USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
07191000 BIG CABIN CREEK NEAR BIG CABIN, OK
LOCATION - Lat 36°34'06", long 95°09'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.15, T.24 N., R.20 E., Craig County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11070209, near downstream side of right bank end of county road bridge, 4.9 mi northeast of Big Cabin, 0.9 mi downstream from White Oak Creek, 6.8 mi upstream from Mustang Creek, and at mile 13.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 450 mi². From automated delineation using 10-meter National Elevation Dataset digital elevation model data dated 10/01/2006 and Watershed Boundary Dataset dated 10/01/2006, using Albers Equal-Area Projection, North American Datum 1983.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR 2012: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1947 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's satellite telemeter at station. Prior to Sept. 30, 1972, water-stage recorder at site 4.5 mi downstream at datum then in use. Current datum in use is 622.30 NAVD88. Current datum determined by a GNSS Level II REF FRAME: NAD_83(2011)(EPOCH:2010.0000) ITRF2014 (EPOCH:2022.6294)[NAVD88 (Computed using GEOID18)] Tied to locally set GNSS hub. Prior to 10/01/2022 datum in use was 622.00 NGVD29.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of May 18, 1943, reached a stage of 34.96 ft at former site; discharge, 63,000 ft³/s, by slope-area measurement of peak flow.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - The maximum peak flow of 52,000 occurred at a gage height of 34.55 ft on Oct 03, 1959, at former site and datum then in use.