Sangmon River Water Levels

Upper Sangamon at Fisher Middle Sangamon at Rt 48 Decatur Lower Sangamon at Petersburg

Middle Sangamon, Restoration, Stewardship

Community Stewardship Challenge Grant

July 1, 2019 /

The Friends of Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park and Memorial have been selected to participate in the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation's Community Stewardship Challenge Grant!

Sangamon River Watershed

The Sangamon River has its headwaters in McLean County, near Ellsworth, and flows roughly 238 miles until it reaches the Illinois River at Beardstown. The upper portion of the Sangamon River, upstream of Mosquito Creek is roughly 131 miles long and has a drainage area of 1,150 square miles. The lower Sangamon River, is roughly 107 miles long and includes the confluence of the two primary tributaries to the Sangamon River, Salt Creek and the South Fork.