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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05580950       SUGAR CREEK NEAR BLOOMINGTON, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 40°28'16", long 89°01'48", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.7, T.23 N., R.2 E., McLean County, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on left bank at Bloomington-Normal Sanitary District sewage-treatment plant, 250 ft upstream from bridge on Interstate 74, 0.4 mi west of Bloomington, and at mile 48.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 34.4 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: October 1974 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.


REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-82-2: Drainage area. WDR IL-87-2: 1985.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 725.11 ft above sea level. Prior to Nov. 4, 1987, 200 ft upstream at same datum.

REMARKS.-- Sewage-treatment plant upstream contains publicly supplied water from Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen and ground-water sources.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,600 ft3/s, Dec. 3, 1982, gage height, 14.02 ft, from floodmark; minimum daily, 9.0 ft3/s, Dec. 25, 1976.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records good. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream averaged 31.3 ft3/s and contains publicly supplied water from Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen and ground-water sources. The maximum monthly effluent was 35.7 ft3/s in June and the minimum was 26.6 ft3/s in November.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
119 19 14 17 21 45 26 66 33 23 14 14 
220 18 15 19 21 24 31 35 29 21 14 12 
382 18 25 22 21 24 27 30 25 67 13 11 
429 18 54 27 21 23 26 29 44 43 12 12 
520 18 123 19 21 22 26 29 32 48 21 14 
 
618 17 33 20 20 22 25 27 26 28 16 13 
717 15 24 19 21 23 81 27 23 22 16 13 
841 17 22 19 21 23 34 39 22 19 15 13 
968 18 33 32 25 23 26 110 21 19 18 13 
1028 19 28 28 43 22 24 34 21 50 13 14 
 
1121 18 21 20 33 21 33 31 39 35 12 36 
1218 19 21 20 26 19 24 31 101 22 11 124 
1319 17 21 19 27 21 23 27 102 19 11 17 
1417 17 20 20 26 22 24 20 91 17 14 25 
1516 17 39 21 25 77 25 21 45 15 13 13 
 
1633 17 26 20 26 70 33 21 34 13 13 12 
1718 18 22 20 24 28 31 41 29 15 22 11 
1818 17 21 21 145 24 25 195 24 17 13 12 
1920 18 21 22 50 118 35 80 24 34 12 10 
2019 17 21 21 35 107 77 39 271 14 11 44 
 
2120 17 21 21 32 53 59 31 154 14 13 18 
2219 19 20 20 30 41 32 36 59 13 72 13 
2318 48 20 20 30 36 58 54 145 12 315 14 
2418 18 17 20 50 34 77 27 104 14 74 59 
2519 12 14 20 30 31 37 22 62 12 26 49 
 
2619 12 16 19 29 38 31 86 58 14 36 21 
2718 12 17 19 26 46 31 252 38 13 22 16 
2819 13 17 19 24 30 28 66 34 82 33 15 
2919 14 19 18 24 27 27 47 30 32 19 14 
3019 14 20 19 --- 26 25 40 25 16 17 14 
 
3119 --- 19 20 --- 25 --- 37 --- 15 16 --- 

TOTAL7485318046419271145106116301745778927666
MEAN24.117.725.920.732.036.935.452.658.225.129.922.2
MAX8248123321451188125227182315124
MIN161214172019232021121110


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN35.844.652.739.956.381.270.575.454.543.243.941.3
MAX152203201130148238146181118125138178
(WY)198719861983199319761979197919841993199319811993
MIN17.117.514.015.522.529.628.128.021.117.216.517.0
(WY)197519771977197719801981197719871988199419881998

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 1999 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2000 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1975 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL18549   11603     
ANNUAL MEAN50.831.7  53.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN99.6      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN31.7      2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN938       Jun 13315         Aug 232500         Mar 4 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN11       Jan 110         Sep 199.0      Dec 25 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM12       Jan 112         Aug 1012         A
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW1760         Aug 236600         Dec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE7.37    Aug 2314.02 BDec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW2.7      C
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS101   58     95         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS29   22     31         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS16   14     18         
A - Dec. 22, 1976, Sept. 5 and Dec. 30, 1998.
B - From flood mark.
C - Nov. 8, 26, 29, Dec. 1, and Sept. 19.


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