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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05524500       IROQUOIS RIVER NEAR FORESMAN, IN

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°52'14", long 87°18'24" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.15, T.28 N., R.8 W., Newton County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, (GOODLAND, IN quadrangle), on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 55, 0.2 mi north of intersection of State Highways 16 and 55, 0.5 mi downstream from Mosquito Creek, 0.6 mi west of Foresman, 3 mi east of Brook, and at mile 72.7.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 449 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: December 1948 to current year.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1953. WSP 1438: 1955. WSP 1508: 1956. WSP 2115: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and acoustic velocity meter. Datum of gage is 624.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Sept. 7, 1955, nonrecording gage 2.5 mi upstream at datum 3.54 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Stage may be affected by backwater.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,930 ft3/s, June 14, 1958, maximum gage height 24.42 ft; minimum daily discharge, 6.3 ft3/s, September 10, 1964.


[Records not available at time of publication]




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