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Watershed Monitoring and Land Use Evaluation for the Lake Decatur Watershed

Demissie, Misganaw; Keefer, Laura; Akanbi, Abiola A.; Knapp, Vern; Shaw, Susan; Brown, Eliana

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Title
Watershed Monitoring and Land Use Evaluation for the Lake Decatur Watershed
Author(s)
  • Demissie, Misganaw
  • Keefer, Laura
  • Akanbi, Abiola A.
  • Knapp, Vern
  • Shaw, Susan
  • Brown, Eliana
Issue Date
1994
Keyword(s)
  • Watershed monitoring
  • Lake Decatur
  • Land Use Evaluation
Abstract
Lake Decatur is the water supply reservoir for the city of Decatur. The reservoir was created in 1922 by construction of a dam to impound the flow of the Sangamon River. The dam created a lake with a volume of 20,000 acre-feet, but was later modified in 1956 to increase the maximum capacity of the lake to 28,000 acre-feet. The drainage area of the Sangamon River upstream of Lake Decatur is 925 square miles.
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Miscellaneous Publication MP-159
Type of Resource
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Miscellaneous Publications - Illinois State Water Survey PRIMARY
Monographic series published by the Illinois State Water Survey, 1955-date