05570910 DATA: Discharge Tables, 2001

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 1994-2001.

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 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	.46	8.3	35	e21	e1100	728	128	98	158	59	11	82
2	.34	9.4	34	e22	e800	549	119	98	212	56	9.1	30
3	.17	11	e32	e23	e500	439	115	90	310	53	8.1	15
4	2.6	11	e31	e24	e380	378	105	81	289	78	8.3	9.0
5	8.2	11	e26	e25	e320	328	99	106	469	81	8.5	6.1

6	11	13	e30	e25	e300	270	136	130	721	60	7.1	4.7
7	17	23	34	e24	413	233	627	114	1090	51	5.2	7.7
8	14	31	36	e23	605	210	291	103	842	47	4.7	12
9	8.9	34	29	e21	1420	192	185	90	511	46	5.5	10
10	7.0	159	28	e20	2010	173	162	83	366	45	4.2	16

11	5.7	155	e30	e19	1270	172	377	84	298	39	3.4	9.2
12	5.2	95	e35	e19	733	162	567	80	246	34	2.6	5.8
13	4.2	77	e60	e20	475	172	352	70	208	31	1.8	3.2
14	4.0	92	e52	e27	546	158	253	67	184	28	1.9	2.6
15	4.6	77	e45	e36	865	148	230	72	171	25	1.8	2.3

16	5.1	63	e40	e50	769	181	216	74	153	23	1.9	2.0
17	5.6	55	e37	e54	523	401	183	71	136	22	6.7	1.6
18	5.6	44	e35	e48	360	457	160	133	126	22	5.1	1.9
19	5.6	39	e33	e42	295	406	156	232	118	25	15	3.5
20	4.2	38	e31	e38	258	338	156	165	108	23	12	11

21	3.1	31	e29	e34	208	285	149	141	110	21	6.2	6.0
22	2.6	31	e28	e31	189	240	139	129	146	19	5.0	4.9
23	2.7	30	e27	e29	176	208	137	109	125	19	9.0	3.2
24	3.3	28	e26	e27	374	189	134	121	106	19	15	4.2
25	4.2	28	e25	e26	3360	168	118	133	92	18	8.9	4.5

26	4.1	34	e24	e25	2940	155	120	151	83	17	10	3.4
27	4.2	41	e23	e24	1420	148	117	357	76	14	16	2.9
28	4.7	42	e23	e30	982	140	106	311	72	15	8.2	3.0
29	5.3	39	e22	e50	---	141	96	207	71	15	4.9	3.4
30	4.9	37	e22	e200	---	137	94	166	64	16	4.3	3.0

31	5.9	---	e21	e1200	---	131	---	151	---	14	32	---

TOTAL	164.47	1386.7	983	2257	23591	8037	5827	4017	7661	1035	243.4	274.1
MEAN	5.31	46.2	31.7	72.8	843	259	194	130	255	33.4	7.85	9.14
MAX	17	159	60	1200	3360	728	627	357	1090	81	32	82
MIN	.17	8.3	21	19	176	131	94	67	64	14	1.8	1.6
CFSM	.02	.19	.13	.30	3.51	1.08	.81	.54	1.06	.14	.03	.04
IN.	.03	.21	.15	.35	3.66	1.25	.90	.62	1.19	.16	.04	.04

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1979 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	68.5	172	181	161	263	371	362	397	283	171	79.2	46.9
MAX	645	1453	669	898	843	1225	1135	1349	775	935	711	605
(WY)	1994	1986	1983	1993	2001	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 2000 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 2001 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1979 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL	13937.30		55476.67
ANNUAL MEAN	38.1		152		212
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					499	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					32.4	2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	544	May 28	3360	Feb 25	9250	Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	.00	A	.17	Oct 3	.00	B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	.08	Sep 4	2.4	Sep 13	.00	Sep 13 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW			4420	Feb 25	13000	Apr 12 1994
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE			16.48	Feb 25	21.58	Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			.00	Oct 4
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.16		.63		.89
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	2.16		8.60		12.03
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	91		369		520
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	20		40		82
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	1.8		4.4		4.3

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