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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05573540       SANGAMON RIVER AT ROUTE 48 AT DECATUR, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°49'52", long 88°58'35" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NE1/4 sec.21, T.16 N., R.2 E., Macon County, Hydrologic Unit 07130006, on right upstream side of bridge on State Highway 48 in Decatur, 1.2 mi downstream from Lake Decatur Dam, 2.5 mi upstream from Stevens Creek, and at mile 129.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 938 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1982 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-94-2: 1992

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 583.43 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS.-- Flow regulated by Lake Decatur Dam, 1.2 mi upstream.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 31,800 ft3/s, May 12, 2002, gage height, 24.33 ft; no flow in some years.




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