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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05591700 WEST OKAW RIVER NEAR LOVINGTON, IL
LOCATION - Lat 39°43'50.6", long 88°39'43.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.21, T.15 N., R.5 E., Moultrie County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07140201, on left downstream side of bridge on State Highways 32 and 133, 1.5 mi northwest of Lovington, 1.7 mi upstream from Stringtown Branch, and at mile 25.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 112 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: February 1980 to current.
  STAGE: Water years 1994 to current. Gage-height record for January 1963 to February
    1980 available in files of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1971-73.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  CHEMICAL: Water years 1980-91.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter. Datum of gage is 632.13 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to July 6, 2005, at site 140 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE: Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of May 1968 reached a stage of 14.66 ft, discharge not determined, from information by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 10,300 ft³/s, May 8, 1996, gage height 16.40 ft; no flow for many days in most years.