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BIG MUDDY RIVER BASIN


05597000       BIG MUDDY RIVER AT PLUMFIELD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°54'05", long 89°00'50" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4 sec.20, T.7 S., R.2 E., Franklin County, Hydrologic Unit 07140106, on left bank 0.8 mi upstream from bridge on State Highway 149 at Plumfield, 1.9 mi downstream from Middle Fork Muddy River, and at mile 86.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 794 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: June 1908 to September 1910 and December 1910 to December 1912 (published as "near Cambon"), August 1914 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 700: 1929. WSP 805: 1935. WSP 1508: 1908-10, 1920-21(M), 1928(M), 1932(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and rain gage, and concrete control. Datum of gage is 353.24 ft above NGVD of 1929. June 16, 1908, to Dec. 31, 1912, nonrecording gage at site 1.7 mi upstream at different datum. Aug. 14, 1914, to July 12, 1932, nonrecording gage at site 0.2 mi downstream at different datum. July 13, 1932, to Nov. 12, 1938, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.8 mi downstream at datum 0.86 ft higher. Nov. 13, 1938, to Sept. 30, 1974, water-stage recorder at present site at datum 5.0 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1974, to Sept. 30, 1991, auxiliary water-stage recorder at pumping plant at Zeigler, 4 mi downstream, at datum 353.24 ft above NGVD of 1929. Feb. 14, 1937, to Sept. 30, 1974, auxiliary nonrecording gage at same site at datum 5.0 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated since October 1970 by Rend Lake (station 05595950), 18.6 mi upstream from gage.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 42,900 ft3/s, May 10, 1961; maximum gage height, 29.67 ft, datum then in use, May 10, 1961; no flow at times in 1908-9, 1914, 1936, 1940-41. Maximum discharge since construction of Rend Lake, 14,200 ft3/s, May 1, 1996, gage height, 31.83 ft; maximum stage since construction of Rend Lake, 31.84 ft, May 4, 1983, discharge, 11,800 ft3/s; minimum discharge since construction of Rend Lake, 6.8 ft3/s, Oct. 13, 1970.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those above 800 ft3/s and estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
142 161 1540 e660 1620 647 2600 2550 1710 821 273 110 
244 109 1750 e580 2400 639 2370 2400 1440 702 265 106 
339 99 1780 e540 3090 735 2150 2170 1250 637 258 103 
442 90 1590 e510 2960 794 1960 1940 1100 593 250 101 
546 89 1270 e480 2550 784 1810 1710 1010 566 242 99 
 
652 86 987 e470 2150 764 1670 1500 961 548 235 97 
748 85 841 e480 1780 715 1510 1360 956 529 229 93 
845 85 695 e490 1440 672 1380 1760 908 508 226 90 
945 84 600 e500 1180 959 1300 2650 853 489 214 87 
1046 79 550 507 988 1430 1260 4110 817 472 203 86 
 
1176 76 468 508 858 1700 1230 4760 830 460 193 86 
12128 77 391 502 763 1920 1210 4670 820 448 187 85 
13287 74 658 494 693 1960 1290 4940 797 456 182 79 
14991 72 996 478 653 1840 1770 5770 765 459 154 76 
15990 71 1440 466 623 1670 2180 6810 732 459 145 73 
 
16901 72 1990 453 605 1740 2610 7060 703 450 137 76 
17783 71 3460 438 596 1860 2770 7090 677 433 152 76 
18686 69 5260 427 592 2020 2600 7040 654 415 152 77 
19641 67 6330 421 593 2200 2350 6850 632 404 151 74 
20543 69 6070 419 765 2510 2130 6490 611 395 157 83 
 
21302 66 5400 409 929 2940 1970 6040 592 386 154 96 
22121 62 4690 406 983 3290 1980 5500 576 375 148 87 
23111 62 4060 406 982 3150 1980 4910 558 365 144 85 
24595 65 3460 632 945 2850 2120 4310 541 359 145 79 
25838 83 2880 845 839 2640 2240 3740 530 348 144 75 
 
26907 112 2370 914 754 2730 2140 3220 552 334 140 73 
27899 213 1900 874 711 3080 2030 2760 556 321 135 78 
28796 393 1500 814 675 3520 2130 2400 763 307 130 75 
29673 671 1200 705 --- 3440 2340 2220 963 295 125 71 
30532 1170 988 576 --- 3140 2550 2110 968 288 120 67 
 
31321 --- 825 771 --- 2850 --- 1960 --- 282 115 --- 

TOTAL1257045826793917175337176118959630122800248251390455052543
MEAN405.5152.72192554.01204197419883961827.5448.5177.684.77
MAX9911170633091430903520277070901710821273110
MIN39623914065926391210136053028211567

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN112.7405.0684.1836.01058129815041410727.8405.7215.4131.1
MAX488381235103054335544393740651120621044691553
(WY)198519941983199119821979198919831995199820001974
MIN27.326.131.027.248.873.667.411738.930.821.820.6
(WY)197119721972197219721981198119871972197119711971

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1971 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL184118   426379     
ANNUAL MEAN504.41168     730.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN1515         1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN161         1972
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN6330       Dec 197090         May 1714000         May 1 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN39       Oct 339         Oct 36.8      Oct 13 1970
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM43       Sep 2845         Oct 17.3      Aug 17 1971
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW7100         May 1714200      AMay 1 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE27.20    May 1731.84 BMay 4 1983
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW39         Oct 3,4
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1180   2850     1880         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS213   647     332         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS72   78     43         

A - Gage height, 31.83 ft.

B - Discharge, 11,800 ft3/s.



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