About this river
Saline Branch Drainage Ditch is a 4.9 mile canal near Kingfisher Kayaking in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Saline Branch above 1700E near Urbana, IL (site 03337570). The mapped line runs from 40.1199, -88.2003 to 40.1263, -88.1347. The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2009 to 2026
Saline Branch Drainage Ditch typically runs highest in April, at a median 95 cfs, and lowest in September, at 27 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,910 cfs, in 2018.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55 | 32 to 100 | |
| February | 58 | 35 to 101 | |
| March | 87 | 54 to 134 | |
| April | 95 | 65 to 161 | |
| May | 86 | 62 to 151 | |
| June | 79 | 52 to 151 | |
| July | 44 | 28 to 71 | |
| August | 27 | 20 to 37 | |
| September | 27 | 20 to 41 | |
| October | 28 | 19 to 58 | |
| November | 36 | 23 to 66 | |
| December | 43 | 28 to 81 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 17 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Saline Branch above 1700E near Urbana, IL (site 03337570). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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