LOCATION.-- Lat 37°19'00", long 89°07'55" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.5, T.14 S., R.1 E., Pulaski County, Hydrologic Unit 07140108, on left bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on County Highway 5, 1.0 mi upstream from Little Creek, 2.0 mi southeast of Wetaug, and at mile 2.4.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 32.2 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1941 to October 1971. Records prior to October 1950, published with those for streams in the Ohio River basin. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1972 to current.

GAGE.-- Crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 336.86 ft above NGVD of 1929.

REMARKS.-- Flow of lower part of Cache River basin was diverted from Ohio River to Mississippi River beginning Oct. 31, 1950, through diversion channel of Mounds-Mound City flood-protection project.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 7,200 ft³/s Mar. 19, 1943, from rating curve extended above 2,500 ft³/s on basis of slope area measurement of flow in main channel and computed flow through breaks in levees; maximum gage height, 16.32 ft, Mar. 6, 1945; no flow at times in 1954, 1964-64, 1966.