LOCATION.-- Lat 40°18'38", long 88°19'20" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.5, T.21 N., R.8 E., Champaign County, Hydrologic Unit 07130006, on left downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 136, 1.2 mi east of Fisher, 8.8 mi west of Rantoul, and at mile 201.1. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 240 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: October 1978 to current year. | |
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. | |
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY | |
CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91. | |
BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, Water year 1997. | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 683.23 ft above NGVD of 1929. | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,000 ft3/s, Apr. 12, 1994, gage height, 21.58 ft; no flow several days in 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2000. | |