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USGS 05578100 SALT CREEK NEAR FARMER CITY, IL

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Specific conductance data collection was discontinued Oct. 31, 2020.

Please contact the CMWSC Data Chief, Jon Lageman (phone: 815-901-5530 or email: jlageman@usgs.gov) if you have an interest in continuance and/or support of specific conductance data at this site.

This station managed by the Urbana Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2022-08-04  2025-07-16
2015-10-02  2026-06-03
2022-08-04  2025-07-16
2015-10-25  2026-06-03
2016-05-04  2026-06-03
2015-10-02  2024-07-08
2015-10-23  2020-08-17
2018-10-05  2026-06-03







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 22.1 06-03-2026   22:30 CST
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, Hobo
 
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Temperature, air, degrees Celsius, Hobo
 
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 24.8 06-03-2026   22:30 CST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jun 4 based on 10 water years of record more
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Instantaneous
Value Jun 4		 Min
(2023)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2019)
24.8 45.0 54 78 94 129 220

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 690.04 06-03-2026   22:30 CST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Water velocity reading from field sensor, feet per second, SL
 
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Water velocity reading from field sensor, feet per second, Uplooker, [Uplooker]
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.19 06-03-2026   22:30 CST
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