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Available Parameters
00060 Discharge(Mean)  
00065 Gage height(Mean)  
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Mean,Min.)  
91049 NO3+NO2, wu(Mean)  
99133 NO3+NO2,water,insitu(Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05554300 INDIAN CREEK NEAR FAIRBURY, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°43'22", long 88°31'48" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in SW 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 sec.16, T.26 N., R.6 E., Livingston County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07130002, on the left downstream wingwall of bridge on 2075E County Road, 1.5 miles south of US Route 24, 1.8 miles southwest of Fairbury, Illinois, 4.2 miles east of Rooks Creek, and at mile 5.6.
DRAINAGE AREA - 67.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -

Revisions: Gage datum was updated to 666.47 ft NAVD88 on November 20, 2023, based on a GNSS Level II survey using GEOID18.

Discharge for February 6, 2023 - March 25, 2023 was revised on Sept. 12, 2024 to update the applied shift.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: July 2011 to February 2019 and February 6, 2023 to CURRENT
  STAGE: July 2011 to February 2019 and February 6, 2023 to CURRENT
SURFACE WATER QUALITY
  NITRATE: September 2011 to December 2018.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, nitrate sensor, and a crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 666.47 ft. above NAVD 1988.
REMARKS - Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge 1,790 ft³/s, Dec. 29, 2015, gage height, 15.97 ft. No flow for many days during water year 2012.

NITRATE: Maximum, 29.2 mg/L, May 28, 2013; minimum, 0.0 mg/L, many days.