USGS Water-Year Summary 2022
03338780 NORTH FORK VERMILION RIVER NEAR BISMARCK, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°15'55", long 87°38'34" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.24, T.21 N., R.12 W., Vermilion County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 05120109, on left bank at downstream side of County Road 2750 N., 1.8 mi west of Bismarck, 1.9 mi downstream from Painter Creek, 6.6 mi downstream from Middle Branch of North Fork Vermilion River, and at mile 17.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 262 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-98: 1997 (P).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: October 1988 to November 2014. June 1970 to September 1973, low-flow partial-
record station.
STAGE: Water year 1994 to November 2014. August 2015 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Water years 2001-2003.
PH: Water years 2001-2003.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water years 2001-2003.
TURBIDITY: Water years 2001-2003.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 2001-2003.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satelite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 594 ft. above NGVD of 1929 (594 ft NAVD 1988), from topographic map.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 20,100 ft³/s, Mar. 11, 1990, gage height, 21.97 ft, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow; maximum gage height, 22.45 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 20,100 ft³/s; minimum discharge, 1.3 ft³/s, Aug. 4, 2012.