05525500 DATA: SW_QUAL_TBL

Station list Available data
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 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999 to current year.
	MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1999; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1999.
BIOLOGICAL
	ALGAE: Water years 2002-03.
	BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2002.
	FISH: Water years 1999 and 2002-04.
	HABITAT: Water years 1999 and 2002-04.

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.--Sampled as part of the Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) National Water Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

												Alka-	Bicar-
							Dis-	pH,	Specif.			linity,	bonate,
		Agency	Agency		Instan-		solved	water,	conduc-			wat flt	wat flt
		col-	ana-		taneous	Dis-	oxygen,	unfltrd	tance,	Temper-	Temper-	inc tit	incrm.
		lecting	lyzing	Gage	dis-	solved	percent	field,	wat unf	ature,	ature,	field,	titr.,
Date	Time	sample,	sample,	height,	charge,	oxygen,	of sat-	std	uS/cm	air,	water,	mg/L as	field,
		code	code	feet	cfs	mg/L	uration	units	25 degC	deg C	deg C	CaCO₃	mg/L
		(00027)	(00028)	(00065)	(00061)	(00300)	(00301)	(00400)	(00095)	(00020)	(00010)	(39086)	(00453)
OCT 2003
01...	1010	81700	80020	4.23	133	17.1	156	7.9	624	9.0	11.2	238	E289
DEC
19...	0910	81700	80020	5.43	225	14.8	106	8.1	704	-4.5	1.6	253	E307
FEB 2004
03...	1105	81700	80020	4.50	129	21.0	144	8.0	737	-7.0	.0	258	314
APR
20...	0930	81700	80020	4.60	163	8.3	86	8.2	648	14.0	16.7	236	285
MAY
19...	1025	81700	80020	9.22	E770	11.4	116	7.9	526	21.0	16.2	148	E179
JUN
18...	1000	81700	80020	19.17	5780	5.5	65	7.1	186	28.5	23.4	92	112
JUL
15...	0930	81700	80020	6.72	384	6.9	80	7.5	590	25.0	22.4	232	281
AUG
06...	1000	81700	80020	4.18	100	7.4	83	7.9	630	20.0	19.9	231	279

	Carbon-				Nitrite		Ortho-		Total	2,6-Di-
	ate,				+		phos-		nitro-	ethyl-
	wat flt	Chlor-		Ammonia	nitrate	Nitrite	phate,	Phos-	gen,	aniline		Aceto-	Ala-
	incrm.	ide,	Sulfate	water,	water	water,	water,	phorus,	wat unf	water	CIAT,	chlor,	chlor,
	titr.,	water,	water,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	water,	by anal	fltrd	water,	water,	water,
Date	field,	fltrd,	fltrd,	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	unfltrd	ysis,	0.7u GF	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,
	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	as N	as N	as N	as P	mg/L	mg/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L
	(00452)	(00940)	(00945)	(00608)	(00631)	(00613)	(00671)	(00665)	(62855)	(82660)	(04040)	(49260)	(46342)
OCT 2003
01...	E1	22.8	41.5	<.04	4.06	.009	.046	.094	7.12	<.006	E.052	.015	<.004
DEC
19...	<1	26.4	51.7	<.04	8.82	.011	.016	.029	9.95	<.006	E.010	<.006	<.005
FEB 2004
03...	<1	26.1	63.4	<.04	8.34	.011	.013	.022	8.49	<.006	E.016	<.006	<.005
APR
20...	1	149	47.9	<.04	8.68	.041	.008	.103	9.27	<.006	E.034	.044	<.005
MAY
19...	<1	25.8	10.9	<.04	15.0	.057	.077	.50	16.4	<.006	E.496	2.88	<.005
JUN
18...	<1	6.65	12.4	<.04	5.12	.064	.174	.31	6.06	<.006	E.238	.423	<.005
JUL
15...	1	18.2	38.3	E.03	7.07	.033	.097	.178	8.03	<.006	E.069	.104	<.005
AUG
06...	1	24.4	60.7	<.04	3.07	.017	.041	.101	3.36	<.006	E.037	.045	<.005

Azin-

Ben-

cis-

phos-

flur-

Car-

Carbo-

Per-

alpha-

Atra-

methyl,

alin,

Butyl-

baryl,

furan,

Chlor-

methrin

Cyana-

DCPA,

Diazi-

Diel-

HCH,

zine,

water,

ate,

water,

pyrifos

water

zine,

water

non,

drin,

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

Date

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

ug/L

(34253)

(39632)

(82686)

(82673)

(04028)

(82680)

(82674)

(38933)

(82687)

(04041)

(82682)

(39572)

(39381)

OCT 2003

01...

<.005

.212

<.050

<.010

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

DEC

19...

<.005

.094

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

FEB 2004

03...

<.005

.061

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

APR

20...

<.005

.507

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

MAY

19...

<.005

10.9

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

JUN

18...

<.005

1.11

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

JUL

15...

<.005

.736

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

AUG

06...

<.005

.320

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

Ethal-

Methyl

Disul-

flur-

Etho-

para-

Moli-

Naprop-

foton,

EPTC,

alin,

prop,

Linuron

Mala-

thion,

Metola-

Metri-

nate,

amide,

water,

Fonofos

Lindane

water

thion,

water,

chlor,

buzin,

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

Date

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

(82677)

(82668)

(82663)

(82672)

(04095)

(39341)

(82666)

(39532)

(82667)

(39415)

(82630)

(82671)

(82684)

OCT 2003

01...

<.02

<.002

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.006

.030

<.006

<.002

<.007

DEC

19...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.014

<.006

<.003

<.007

FEB 2004

03...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

E.012

<.006

<.003

<.007

APR

20...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.240

<.006

<.003

<.007

MAY

19...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

3.36

.069

<.003

<.007

JUN

18...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.623

<.006

<.003

<.007

JUL

15...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.112

<.006

<.003

<.007

AUG

06...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.499

<.006

<.003

<.007

Pendi-

Peb-

meth-

Propy-

Pro-

Propar-

Tebu-

Terba-

p,p'-

Para-

ulate,

alin,

Phorate

Prome-

zamide,

Propa-

panil,

gite,

Sima-

thiuron

cil,

DDE,

thion,

water,

water

ton,

water,

chlor,

water,

zine,

water

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

Date

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

(34653)

(39542)

(82669)

(82683)

(82664)

(04037)

(82676)

(04024)

(82679)

(82685)

(04035)

(82670)

(82665)

OCT 2003

01...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

E.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

DEC

19...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

FEB 2004

03...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

APR

20...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.033

<.02

<.034

MAY

19...

<.003

<.010

<.004

.029

<.011

.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.085

<.02

<.034

JUN

18...

<.004

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.048

<.02

<.034

JUL

15...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.02

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.007

<.02

<.034

AUG

06...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.05

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.69

E.005

<.02

<.034

				Tri-	Sus-
	Terbu-	Thio-	Tri-	flur-	pended
	fos,	bencarb	allate,	alin,	sedi-
	water,	water	water,	water,	ment
	fltrd	fltrd	fltrd	fltrd	concen-
Date	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	tration
	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	mg/L
	(82675)	(82681)	(82678)	(82661)	(80154)
OCT 2003
01...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	87
DEC
19...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	71
FEB 2004
03...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	52
APR
20...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	234
MAY
19...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	488
JUN
18...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	142
JUL
15...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	133
AUG
06...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	119

Remark codes used in this table: < -- Less than
E -- Estimated value