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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05582000 SALT CREEK NEAR GREENVIEW, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°07'54.68", long 89°44'08.57" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.2, T.19 N., R.6 W., Menard County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 29, 3.3 mi downstream from Pike Creek, 3.5 mi north of Greenview, and at mile 4.9.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,804 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1175: 1948(P). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: October 1941 to current.
  STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.
  MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, July 1997; contaminants in fish
    tissue, July 1997.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 478.74 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Nov. 3, 1972, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of July 1929 reached a stage of 20.3 ft., from floodmark, discharge unknown.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 41,200 ft³/s, May 19, 1943, gage height, 20.50 ft, from graph based on gage readings; minimum daily discharge, 46 ft³/s, Sept. 25-26, Oct. 12-14, 1963.