Station list
05578500 SALT CREEK NEAR ROWELL, IL
LOCATION.--Lat 40°06'54", long 89°02'57", in NE¼SE¼ sec.11, T.19 N., R.1 E., De Witt County, Hydrologic Unit 07130009,
on right bank at downstream side of bridge on County Road 490 E, 0.5 mi upstream from State Highway 54, 0.8 mi upstream
from a railroad bridge and Ten Mile Creek, 3.2 mi northwest of Rowell, and at mile 65.3.
DRAINAGE AREA.--335 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1942 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 610.00 ft above sea level (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark).
REMARKS.--Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Beginning Oct. 12, 1977, flow partially
regulated by Clinton Reservoir, 11 mi upstream from gage. Gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 24,500 ft3/s, May 16, 1968, gage height, 29.21 ft; minimum,
0.7 ft3/s, Oct. 4, 1954.