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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05560000       ILLINOIS RIVER AT PEORIA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°42'08", long 89°33'52" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec. 2, T. 8 N., R. 8 E., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, at foot of Grant Street in Peoria, 4.5 mi upstream from Kickapoo Creek.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: April 1910 to September 1938. October 1903 to September 1904, April 1905 to March 1906 at site 3.5 mi downstream.

 

GAGE.-- Staff gage. Datum of gage is at NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Discharge determined on basis of slope as obtained by use of an auxiliary staff gage on highway bridge at Pekin, 9.2 mi downstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 58,300 ft3/s Oct. 9, 1926, gage height, 453.44 ft; minimum, 7,920 ft3/s July 4, 1936, gage height, 436.19 ft.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage known, 455.0 ft in 1844.




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