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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05570330       WEST BRANCH BIG CREEK NEAR CANTON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°34'53", long 90°04'27" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.20, T.7 N., R.4 E., Fulton County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at upstream side of culvert on county road, 2.2 mi west of Canton and at mile 2.5.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 4.24 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1978 to May 1980.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 660 ft above NGVD of 1929 (660 ft NAVD 1988), from topographic map.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 69 ft3/s, April 10, 1978 and April 11, 1978, gage height, 1.83 ft; no flow for many days in most years.




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