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Drainage Areas for Illinois Streams

Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-13
Prepared in cooperation with Illinois Institute for Environmental Quality
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri7513

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Abstract

Drainage areas were tabulated for all streams in Illinois which drain over 100 square miles. at sites where streamflow data have been collected, and at other selected locations. Areas were planimetered on U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps and balanced to known areas taken from Smithsonian Geographical Tables of areas of quadrilaterals of the earth's surface (procedures and standards recommended by Subcommittee on Hydrology, Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee). Streams are tabulated in sequence; first, the Ohio River basin, followed by the St. Lawrence River basin, and finally, the Mississippi River basin. Streams are listed in downstream order, starting at the headwaters; the rank of the stream system within each basin is indicated by indention. At sites where streamflow data had been collected, previously assigned U.S. Geological Survey eight-digit numbers are used. These numbers, which describe unique sites, increase in downstream order. All locations are identified by reference to a town, land-line location, topo­graphic quadrangle, and county at the point where the drainage area was determined. An alphabetical index is provided.

Suggested Citation

Ogata, K.M., 1975, Drainage areas for Illinois streams: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 75–13, 120 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri7513.

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Table of Contents

  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Method of Drainage Area Determination
  • Explanation of Drainage Area Tables
  • Tables
  • Index
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Drainage areas for Illinois streams
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 75-13
DOI 10.3133/wri7513
Year Published 1975
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Illinois Water Science Center
Description iii, 120 p.
Country United States
State Illinois
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