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The Salt Fork is a tributary of the Vermilion River located in the Central Corn Belt Plains of Illinois.[1]

Salt Fork
The Salt Fork near Ogden
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Confluence of the Upper Salt Fork drainage ditch and the Spoon River east of Champaign, Illinois[citation needed]
• coordinates	40°09′09″N 88°01′54″W
Mouth
• location	Confluence of the Salt Fork and the Middle Fork forming the Vermilion River west of Danville, Illinois
• coordinates	40°06′13″N 87°43′01″W
• elevation	531 ft (162 m)
Length	68 mi (109 km)
Basin features
Progression	Salt Fork → Vermilion → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
Tributaries
• left	Spoon River
• right	Saline Branch
GNIS ID	417900

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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 70 miles (110 km) long.[2]

Parks and access points

• Crystal Lake Park, Urbana Park District
• 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

References

External links

• Prairie Rivers Network
• USGS Streamgage, Salt Fork near St. Joseph

На других языках

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[de] Salt Fork Vermilion River

Der Salt Fork Vermilion River ist der rechte Quellfluss des Vermilion River im US-Bundesstaat Illinois. Der Fluss ist 121 km lang und entwässert im östlichen Zentral-Illinois ein Areal von ungefähr 1294 km² (davon 937 km² in Champaign County und 357 km² in Vermilion County).[1]

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- [en] Salt Fork Vermilion River

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