USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05564400 MONEY CREEK NEAR TOWANDA, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°36'19", long 88°53'56" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in SW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.20, T.25 N., R.3 E., McLean County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right bank 25 ft downstream from highway bridge, 3 mi north of Towanda, 5 mi east of Hudson, and at mile 8.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 49 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE:
WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: May 1958 to March 1983, and March 2022 to current.
STAGE: May 1958 to March 1983, and March 2022 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and steel-sheet piling control. Datum of gage is 712.61 ft above NAVD of 1988. May 1958, to March 1983, at current site but datum of 723.65 ft above NGVD of 1929.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE:
Maximum discharge, 2,600 ft³/s June 2, 1980, gage height, 11.70 ft (22.58 ft current datum),
from floodmark; maximum gage height, 12.82 ft (23.70 ft current datum) Mar. 4, 1979, backwater
from ice; no flow for many days in most years.