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SALINE RIVER BASIN


03382350       NORTH FORK SALINE RIVER NEAR RIDGWAY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 37°47'28", long 88°18'49", on north boundary of NW1/4 sec.34, T.8 S., R.8 E., near center of span on downstream side of highway bridge, 1.8 miles downstream from Crawford Creek and 3 miles west of Ridgway.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 426 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1965 to September 1969, (fragmentary since November 1966).

 

GAGE.-- Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 325 ft (from topographic map).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge observed, 4,540 ft3/s, May 20, 1969 (gage height, 23.60 ft.); maximum gage height, 27.90 ft, Feb. 1, 1969 (backwater from Saline River); no flow for many days each year during nonbackwater periods.




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