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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05576022       SOUTH FORK SANGAMON RIVER BELOW ROCHESTER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°45'50", long 89°33'43" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4SE1/4 sec.8, T.15 N., R.4 W., Sangamon County, Hydrologic Unit 07130007, at State Highway 29 bridge, 1.7 mi northwest of Rochester, 1.8 mi upstream from Black Branch, 2.2 mi downstream from Horse Creek, and at mile 5.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 870 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

STAGE: October 1996 to current.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978 to 1991. Additional chemical data for water years 1972-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-23 and 79-24 as site EO 01.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Temperature, water year 1977.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-79-2: Drainage area.

 

REMARKS.-- Water discharges were determined from South Fork Sangamon River near Rochester (station 05576000).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

STAGE: Maximum gage height, 27.94 ft, May 10, 11, 1996; minimum, Oct. 11, 12, 1997.




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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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