05597000 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2003

Station list Available data
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 to current year.
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 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, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2002 TO SEPTEMBER 2003 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	64	37	32	1250	74	1600	676	1320	949	760	332	140
2	62	31	e32	1470	77	1350	614	1130	899	743	348	154
3	59	29	e33	1820	79	1180	570	965	875	730	364	167
4	58	31	e34	1850	83	1060	543	869	872	712	346	150
5	56	34	e36	1590	91	990	525	1130	858	692	342	142

6	55	35	e38	1230	87	920	522	1470	830	672	316	133
7	52	34	39	889	e77	813	545	1950	802	652	302	128
8	51	32	39	532	e72	705	587	2740	778	632	292	124
9	45	31	39	251	e67	634	596	3180	757	614	284	120
10	42	36	39	153	e68	607	592	3110	763	600	274	115

11	42	47	40	127	e70	580	553	2920	1410	587	263	111
12	40	42	39	e96	e75	562	511	2750	2460	573	252	108
13	39	36	42	e90	86	559	481	2590	3590	557	245	103
14	42	36	46	e84	100	573	460	2400	4180	545	235	101
15	35	38	48	e80	192	582	440	2220	4120	528	227	100

16	36	36	45	e76	375	592	420	2040	3860	507	222	97
17	37	34	43	e74	407	592	484	1880	3470	495	216	93
18	34	32	49	e72	418	591	546	1730	3060	485	208	91
19	35	31	245	e70	617	620	567	1600	2660	481	200	90
20	35	35	545	e68	1160	728	617	1460	2250	473	190	90

21	34	32	573	e64	1450	814	713	1340	1870	461	180	85
22	33	31	442	e62	1950	878	701	1240	1580	451	172	85
23	31	32	e300	e60	2650	895	705	1140	1330	442	169	84
24	27	31	e200	e57	3100	875	690	1050	1150	428	163	80
25	35	31	e130	e55	3180	827	957	1030	1010	410	154	76

26	41	32	e94	e56	e2700	839	1360	1150	919	394	148	78
27	31	31	e80	e57	2230	855	1490	1240	872	379	143	76
28	30	31	e70	e58	1930	843	1580	1230	840	369	141	80
29	38	31	e73	e60	---	829	1620	1190	810	364	135	76
30	59	31	e130	e64	---	798	1510	1110	782	355	146	71

31	44	---	714	e67	---	747	---	1020	---	344	144	---

TOTAL	1322	1010	4309	12532	23465	25038	22175	52194	50606	16435	7153	3148
MEAN	42.6	33.7	139	404	838	808	739	1684	1687	530	231	105
MAX	64	47	714	1850	3180	1600	1620	3180	4180	760	364	167
MIN	27	29	32	55	67	559	420	869	757	344	135	71

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1971 - 2003, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	111	394	668	823	1052	1283	1481	1418	757	409	216	130
MAX	488	3812	3510	3054	3355	4439	3740	6511	2062	1044	691	553
(WY)	1985	1994	1983	1991	1982	1979	1989	1983	1995	1998	2000	1974
MIN	27.3	26.1	31.0	27.2	48.8	73.6	67.4	117	38.9	30.8	21.8	20.6
(WY)	1971	1972	1972	1972	1972	1981	1981	1987	1972	1971	1971	1971

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 2002 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2003 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1971 - 2003
ANNUAL TOTAL	347929		219387
ANNUAL MEAN	953		601		726
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					1515	1983
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					161	1972
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	7090	May 17	4180	Jun 14	14000	May 1 1996
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	27	Oct 24	27	Oct 24	6.8	Oct 13 1970
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	31	Nov 24	31	Nov 24	7.3	Aug 17 1971
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			4210	Jun 14	14200 A	May 1 1996
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			22.97	Jun 14	31.84 B	May 4 1983
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			27	Oct 23, 24
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2570		1580		1870
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	478		332		332
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	35		35		43

	A - Gage height, 31.83 ft.
	B - Discharge, 11,800 ft³/s.