   26   47   26   1.6  .45.38.00
91.9  e.60e5.0  e14   31   196   167   16   1.3  .54.39.00
10e1.1  e.90e4.0  e12   21   85   71   12   .991.2  .21.00
 
11e.75e1.5  e3.5  e10   22   33   36   9.5.831.1  .11.00
12e.55e2.5  e3.1  e16   77   20   23   7.7.73.95.08.00
13e.45e1.9  e2.8  87   35   15   18   9.01.4  .77.06.00
14e.35e1.4  e2.6  76   19   17   22   8.415     .62.01.00
15e.30e1.1  e2.4  28   16   26   133   7.34.5  .60.00.00
 
16e.27e.95e2.3  21   14   148   74   6.41.4  .52.00.00
17e.25e.85e2.1  57   14   352   34   6.7.86.71.00.00
18e.35e.80e2.0  190   13   75   22   14   .652.4  .00.00
19e.60e.85e1.9  55   11   31   18   9.0.581.2  .01.00
20e1.0  e3.5  e1.8  25   10   20   16   5.8.78.60.00.00
 
21e.85e3.0  e80     29   8.817   14   4.5.76.42.00.00
22e.70e2.5  193     2450   8.114   13   3.6.60.37.00.00
23e.60e1.9  32     542   8.521   12   3.2.55.34.00.00
24e.50e1.6  18     96   12   34   10   2.91.1  .27.00.00
25e.451.4  e12     45   12   21   9.82.62.6  .25.00.00
 
26e.401.7  e9.5  29   10   14   31   2.11.3  .27.00.00
27e.351.4  e8.0  24   12   12   50   1.91.1  .24.00.00
28e.301.1  e7.0  19   29   11   42   1.6.91.21.00.00
29e.281.2  e6.4  15   ---   10   38   1.4.78.19.00.00
30e.261.2  e5.8  14   ---   9.129   1.3.74.16.00.00
 
31e.24---     e5.4  426   ---   8.8---   1.4---     .12.00---     

TOTAL43.0136.24435.734617.21296.41387.63490.8522.6174.1619.871.550.00
MEAN1.391.2114.114946.344.811616.95.81.64.050.000
MAX213.519324504343521060167952.4.39.00
MIN.12.24.705.28.18.69.81.3.55.12.00.00
CFSM.04.04.444.701.461.413.67.53.18.02.00.00
IN..05.04.515.421.521.634.10.61.20.02.00.00

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1952 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN2.9722.232.838.745.063.557.843.416.67.294.884.29
MAX35.122322721417618029622287.661.050.648.0
(WY)198519861983198219851979199619961981195819851993
MIN.000.000.000.019.14.000.51.24.000.000.000.000
(WY)195319541954198119641954198119651953195919531952

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1998 CALENDAR YEARFOR 1999 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1952 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL10646.9212025.16
ANNUAL MEAN29.2  32.9  28.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN66.6      1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN2.39    1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1450         Apr 162450         Jan 223350         Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.00    A.00    Many days.00    B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.00    Aug 29.00    Aug 20.00    Oct 1 1951
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW3940         Jan 229270      CMay 11 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE12.20    Jan 2213.60    May 11 1996
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).921.04.89    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)12.4914.1112.08    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS51     56     47         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS5.4  2.1  2.1      
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.27.00.00    
A - Estimated, several days.
B - Many days in most years.
C - On basis of contracted opening of peak flow.


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