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Saline Branch Drainage Ditch in Illinois

Canal5.2 mi
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1 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Saline Branch Drainage Ditch is a 5.2 mile canal. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Saline Branch above 1700E near Urbana, IL (site 03337570). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2009 to 2026

Saline Branch Drainage Ditch typically runs highest in April, at a median 95 cfs, and lowest in September, at 27 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,910 cfs, in 2018.

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Typical flow by month at Saline Branch above 1700E near Urbana, IL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January5532 to 100
February5835 to 101
March8754 to 134
April9565 to 161
May8662 to 151
June7952 to 151
July4428 to 71
August2720 to 37
September2720 to 41
October2819 to 58
November3623 to 66
December4328 to 81

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 17 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Saline Branch above 1700E near Urbana, IL (site 03337570). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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