New Newville Bridge Gauge

Hi Brian,  We are IL residents with a house on the river down near Indianford.  We used to track the flood stage using that gauge and knew when the river reached a certain level, we would need to pull our dock panels.  This has resulted in several unplanned trips due to heavy rain but we are not that far away.

Now, it seems the gauge is gone and they moved the Newville gauge to the Rt. 59 bridge.  Is there a reason this was done?

Thanks

Rick

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Hi Rick - 

Yes, the gauge at Indianford was inaccurate and outdated technology.  USGS added a hyper accurate gauge at the Newville Bridge.  However, the "official" gauge for the purposes of reporting water levels to the DNR and staying in compliance with DNR operating orders remains the "Near Newville" gauge on Binghams.

Brian