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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03336900       SALT FORK NEAR ST. JOSEPH, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°08'55", long 88°02'00" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.35, T.20 N., R.10 E., Champaign County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on County Road 1850 N, 0.2 mi downstream from Spoon River, 2.5 mi north of St. Joseph, and at mile 46.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 134 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1958 to September 1991.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1959-92.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-83-1: 1982(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 650.16 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by Rantoul sewage-treatment plant.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,860 ft3/s May 16, 1968, gage height, 18.26 ft; minimum discharge, 1.7 ft3/s Sept. 22, 1963.




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Introduction

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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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