USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
05588720 JUDY'S BRANCH AT ROUTE 157 AT GLEN CARBON, IL
LOCATION - Lat 38°44'27", long 90°00'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.4, T.3 N., R.8 W., Madison County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07140101, on right bank at upstream side of high bank of stream on Illinois Route 157 in Glen Carbon.
DRAINAGE AREA - 8.33 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: May 2000 to Sept. 30, 2011.
  STAGE: May 2000 to Sept. 30, 2011.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  SEDIMENT: June 2000 to Sept. 30, 2011.
  MISCELLANEOUS: Sediment concentration and particle size, water years 2001-05.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, rain gage, automatic water sampler, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 410.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (409.45 ft NAVD 1988).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 4,260 ft³/s, Sept. 14, 2008, from rating curve extended above 2,540 ft³/s, gage height, 31.56 ft; no flow at times in most years.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 7,320 mg/L, Feb. 11, 2009; minimum daily, 0.00 mg/L, many days in 2007 and 2008.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 17,000 tons, Aug. 24, 2001; minimum daily, 0.00 tons, many days in most years.