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USGS 03336890 SPOON RIVER NEAR ST. JOSEPH, IL

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Urbana Champaign Sanitary District, Urbana, IL 

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City of Champaign, IL,


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City of Urbana, IL,

 

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Champaign County Soil and Water Conservation District, Champaign, IL




Note: Provisional nitrate plus nitrite load values might not reflect updated discharge and/or nitrate plus nitrite concentration data.
This station managed by the Urbana Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2013-05-22  2026-07-16
2013-05-22  2026-07-16
2013-05-25  2026-07-16
2013-05-25  2026-07-16







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 12.8 07-16-2026   01:45 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 16 based on 13 water years of record more
Min
(2022)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 16		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2015)
3.05 5.4 11 12.8 20 40 55.0

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.45 07-16-2026   01:45 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, unfiltered, pounds of nitrogen per day, [POUNDS/DAY]
Most recent instantaneous value: 479 07-16-2026   01:45 CST
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.9 07-16-2026   01:45 CST
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