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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 to current year.

 

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 fair. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream averaged 33.1 ft3/s and contains publicly supplied water from Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen and ground-water sources.


Discharge, cubic feet per second, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 2003 TO SEPTEMBER 2004
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAYOCTNOVDECJANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEP
 
121 21 26 30 23 28 103 62 141 24 22 22 
220 22 25 32 26 27 80 70 94 27 23 21 
320 38 25 32 30 26 69 46 74 112 23 20 
420 46 29 74 25 164 59 50 62 73 91 19 
518 91 53 43 24 274 53 39 54 33 22 17 
 
619 29 36 33 25 94 52 35 48 28 19 18 
718 25 30 31 25 66 49 31 47 27 17 18 
819 22 29 34 24 57 45 30 46 26 17 19 
919 21 36 32 25 49 42 29 46 132 19 17 
1020 21 71 30 25 42 39 37 249 201 19 17 
 
1119 24 39 32 26 40 37 50 142 99 18 16 
1218 23 33 33 25 36 38 64 74 72 18 16 
1319 22 32 31 24 33 37 53 59 68 18 17 
14108 22 32 31 24 46 37 168 53 48 17 16 
1528 22 33 29 23 35 35 67 75 34 17 63 
 
1624 22 41 29 22 49 34 44 51 30 18 239 
1722 66 32 46 23 45 34 38 45 28 20 43 
1821 477 37 32 32 46 31 213 39 27 21 29 
1922 111 31 30 50 37 30 104 34 26 20 25 
2022 62 29 28 72 34 54 62 31 25 54 24 
 
2122 44 29 29 43 31 38 48 43 26 21 23 
2222 39 47 27 34 31 31 44 34 27 19 23 
2321 97 93 27 33 32 29 80 29 25 20 22 
2421 67 50 26 32 39 92 60 29 22 158 22 
2599 43 38 25 30 52 122 299 40 22 393 22 
 
2627 35 37 26 29 282 52 83 28 22 137 22 
2724 31 35 27 28 110 38 61 26 23 57 22 
2825 28 57 25 27 187 36 50 26 23 42 21 
2923 28 41 25 27 133 34 42 26 23 56 21 
3022 27 35 24 --- 191 73 747 24 39 30 22 
 
3122 --- 31 23 --- 163 --- 352 --- 24 26 --- 

TOTAL82516261192976856247915033158176914161452896
MEAN26.654.238.531.529.580.050.110259.045.746.829.9
MAX108477937472282122747249201393239
MIN182125232226292924221716


STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 2004, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN35.545.050.039.857.278.769.976.455.745.644.440.4
MAX152203201130148238146181118135138178
(WY)198719861983199319761979197919841993200319811993
MIN17.117.514.015.522.529.628.128.021.117.216.517.0
(WY)197519771977197719801981197719871988199419881998

SUMMARY STATISTICSFOR 2003 CALENDAR YEARFOR 2004 WATER YEARWATER YEARS 1975 - 2004
ANNUAL TOTAL18623   18148     
ANNUAL MEAN51.049.6  53.2      
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN99.6      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN31.7      2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN1450       Jul 10747         May 302500         Mar 4 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN18       A16         B9.0      Dec 25 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM19       Oct 517         Sep 811         Jul 31 2001
MAXIMUM PEAK FLOW2600         May 306600         Dec 3 1982
MAXIMUM PEAK STAGE8.54    May 3014.02 CDec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW5.0      Oct 8
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS78   91     96         
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS32   31     31         
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS22   20     18         

A - Aug. 23, Oct. 5, 7, and 12.

B - Sept. 11, 12, and 14.

C - From flood mark.



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