Elm River (Illinois)

The Elm River is a 29-mile-long (47 km)[1][2] tributary of the Little Wabash River in southeastern Illinois in the United States. Via the Little Wabash, Wabash and Ohio rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River.

Elm River
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationConfluence of Elm Creek and Raccoon Creek southeast of Flora, Illinois
  coordinates38°35′58″N 88°24′47″W
Mouth 
  location
Confluence with the Little Wabash River east of Fairfield, Illinois
  coordinates
38°23′41″N 88°13′29″W
  elevation
371 ft (113 m)
Length29.2 mi (47.0 km)
Basin features
ProgressionElm River → Little Wabash → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
GNIS ID407937

The Elm flows for its entire length in Wayne County. It is formed by the confluence of Elm Creek and Raccoon Creek, which flow from Clay County, and thence flows generally southeastwardly to its confluence with the Little Wabash. Portions of the stream's lower course have been channelized and re-routed to drainage ditches.

The Raccoon Creek Power Plant, a combustion turbine generator (CTG)-type Ameren power plant, is located on Raccoon Creek in Clay County.[3]

See also

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elm River
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 19, 2011
  3. Ameren
  • DeLorme (2003). Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-321-4.



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