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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05595730       RAYSE CREEK NEAR WALTONVILLE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 38°15'14", long 89°02'23", 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: October 1979 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1997-2001. 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.


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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 412.00 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

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

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
1.51e.008.3e6.570 35 15   2.52.72.1  .56.51
2.42e.006.7e6.538 31 14   2.49.73.2  .45.31
3.35e.006.1e6.224 27 502   2.67.33.8  .35.20
4.33e.005.5e6.620 24 184   2.96.326     .31.16
5.27e.005.2e7.519 19 60   3.361   20     .30.12
 
6.23e.204.9e9.017 16 39   5.2116   5.7  .26.12
7.1813     4.4e12   15 14 28   2.916   3.4  .23.12
8.1825     4.2e17   13 14 21   1.96.92.5  .22.16
9.1615     3.923   649 14 17   1.84.5936     .19.25
10.1352     3.713   902 14 15   1.73.8840     .21.16
 
11.1027     45   11   99 13 15   1.62.943     .25.17
12.089.8  148   11   53 13 14   1.61.813     .24.18
13.0634     35   16   56 15 12   1.61.27.6  .20.14
14.0346     23   310   320 14 9.51.71.15.7  .19.10
15.0216     17   716   711 12 9.41.546   3.6  .16.10
 
16.046.6  16   348   563 112 11   1.333   2.5  .14.09
17.084.2  e25   e105   116 60 10   1.28.12.3  .13.06
18.092.7  e22   e80   55 30 8.41.34.421     .62.14
19e.081.6  e18   e60   44 22 7.11.73.331     13     .28
20e.061.1  e14   e45   39 19 6.31.713   9.5  16     .15
 
21e.04.83e11   e30   32 17 6.03.4501   4.9  5.2  .30
22e.02.67e9.5e20   26 15 6.03.873   3.9  2.9  .38
23e.02.59e8.5e17   25 14 5.83.921   8.6  1.3  .24
24e.01.55e7.5e18   55 13 4.14.78.73.4  .69.16
25e.01136     e6.6e19   1190 12 2.63.35.12.7  41     .12
 
26e.00206     e6.0e17   325 11 2.62.63.82.4  46     .10
27e.0055     e7.0e14   68 10 2.92.13.61.8  9.2  .10
28e.0027     e8.0e12   46 10 2.92.09.91.3  4.8  .09
29e.0016     e8.5e60   --- 10 2.94.04.31.0  2.9  .05
30e.0012     e8.0541   --- 11 2.83.53.3.711.4  .02
 
31e.00---     e7.0178   --- 13 ---   2.9---   .63.79---     

TOTAL3.50708.84503.52735.355906541036.378.6982.72013.24150.195.08
MEAN.1123.616.288.220021.134.52.5432.864.94.84.17
MAX.5120614871611901125025.250193646.51
MIN.00.003.76.213102.61.21.1.63.13.02
CFSM.00.27.181.002.27.24.39.03.37.74.06.00
IN..00.30.211.162.36.28.44.03.42.85.06.00

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1980 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN23.810710112415614416913355.627.75.5117.4
MAX14067074841746646872194228612347.7161
(WY)198519861983199919851984199619952000198219811993
MIN.000.000.000.0281.784.0512.41.35.35.15.000.000
(WY)199619962000198119961981198119881992198419911983

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2000 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2001 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1980 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL15970.1414461.25    
ANNUAL MEAN43.6  39.6      88.1  
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN167     1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN23.1  1987
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN2270         Jun 251190             Feb 2511200     Apr 29 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN.00    Many days.00        Several days.00A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM.00    Jan 26.00 B    Oct 26.00Jul 24 1980
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2000             Jul 921200     Nov 14 1993
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE12.10        Jul 917.73Nov 14 1993
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).50.45    1.00
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)6.756.11    13.60
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS46     55         130     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS2.9  6.0      4.5  
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS.02.12    .00

A - At times in most years.
B - Estimated.


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