Salt Fork Vermilion River
- Salt Fork Vermilion River
The Salt Fork is a tributary of the Vermilion River (Wabash River tributary) located in Illinois.
The Salt Fork owes its name to saline springs that provided natural salt licks for animals, and which were used for production of salt by Native Americans and early settlers. The springs were located about eight miles west of Danville, to the south of Muncie, Illinois. The upper reaches of the Salt Fork do not contain saline springs.
In its natural state, the Salt Fork drained a vast upland marsh between Urbana and Rantoul. The Salt Fork has been extended into these marshes by drainage ditches. Including the ditches, the Salt Fork is about 38 miles long.
Parks and Access Points
* [http://www.urbanaparks.org/facilities/11.html Crystal Lake Park, Urbana Park District]
* [http://www.ccfpd.org/homerlake/index.html Homer Lake Park, Champaign County Forest Preserve District]
Cities and Towns
The following cities, towns and villages are in the Salt Fork watershed:
*Champaign
*Homer
*Rantoul
*Sidney
*St. Joseph
*Thomasboro
*Urbana
Counties
The following Counties are in the Salt Fork watershed:
*Champaign County, Illinois
*Vermilion County, Illinois
External links
* [http://www.prairierivers.org/ Prairie Rivers Network]
* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=03336900&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060,00062,72020 USGS Streamgage, Salt Fork near St. Joseph ]
* [http://www.usd116.org/waterworks/saltfork.htm Urbana Middle School WaterWorks ]
* [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=40.13833&lon=-88.043&s=500&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG TopoQuest Salt Fork River]
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