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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 1997-2001.


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 fair. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream averaged 35.9 ft3/s and contains publicly supplied water from Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen and ground-water sources. The maximum monthly effluent was 47.5 ft3/s in February and the minimum was 28.5 ft3/s in December.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2000 TO SEPTEMBER 2001
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
113 21 36 14   107 78 28 40 97 47 11   17 
213 51 30 19   72 69 34 34 123 22 12   15 
313 23 26 21   62 60 31 27 62 137 11   16 
4109 21 27 21   61 50 31 28 162 48 11   18 
591 19 25 24   56 44 195 29 210 24 9.319 
 
639 166 25 24   105 39 105 39 252 17 11   58 
728 97 27 23   99 36 71 36 131 18 10   27 
824 66 25 23   213 34 55 25 97 19 11   19 
923 304 22 22   355 30 57 23 79 21 14   96 
1023 107 22 24   154 26 159 27 69 18 20   30 
 
1121 76 33 25   102 23 212 52 68 16 10   22 
1220 69 29 32   86 63 121 26 78 15 9.519 
1319 105 24 40   77 34 95 17 87 15 12   20 
1422 71 24 98   121 25 75 37 84 14 9.820 
1544 67 23 109   92 66 83 22 84 14 10   18 
 
1624 51 30 56   76 218 64 18 77 16 60   17 
1724 47 24 40   58 124 58 169 67 17 13   19 
1823 43 21 33   51 94 55 396 66 29 79   91 
1922 41 20 26   50 75 56 94 71 20 16   74 
2021 39 20 19   42 63 72 63 73 17 13   32 
 
2120 38 19 16   36 54 115 83 161 25 12   37 
2221 36 19 14   43 46 90 55 55 27 131   16 
2323 27 17 14   32 41 75 48 38 40 130   16 
2423 25 15 12   497 36 68 44 35 18 41   15 
2523 55 12 9.3354 30 116 42 34 15 39   14 
 
2623 57 15 9.6138 29 55 140 33 12 45   13 
2723 38 16 11   118 28 42 57 31 11 25   13 
2826 32 16 10   94 27 34 44 30 54 22   13 
2921 37 16 514   --- 27 29 45 29 38 21   14 
3019 29 17 373   --- 22 30 41 27 12 22   13 
 
3122 --- 16 169   --- 27 --- 140 --- 10 24   --- 

TOTAL86018586911844.933511618231119412510806864.6811
MEAN27.761.922.359.512052.277.062.683.726.027.927.0
MAX1093043651449721821239625213713196
MIN1319129.33222281727109.313


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 2001, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN35.545.251.540.658.680.170.875.055.642.643.340.8
MAX152203201130148238146181118125138178
(WY)198719861983199319761979197919841993199319811993
MIN17.117.514.015.522.529.628.128.021.117.216.517.0
(WY)197519771977197719801981197719871988199419881998

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2000 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2001 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1975 - 2001
ANNUAL TOTAL12929   19466.5  
ANNUAL MEAN35.353.3  53.3      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN99.6      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN31.7      2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN315       Aug 23514         Jan 292500         Mar 4 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN10       Sep 199.3      A9.0      Dec 25 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM12       Aug 1011         Jul 3111         Jul 31 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW1620         Jan 296600         Dec 3 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE6.91    Jan 2914.02 BDec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW.41    Jan 28
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS67   108     96         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS24   30     31         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS14   14     18         

A- Jan. 25 and Aug. 5.
B- From flood mark.


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