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Impacts along the Illinois River are expected to be delayed, with Beardstown expected to increase to 20.5 feet by next Friday, which could lead to seepage problems in the South Beardstown Drainage ...
The Illinois River (Miami-Illinois: Inoka Siipiiwi [4]) is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River at approximately 273 miles (439 km) in length. Located in the U.S. state of Illinois , [ 5 ] the river has a drainage basin of 28,756.6 square miles (74,479 km 2 ). [ 6 ]
Beardstown was first settled by Thomas Beard in 1819; he erected a log cabin at the edge of the Illinois River, from which he traded with the local Native Americans and ran a ferry. The town was laid out in 1827 and was incorporated as a city in 1896. During the Black Hawk War in 1832, it was a base of supplies for the Illinois troops. [8]
The Sangamon River is a principal tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 246 miles (396 km) long, [2] in central Illinois in the United States. It drains a mostly rural agricultural area and runs through Decatur and past Springfield .
The rising Mississippi River tested flood defenses in southeast Iowa and northwest Illinois as it neared forecast crests in the area Monday, driven by a spring surge of water from melting snow.
The Illinois River near Peoria crested to 29.35 feet (895 cm) on April 23, [35] which broke a crest record set 70 years prior, and 20 to 30 homes and businesses near the river were evacuated. [15] The Illinois River at Henry was crested to a record 32.87 feet (10.02 m) on April 22, [36] and the river at Beardstown crested to a record 29.81 feet ...
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
Edwards River; Elm River; Embarras River (Illinois) Fox River (Illinois River tributary), northern Illinois; Fox River (Little Wabash tributary), southern Illinois; Galena River; Grand Calumet River; Green River; Henderson Creek; Hickory Creek; Illinois River; Indian Creek; Iroquois River; Jackson Creek; Kankakee River; Kaskaskia River ...