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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05574500       FLAT BRANCH NEAR TAYLORVILLE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°33'14", long 89°15'12" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.24, T.13 N., R.2 W., Christian County, Hydrologic Unit 07130007, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on old State Highway 29, 1.4 mi east of Taylorville and at mile 1.6.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 276 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1949 to November 1982.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-90.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 562.44 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,000 ft3/s June 29, 1957, gage height, 19.55 ft; no flow at times in 1953-56, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1976.




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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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