Select reports on the Big Muddy River in chronological order
- Project for a Navigable Waterway from Southern Illinois Coal Fields to MIssissippi River by Way of Big Muddy River byPublication Date: 1917Bulletin Illinois Rivers and Lakes Commission no. 19
The Fauna of an Acid Stream by
Publication Date: 1922Reports on surveys of the Big Muddy River conducted by Jewell while employed by the Illinois State Water Survey. Published in Ecology, volume 3 (1):22-28.Water quality management basin plan, phase I : Big Muddy River Basin by
Publication Date: 1976Produced to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972 for "phase I plans" described in 40 CFR parts 131-132.
Hydrometeorology of Heavy Rainstorms in Selected Illinois Basins by Publication Date: 1981ISWS Report of Investigation no. 96
The Big Muddy Basin Basin is covered on pp. 29-44.- Biologically Significant Illinois Streams : An Evaluation of the Streams of Illinois Based on Aquatic Biodiversity
byPublication Date: 1992The Big Muddy River is covered on pp.264-283 
Big Muddy River Area AssessmentPublication Date: 2001Upper Big Muddy River Watershed TMDL Report by
Publication Date: 2019Reports on the Total Maximum Daily Loads of Bacteria, Iron, Manganese, and Phosphorus in the Upper Big Muddy River watershed, finding they meet the requirements of Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act. Some portions had been listed as impaired in 2016 due to bacteria and phosphorus loads.