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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05599500                   BIG MUDDY RIVER AT MURPHYSBORO, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 37°44'55", long 89°20'45", in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.8, T.9 S., R.2 W., Jackson County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on left bank just upstream from Lewis Creek, 0.2 mi upstream from South Twentieth Street Bridge, at Murphysboro, and at mile 36.0.

DRAINAGE AREA.--2,169 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1916 to current year (fragmentary prior to 1931).

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-79-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 335.5 ft above sea level. Prior to June 20, 1931, nonrecording gage at South Twentieth Street Bridge, 1,300 ft downstream, at datum 5 ft lower. June 20, 1931, to July 11, 1933, nonrecording gage at upstream side of railroad bridge across mouth of Lewis Creek at present datum. Since Nov. 14, 1973, auxiliary water-stage recorder 7,700 ft upstream. Oct. 6, 1931, to Nov. 13, 1973, auxiliary nonrecording gage read twice daily at same site. Oct. 1, 1995 to Sept. 30, 1999, water-stage recorder at South Twentieth Street Bridge, 1,300 ft downstream, at present datum.

REMARKS.--Records good except those greater than 500 ft3/s and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Flow regulated since October 1970 by Rend Lake (station 05595950), 67.8 mi upstream from gage. Gage-height telemeters at station.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 33,800 ft3/s from graph based on discharge record, May 2, 1996; maximum gage height, 37.97 ft, May 12, 1961; maximum daily reverse flow, 4,400 ft3/s, June 3, 1947, caused by backwater from Mississippi River; no flow Aug. 13 to Sept. 1, 1936, unaffected by backwater.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Feb. 2, 1916, reached a stage of 34.9 ft, present datum, discharge, 28,000 ft3/s.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1147 65 97 e200 7870 2910 1980 3550 878 e1000 478 107 
2143 65 154 e400 7830 2980 1800 3460 1050 e1100 485 106 
3141 79 173 e1200 7790 2910 2310 3430 1170 e1100 503 95 
4137 e350 164 e1500 7830 2710 4710 3370 1170 e1050 503 91 
5132 e800 155 e1700 7690 2510 5940 3710 1140 e1000 494 86 
 
6166 1400 127 e1500 7060 2840 7740 4190 1060 e960 415 81 
7e300 1520 211 e1200 6950 3420 9870 4470 1030 e910 e350 77 
8e600 1420 290 e950 7420 3700 10900 4480 e1000 e860 e310 73 
91430 1250 505 e700 7740 4210 11000 4500 e970 e800 e280 71 
101460 1090 e630 e540 8640 4620 10500 4430 e930 e740 e270 69 
 
111420 930 e700 e450 9480 4790 9690 4130 e910 e820 e290 67 
121230 1100 652 e400 9550 4830 8580 3940 e880 e920 e330 66 
131040 1240 379 e550 8880 4710 7730 3770 e850 e920 e340 66 
14725 1250 183 e1200 8150 4360 6830 3550 e820 e900 e320 62 
15518 1220 135 e1800 7410 4020 6600 3260 e790 818 e285 58 
 
16167 1110 121 e2000 6620 3920 6810 2900 e770 763 257 56 
17115 914 114 e2200 5880 4600 6640 2520 e750 724 229 55 
18135 728 109 e2400 5190 5100 6080 2350 e730 673 207 53 
19177 577 108 e2800 4580 5320 5370 2280 e710 641 191 54 
20314 524 105 e3300 4050 5150 4650 2190 e700 604 183 53 
 
21579 453 225 e4500 3630 4780 4170 1950 e690 601 171 52 
221010 585 703 5600 3240 4420 3810 1650 e680 551 165 48 
231080 661 1170 8200 2910 4120 3580 1560 e670 498 158 46 
24989 535 1190 10700 2640 3880 3380 1460 e660 461 148 48 
25789 329 931 14100 2360 3720 3150 1300 e660 418 138 48 
 
26552 256 e600 16100 2160 3620 2970 1140 e650 364 130 45 
27480 235 e500 14800 2090 3360 2870 1020 e660 379 122 40 
28306 142 e400 12700 2700 3050 2880 879 e720 405 123 37 
29121 110 e320 11000 --- 2750 3130 814 e820 424 122 44 
3079 94 e270 9650 --- 2440 3400 855 e920 476 116 42 
 
3169 --- e220 8410 --- 2180 --- 863 --- 498 107 --- 

TOTAL16551210321164114275016834011793016907083971254382237882201896
MEAN5347013764605601238045636270984872226563.2
MAX146015201190161009550532011000450011701100503107
MIN69659720020902180180081465036410737

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN47315332142260829613835411035912003959504424
MAX270010110100309489106001229010510164106972339312812821
(WY)199419941983199119821979197919831995199819931993
MIN75.944.274.374.737723728929811913172.143.8
(WY)199619721990197719721981198119871972197119911971

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1998 CALENDAR YEARFOR 1999 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1971 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL814851 789217         
ANNUAL MEAN2232 2162         2090         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN3864         1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN741         1972
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN11900     Apr 2016100             Jan 2633500         May 2 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN65     Nov 1,237             Sep 28-2600      AAug 6 1993
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM112     Oct 2843             Sep 24-1340         Aug 1 1993
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW16400      B    Jan 2633800      CMay 2 1996
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE28.83 D    Jan 2736.88    May 5 1983
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW36             Sep 28
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS5960 6610         5620         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS1290 910         891         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS181 106         100         
A - Backwater from Mississippi River; lowest daily mean unaffected by backwater, 36 ft3/s, Nov. 4-10, 1971.
B - Gage height, 28.74 ft.
C - From graph based on discharge record, gage height, 36.12 ft.
D - Discharge, 15,500 ft3/s.

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