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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05525500       SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'48", long 87°43'26", in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.16, T.25 N., R.12 W., Iroquois County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on pier at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 9,200 ft downstream from Mud Creek, 1 mi west of Milford, and at mile 23.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 446 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999-2000.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1999; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1999.

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, July 1999; Fish, August 1999.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.00 ft above sea level. Prior to July 23, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 22,900 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1951, gage height, 20.90 ft, from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft3/s; maximum gage height, 28.16 ft, Apr. 12, 1994; minimum discharge, 2.0 ft3/s, Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972, Oct. 8, 1994.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
113   7.48.617   e10 170 65 118 305 140 96 11   
28.77.98.418   e10 140 65 235 256 126 77 10   
39.78.08.721   e10 116 68 279 215 183 393 8.0
415   8.19.924   e10 106 66 240 194 385 180 8.7
515   8.318   23   e10 97 60 203 190 2580 111 9.5
 
613   8.314   21   e11 84 56 177 172 2990 99 9.8
79.88.013   22   e11 75 58 164 149 1630 79 9.9
89.78.012   18   e11 70 61 159 141 727 61 9.8
99.58.112   21   e12 70 53 171 132 384 56 9.8
109.68.012   20   e13 67 48 548 122 1090 57 11   
 
118.18.012   19   e15 57 48 508 117 1750 46 14   
127.18.013   17   e18 55 46 364 116 798 40 15   
136.98.014   17   e21 53 41 273 120 466 36 19   
146.38.220   13   e19 53 41 212 130 335 34 15   
156.48.330   13   e18 53 44 184 273 260 31 14   
 
166.78.332   15   e17 52 44 171 234 211 24 12   
176.78.332   13   e30 48 89 168 168 175 19 11   
186.58.130   11   85 42 194 167 136 151 19 11   
196.28.3e26   13   271 46 173 282 122 138 19 10   
206.48.3e20   11   320 109 168 393 123 127 19 9.5
 
216.48.5e17   11   218 306 333 311 544 114 19 11   
226.39.2e15   9.5193 241 416 245 694 100 17 11   
236.013   e14   e9.0235 179 324 211 418 87 14 12   
246.116   e13   e8.6204 154 252 183 334 77 13 15   
256.315   e12   e8.4168 143 201 155 506 69 11 15   
 
266.412   e12   e8.1138 123 168 135 395 58 11 16   
276.511   e12   e8.4184 116 153 207 288 50 11 15   
286.510   e13   e8.7276 117 146 618 223 45 12 14   
296.69.8e14   e9.0206 103 132 671 189 50 12 13   
30e6.89.4e15   e9.4--- 79 116 498 161 253 13 12   
 
31e7.1---   e16   e9.7--- 69 --- 375 --- 144 11 ---   

TOTAL251.3275.8498.6446.827443193372986257167156931640362.0
MEAN8.119.1916.114.494.610312427823950652.912.1
MAX15163224320306416671694299039319
MIN6.07.48.48.110424111811645118.0
CFSM.02.02.04.03.21.23.28.62.541.14.12.03
IN..02.02.04.04.23.27.31.72.601.31.14.03

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN114224362406518655700563495315101108
MAX12901964136122401918191519081824172215998141250
(WY)199419861991195019511979199419981980199319771993
MIN4.557.695.574.0612.064.511056.627.210.86.134.27
(WY)196419641964197719631981198619881988198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1948 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL100516.6  44625.5  
ANNUAL MEAN275     122     379         
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN855         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN87.2      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN5470         Apr 172990         Jul 615200         Apr 13 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN5.0      Sep 276.0      Oct 232.5      Sep 1 1972
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM5.4      Sep 226.2      Oct 192.9      Sep 11 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW3650         Jul 522900      AFeb 21 1951
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE16.41    Jul 528.16    Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW5.8      B2.0      C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM).62.27.85    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)8.383.7211.55    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS686     277     996         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS44     30     125         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS7.0  8.3  11         
A - Gage-height, 20.90 ft., from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft3/s.
B - Oct. 15, 23-24.
C - Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972; Oct. 8, 1994.

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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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