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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05572450       FRIENDS CREEK AT ARGENTA, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°59'21", long 88°48'18" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.25, T.18 N., R.3 E., Macon County, Hydrologic Unit 07130006, on right bank at upstream side of bridge on State Highways 47 and 48, 70 ft downstream from Illinois Central Gulf Railroad bridge, 1 mi northeast of Argenta, and at mile 6.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 111 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1966 to October 1982.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 629.26 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,660 ft3/s May 16, 1968, gage height, 15.63 ft, from rating curve extended above 2,200 ft3/s; maximum gage height, 15.71 ft Apr. 12, 1979; no flow at times in most years.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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