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ROCK RIVER BASIN


05447000       GREEN RIVER AT AMBOY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°42'35", long 89°19'28" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.22, T.20 N., R.10 E., Lee County, Hydrologic Unit 07090007, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 52, at southeast edge of Amboy.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 199 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1939 to September 1958.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 925: 1940. WSP 1175: 1941-42(M), 1943(P), 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949(P). WSP 1508: 1941, 1945(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 724.14 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Apr. 3, 1940, wire weight gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,120 ft3/s Oct. 10, 1954, gage height, 12.26 ft; minimum, 1.3 ft3/s Dec. 10, 1957, result of freeze up.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data