Station list
05512500 BAY CREEK AT PITTSFIELD, IL
LOCATION.--Lat 39°37'30", long 90°47'40", in NE¼SW¼ sec.18, T.5 S., R.3 W., Pike County, Hydrologic Unit 07110004, on
right bank at downstream side of bridge on abandoned county road, 50 ft downstream from Panther Creek, 0.1 mi downstream
from U.S. Highway 54, 1.4 mi northeast of Pittsfield, and at mile 33.6.
DRAINAGE AREA.--39.4 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1939 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1175: 1940(P), 1941, 1949. WSP 1508: 1942. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 638.48 ft above sea level (levels by U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers). Prior to Dec. 7, 1939, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant
upstream at Pittsfield averaged about 1.73 ft3/s. Gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Sept. 8, 1926, reached a stage of 18.4 ft, from floodmark, discharge not
determined.