LOCATION.-- Lat 38°56'13", long 88°57'10" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.6 N., R.2 E., Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 07140202, on left bank at downstream side of county bridge, about 4 mi south of Brownstown, 4.3 mi above Little Hickory Creek, and at mile 12.0. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.2 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: October 1988 to current year. | |
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. | |
REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-93-1: 1989(M), WDR IL-95-1: 1994 (P). | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 493.37 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,250 ft3/s, Nov. 14, 1993, gage height, 16.43 ft; maximum gage height, 16.48 ft, discharge, 6,100 ft3/s, May 8, 2003; no flow for many days in most years. | |