Watersheds - Cache

Watershed Location

Detailed Watershed Location

Watershed Profile

Name

Cache

USGS Cataloging Unit

07140108

Description

The Cache watershed in southern Illinois is part of the Mississippi and Ohio River basins. With drainage from six counties, the watershed has a total area of approximately 740 square miles. The Cache Watershed is the least populated major watershed in Illinois, totaling an estimated 10,914 people. The use of land within the watershed is a diverse mix of agriculture, grasslands, wetlands, and forests.


Web Resources

Cache Watershed web links
View all of the Cache Watershed links in the ILRDSS database.
Cache River at Ullin, IL - Suspended Sediment Data
As part of its Benchmark Sediment Monitoring Program, the ISWS has been collecting sediment data at Ullin, IL since 1995.

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