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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05580950       SUGAR CREEK NEAR BLOOMINGTON, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°28'16", long 89°01'48" (NAD of 1927), 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 1994-2002.

 

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 NGVD of 1929. Prior to Nov. 4, 1987, 200 ft upstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Sewage-treatment plant effluent 300 ft 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 poor. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream averaged 36.7 ft3/s and contains publicly supplied water from Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen and ground-water sources. The maximum monthly effluent was 46.9 ft3/s in March and the minimum was 29.1 ft3/s in January.


DISCHARGE, in CFS, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2001 TO SEPTEMBER 2002
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
114 21 50 22 142 53 50 110 42 27 28 30 
212 93 37 22 96 129 53 100 40 26 29 31 
313 26 35 22 78 105 46 79 39 25 19 31 
419 21 34 23 64 80 44 72 50 22 17 27 
5126 19 34 23 58 89 42 68 50 21 18 27 
 
623 48 36 25 54 121 40 80 41 20 15 25 
714 63 31 23 50 123 46 68 34 19 14 22 
814 61 29 24 46 132 122 70 29 21 13 21 
913 57 27 24 44 261 79 145 28 28 14 29 
1035 53 27 24 65 128 64 72 31 21 16 24 
 
1163 50 27 24 50 100 59 393 90 25 16 22 
12118 50 52 23 47 88 57 560 55 20 17 21 
13250 51 67 23 43 79 53 185 407 17 55 19 
1489 51 58 24 42 70 52 133 112 16 50 18 
15115 49 46 23 41 67 50 107 75 19 20 45 
 
16103 47 76 23 41 57 48 137 61 19 308 23 
1741 46 92 24 38 57 46 141 57 18 70 25 
1828 43 60 24 38 54 46 114 47 21 36 71 
1923 49 49 24 185 51 47 93 42 24 314 50 
2020 45 42 24 173 51 56 81 40 19 83 87 
 
2160 44 39 26 108 47 147 73 39 19 51 37 
22131 36 66 25 85 43 69 68 36 28 38 27 
23117 36 54 26 72 43 60 78 35 22 656 23 
2479 159 41 26 64 42 74 90 36 20 130 21 
2546 73 35 25 68 48 59 62 43 18 86 20 
 
2633 63 34 25 77 48 50 53 45 65 68 21 
2727 52 32 24 60 47 348 50 41 134 57 22 
2824 29 30 24 56 47 157 64 33 159 47 19 
2922 48 27 38 --- 93 98 59 30 155 43 18 
3021 147 24 153 --- 61 81 48 28 64 38 20 
 
3120 --- 24 417 --- 51 --- 44 --- 37 32 --- 

TOTAL17131630131512771985246522433497173611492398876
MEAN55.2654.3342.4241.1970.8979.5274.77112.857.8737.0677.3529.20
MAX2501599241718526134856040715965687
MIN121924223842404428161318


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 2002, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN36.2345.5451.2140.6159.0680.0870.9376.3155.6942.4144.4940.40
MAX152203201130148238146181118125138178
(WY)198719861983199319761979197919841993199319811993
MIN17.117.514.015.522.529.628.128.021.117.216.517.0
(WY)197519771977197719801981197719871988199419881998

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2001 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2002 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1975 - 2002
ANNUAL TOTAL20715.5  22284     
ANNUAL MEAN56.7561.0553.54    
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN99.6      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN31.7      2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN514         Jan 29656         Aug 232500         Mar 4 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN9.3      Jan 25,Aug 512         Oct 29.0      Dec 25 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM11         Jul 3115         Aug 611         Jul 31 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2130         Aug 236600         Dec 3 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE8.59    Aug 2314.02 ADec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW3.3      Jul 14
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS117     117     97         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS37     45     31         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS14     20     18         

A-From flood mark.



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