USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

07315700 MUD CREEK NEAR COURTNEY, OK

LOCATION - Lat 34°00'15", long 97°34'00" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW 1/4 SE 1/4 sec.25, T.6 S., R.4 W., Jefferson County, OK, Hydrologic Unit 11130201, on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 89, 4.0 mi downstream from North Mud Creek, 6.0 mi northwest of Courtney, and at mile 11.5.

DRAINAGE AREA - 574 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 OK-78-2: Maximum gage height. WDR 2012: Drainage area.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1960 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 728.74ft above NAVD of 1988 determined by GNSS Level 4 Survey using Alltera network with RTK Trimble R-10 tied to RM-1 by USGS Personnel on 05/26/2021. Prior to 05/26/2021 datum of gage was 727.72ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1968, auxiliary water-stage recorder 2.0 mi downstream from base gage.

REMARKS -

10/01/2023 - 09/30/2024: records fair due to occasional isolation of sensor.

Quality of data for other periods can be obtained by contacting the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center. 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of May 1957, reached a stage of 30.6 ft.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum peak flow 64,300 ft³/s, June 18, 2015. Maximum peak stage 34.46 ft, June 18, 2015.