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WABASH RIVER BASIN


03336500       BLUEGRASS CREEK AT POTOMAC, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°19'19", long 87°48'02" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.34, T.22 N., R.13 W., Vermilion County, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge, 1.0 mi north of Potomac and 2.0 mi upstream from mouth.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 34.8 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1949 to October 1971. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1972 to 1982.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1725: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 655.37 ft above NGVD of 1929 (655.20 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to May 4, 1950, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,160 ft3/s May 16, 1968, gage height, 12.80 ft; no flow for many days in most years.




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