05570910 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05570910 SANGAMON RIVER AT FISHER, IL

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°18'38", long 88°19'20", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.5, T.21 N., R.8 E., Champaign County, Hydrologic Unit 07130006, on left downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 136, 1.2 mi east of Fisher, 8.8 mi west of Rantoul, and at mile 201.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 240 mi².

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

DISCHARGE: October 1978 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 683.23 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,000 ft³/s, Apr. 12, 1994, gage height, 21.58 ft; no flow several days in 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2000.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair 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
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	4.8	3.0	4.6	7.3	e2.7	32	23	47	161	65	7.0	.56
2	3.0	2.9	4.2	7.4	e2.9	28	23	55	137	58	5.3	.49
3	3.6	3.0	4.5	9.9	e3.2	23	24	52	116	56	4.7	.35
4	9.2	3.6	5.4	9.1	e3.8	22	23	48	106	60	4.0	.04
5	8.5	3.1	12	6.7	e4.1	21	21	44	107	108	3.2	.35

6	4.6	3.4	19	4.9	4.3	19	20	40	94	128	3.6	.10
7	2.9	4.3	13	5.3	4.2	18	21	38	80	77	4.7	.00
8	2.8	4.4	8.4	4.9	4.2	16	22	39	75	57	3.6	.00
9	4.0	4.5	6.7	5.4	4.2	17	19	42	70	48	3.4	.00
10	5.8	7.0	6.1	6.6	5.2	17	17	54	64	44	3.2	.09

11	7.1	5.7	6.8	6.4	7.1	15	17	53	61	43	2.7	1.3
12	5.3	5.1	6.2	5.7	11	14	17	50	62	40	2.2	6.4
13	3.7	4.5	5.5	4.5	14	15	15	46	65	36	1.6	14
14	3.1	4.3	6.1	3.5	13	15	14	36	67	31	1.6	5.2
15	2.4	4.5	6.8	2.9	12	14	16	30	65	27	1.4	3.3

16	2.5	4.9	7.5	3.4	13	14	17	29	62	23	1.1	2.1
17	3.0	5.3	8.8	3.9	16	15	24	31	53	20	1.5	.57
18	6.3	5.1	7.8	3.1	24	12	35	34	46	18	2.5	.15
19	5.0	5.5	7.3	3.6	120	15	31	105	43	16	5.5	.01
20	4.1	6.0	6.6	3.6	95	71	37	163	44	15	3.1	.00

21	3.5	5.4	5.3	2.4	67	131	197	95	260	14	1.6	.00
22	3.5	4.8	3.8	2.1	57	83	157	71	488	12	.90	.11
23	3.1	4.7	3.8	1.9	53	61	106	66	275	9.9	1.7	.19
24	2.5	6.0	4.3	2.4	48	52	92	63	282	8.6	3.1	.47
25	2.4	6.8	4.1	3.1	42	48	110	51	306	7.6	3.6	2.4

26	2.4	5.9	4.1	2.7	34	40	89	41	204	6.7	3.9	3.2
27	2.4	5.2	4.2	2.4	36	39	74	205	143	6.2	2.8	2.9
28	2.6	4.8	4.9	2.2	38	37	68	544	109	5.6	1.9	1.3
29	3.0	4.5	5.2	2.4	33	33	58	421	91	5.5	1.5	1.0
30	3.0	4.0	6.1	e2.4	---	26	50	268	77	6.3	1.4	.75

31	2.5	---	7.5	e2.6	---	24	---	200	---	9.3	1.2	---

TOTAL	122.6	142.2	206.6	134.7	771.9	987	1437	3061	3813	1061.7	89.50	47.33
MEAN	3.95	4.74	6.66	4.35	26.6	31.8	47.9	98.7	127	34.2	2.89	1.58
MAX	9.2	7.0	19	9.9	120	131	197	544	488	128	7.0	14
MIN	2.4	2.9	3.8	1.9	2.7	12	14	29	43	5.5	.90	.00
CFSM	.02	.02	.03	.02	.11	.13	.20	.41	.53	.14	.01	.01
IN.	.02	.02	.03	.02	.12	.15	.22	.47	.59	.16	.01	.01

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1979 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	71.4	178	187	165	237	376	369	409	285	177	82.5	48.6
MAX	645	1453	669	898	796	1225	1135	1349	775	935	711	605
(WY)	1994	1986	1983	1993	1984	1979	1979	1981	1998	1981	1981	1993
MIN	.55	4.74	6.65	4.35	15.1	31.8	47.9	80.4	20.8	1.94	.59	.33
(WY)	1989	2000	1999	2000	1979	2000	2000	1988	1988	1988	1988	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2000 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1979 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL	50733.81		11874.53
ANNUAL MEAN	139		32.4		215
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					499	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					32.4	2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2030	Apr 17	544	May 28	9250	Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.00	Sep 11, 17	.00	A	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.08	Sep 11	.08	Sep 4	.00	Sep 13 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			562	May 28	13000	Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			9.87	May 28	21.58	Apr 12 1994
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.58		.14		.90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	7.86		1.84		12.18
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	343		78		527
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	31		7.1		84
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	2.9		2.1		4.3

A - Sept. 7-9, 20, 21.
B - Several days in 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2000.