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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05554000       NORTH FORK VERMILION RIVER NEAR CHARLOTTE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°50'08", long 88°17'56" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.4, T.27 N., R.8 E., Livingston County, Hydrologic Unit 07130002, at bridge on County Highway 3, 1.2 mi northwest of Charlotte, and 5.5 mi north of Chatsworth.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 186 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1942 to September 1962.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1963 to current.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water year 1997.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.

 

GAGE.-- Crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.00 ft. above NGVD of 1929 (Corps of Engineers benchmark) (637.76 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Jan. 14, 1943, nonrecording gage at same site at datum 2.00 ft. higher. Jan 14, 1943 to Sept. 30, 1954, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 2 ft. higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,900 ft3/s March 11, 1990, gage height, 16.88 ft; maximum gage height, 17.09 ft, Oct. 3, 1986, discharge, 4,900 ft3/s; no flow for many days in several years.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data