LOCATION.-- Lat 40°03'20", long 87°57'30" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.33, T.19 N., R.14 W., Champaign County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 49, 1.1 mi north of Homer.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 344 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1944 to September 1958.

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1959 to 1973; 1975 to 1982.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1275: 1945-46. 1950 (M).

GAGE.-- Wire-weight gage. Datum of gage is 621.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (620.83 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Mar. 1, 1946, wire-weight gage and Mar. 1, 1946, to May 5, 1958, water-stage recorder, at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,210 ft³/s (revised) Jan. 4, 1950, gage height, 14.36 ft; minimum, 3.0 ft³/s Nov. 29, 30, 1956.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage known, 18.6 ft, probably in March 1939, from mark set by employee of Illinois Division of Highways.