LOCATION.-- Lat 40°15'55", long 87°38'34" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.24, T.21 N., R.12 W., Vermilion County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109,on left bank at downstream side of County Road 2750 N, 1.8 mi west of Bismarck, 1.9 mi downstream from Painter Creek, 6.6 mi downstream from Middle Branch of North Fork Vermilion River, and at mile 17.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 262 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: June 1970 to September 1973, low-flow partial-record station. October 1988 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-98: 1997 (P).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 594 ft. above NGVD of 1929, from topographic map.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 20,100 ft³/s, Mar. 11, 1990, gage height, 21.97 ft, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, maximum gage height, 22.45 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 20,100 ft³/s; minimum, 2.3 ft³/s, Sept. 9, 10, 16-19, 1991.