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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05579000       SALT CREEK NEAR KENNEY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°06'33", long 89°07'25" (NAD of 1927 and 1983), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.8, T.19 N., R.1 E., De Witt County, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on upstream side of bridge on County Road 100 E, 0.8 mi downstream from a railroad bridge and 4 miles downstream from Tenmile Creek, 2 mi northwest of Kenney, and at mile 59.0.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 390 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: February 1908 to December 1912.

 

STAGE: February 1908 to Decenber 1912.

 

GAGE.--Nonrecording gage. Datum of gage is 603.72 ft above NGVD of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark)(603.46 ft NAVD 1988).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 5,840 ft3/s, May 13, 1908, gage height, 15.0 ft; minimum discharge, 1 ft3/s, Sept. 6, 1911.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of 1882 reached a stage of about 16 ft.




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