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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05525500       SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'48", long 87°43'26" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999 to current.

 

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

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999.

 

FISH: Water years 1999, and 2002.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. 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, discharge, 19,400 ft3/s; 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 CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
120 518 1450 e200 5520 450 1710 1340 227 151 67 e54 
219 466 1110 e185 4690 454 1060 1460 214 131 87 e47 
318 449 750 e178 2830 1250 763 1140 200 117 132 e39 
417 430 542 e176 1640 1260 588 843 191 107 79 36 
535 393 430 e172 981 882 492 649 231 97 59 32 
 
6321 355 371 e158 648 720 432 551 472 85 50 28 
7471 325 329 e145 503 1030 392 510 374 76 44 26 
8322 302 293 e142 409 1000 420 520 281 71 40 25 
9204 273 261 e144 354 1390 1030 853 239 109 37 24 
10145 258 231 148 342 2560 938 1430 231 209 34 23 
 
11123 246 216 130 342 1650 661 1220 375 131 30 22 
12505 218 202 123 361 949 533 4210 567 97 26 20 
131430 206 243 125 331 703 449 7330 449 82 26 19 
145040 202 369 124 288 606 401 4970 442 72 26 19 
157560 194 821 119 275 533 372 3050 493 64 27 19 
 
166000 189 812 105 258 460 333 1790 424 56 26 19 
175320 175 1200 102 234 420 305 1430 321 49 29 18 
183700 167 2080 98 206 393 284 1270 260 46 26 18 
192250 169 1730 131 602 350 279 1060 220 109 1090 22 
201330 163 1120 105 4020 341 259 797 195 92 3560 23 
 
21856 152 738 102 4550 314 291 619 177 67 3570 25 
22885 153 575 98 2860 279 537 516 165 52 2010 22 
231330 144 543 98 1630 278 486 455 158 299 1060 20 
242150 145 520 102 1040 268 399 409 151 303 1620 18 
254700 169 431 93 760 262 400 357 142 154 1630 17 
 
264540 171 364 88 630 246 391 321 421 101 1010 16 
272930 163 344 88 546 252 479 291 504 82 445 16 
281660 148 311 88 498 282 2880 275 316 71 218 16 
291030 147 259 92 --- 961 3360 265 231 73 143 15 
30718 824 e240 149 --- 2480 2090 255 183 104 e88 14 
 
31589 --- e220 1810 --- 2730 --- 248 --- 83 e68 --- 

TOTAL562187914191055618373482575323014404348854334017357712
MEAN1813263.8616.3181.21334830.7767.11304295.1107.7559.923.73
MAX7560824208018105520273033607330567303357054
MIN1714420288206246259248142462614
CFSM4.070.591.380.412.991.861.722.920.660.241.260.05
IN.4.690.661.590.473.122.151.923.370.740.281.450.06

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1948 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN143.8221.6360.5396.0553.1653.3699.2570.9495.0307.6108.5108.3
MAX18131964136122401918191519081824172215998141250
(WY)200219861991195019511979199419981980199319771993
MIN4.557.695.574.0612.064.511056.627.210.86.134.27
(WY)196419641964197719631981198619881988198819881988

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1948 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL202983     245667     
ANNUAL MEAN556.1  673.1  383.8      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN855         1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN87.2      1954
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN7560         Oct 157560         Oct 1515200         Apr 13 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN16         Aug 14-1614         Sep 302.5      Sep 1 1972
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM17         Aug 1116         Sep 242.9      Sep 11 1988
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW8090         Oct 1522900      AFeb 21 1951
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE20.51    Oct 1528.16 BApr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW13         Sep 302.0      C
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)1.251.510.86    
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)16.9320.4911.69    
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS1340     1640     1000         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS220     282     129         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS32     30     11         

A - Gage height, 20.90 ft., from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft3/s.

B - Discharge, 19,400 ft3/s.

C - Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972; Oct. 8, 1994.



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