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CAHOKIA CANAL BASIN


05588500       CAHOKIA CREEK NEAR POAG, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 38°48'15", long 90°01'39" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.7, T.4 N., R.8 W., hydrologic unit 07140101, on Wabash Railroad bridge about three forths of a mile northeast of Poag and about three forths of a mile downstream from Indian Creek, and at mile 3.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 259 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: January 1910 to April 1912.

 

GAGE.-- Chain gage. Datum of gage is 424.77 ft above Memphis datum.

 

REMARKS.-- The data collected are being used by the East Side Levee and Sanitary District of East St. Louis, Ill., in its study for flood control and prevention at that place.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,000 ft3/s, Mar. 30, 1912, gage height, 17.1 ft; maximum gage height, 19.2 ft, Oct. 3, 1911, discharge unknown; minimum discharge, 2 ft3/s, Aug. 21, 1910, gage height, 1.2 ft.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data