05580950 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1998

ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05580950 SUGAR CREEK NEAR BLOOMINGTON, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 40°28'18", long 89°01'46", 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.--October 1974 to current year.

REVISED RECORDS.--WDR IL-82-2: Drainage area. WDR IL-87-2: 1985.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder 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.--Records good, except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Discharge values include effluent of about 14 ft³/s from the sewage-treatment plant.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	40	50	27	21	54	53	125	244	31	46	13	14
2	37	21	24	23	50	53	96	161	31	39	12	15
3	35	21	29	23	45	55	98	153	44	37	15	15
4	36	21	20	90	45	50	90	119	36	45	49	14
5	31	57	19	85	43	44	79	101	47	32	259	12

6	28	64	19	76	40	42	74	206	29	79	77	11
7	24	25	17	100	41	41	146	414	27	224	52	12
8	21	21	18	263	43	217	127	506	54	85	31	14
9	32	20	22	140	45	221	106	189	138	54	25	13
10	e25	19	35	86	57	125	80	131	44	44	26	13

11	e26	18	33	63	266	88	68	104	211	38	22	12
12	28	18	25	54	135	73	61	123	97	33	19	12
13	75	18	20	42	85	77	120	124	58	33	18	12
14	28	18	18	49	66	77	94	79	181	32	16	16
15	24	23	20	49	56	68	90	82	174	29	23	20

16	24	17	23	40	72	64	73	75	305	27	26	17
17	22	19	24	35	110	369	60	55	131	26	18	18
18	21	18	22	33	101	258	56	49	99	24	260	15
19	21	19	22	30	79	151	52	46	75	23	45	13
20	21	18	21	30	73	250	158	55	60	22	29	14

21	22	20	19	35	61	272	111	45	50	23	24	15
22	22	19	43	38	55	202	82	94	119	52	21	13
23	24	19	24	36	52	145	67	87	77	25	19	12
24	34	18	84	32	48	120	59	170	53	19	20	64
25	22	19	44	32	45	102	63	68	47	16	18	19

26	74	20	28	34	53	89	55	54	44	15	17	15
27	40	40	27	46	128	89	46	47	39	17	16	13
28	23	83	24	66	61	195	50	44	62	16	41	13
29	23	34	24	77	---	136	542	42	153	16	21	13
30	22	112	23	59	---	97	446	39	77	15	16	51

31	22	---	21	55	---	154	---	36	---	15	15	---

TOTAL	927	889	819	1842	2009	3977	3374	3742	2593	1201	1263	510
MEAN	29.9	29.6	26.4	59.4	71.8	128	112	121	86.4	38.7	40.7	17.0
MAX	75	112	84	263	266	369	542	506	305	224	260	64
MIN	21	17	17	21	40	41	46	36	27	15	12	11

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	36.7	46.3	55.1	39.9	57.4	84.7	71.6	75.6	51.9	44.0	44.7	43.0
MAX	152	203	201	130	148	238	146	181	118	125	138	178
(WY)	1987	1986	1983	1993	1976	1979	1979	1984	1993	1993	1981	1993
MIN	17.1	17.5	14.0	15.5	22.5	29.6	28.1	28.0	21.1	17.2	16.5	17.0
(WY)	1975	1977	1977	1977	1980	1981	1977	1987	1988	1994	1988	1998

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1975 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	15020		23146
ANNUAL MEAN	41.2		63.4		54.2
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					99.6	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					32.0	1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	319	Feb 21	542	Apr 29	2500	Mar 4 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	15	Jan 18, Feb. 15	11	Sep 6	9.0	Dec 25 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	16	Jan 14	12	Sep 5	12	A
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			2390	Apr 29	6600	Dec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			9.41	Apr 29	14.02 B	Dec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			2.5	Sep 7, 24
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	71		135		97
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	29		41		31
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	19		16		18

A - Dec. 22, 1976, Sept. 5, 1998.
B - From floodmark.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	40	50	27	21	54	53	125	244	31	46	13	14
2	37	21	24	23	50	53	96	161	31	39	12	15
3	35	21	29	23	45	55	98	153	44	37	15	15
4	36	21	20	90	45	50	90	119	36	45	49	14
5	31	57	19	85	43	44	79	101	47	32	259	12

6	28	64	19	76	40	42	74	206	29	79	77	11
7	24	25	17	100	41	41	146	414	27	224	52	12
8	21	21	18	263	43	217	127	506	54	85	31	14
9	32	20	22	140	45	221	106	189	138	54	25	13
10	e25	19	35	86	57	125	80	131	44	44	26	13

11	e26	18	33	63	266	88	68	104	211	38	22	12
12	28	18	25	54	135	73	61	123	97	33	19	12
13	75	18	20	42	85	77	120	124	58	33	18	12
14	28	18	18	49	66	77	94	79	181	32	16	16
15	24	23	20	49	56	68	90	82	174	29	23	20

16	24	17	23	40	72	64	73	75	305	27	26	17
17	22	19	24	35	110	369	60	55	131	26	18	18
18	21	18	22	33	101	258	56	49	99	24	260	15
19	21	19	22	30	79	151	52	46	75	23	45	13
20	21	18	21	30	73	250	158	55	60	22	29	14

21	22	20	19	35	61	272	111	45	50	23	24	15
22	22	19	43	38	55	202	82	94	119	52	21	13
23	24	19	24	36	52	145	67	87	77	25	19	12
24	34	18	84	32	48	120	59	170	53	19	20	64
25	22	19	44	32	45	102	63	68	47	16	18	19

26	74	20	28	34	53	89	55	54	44	15	17	15
27	40	40	27	46	128	89	46	47	39	17	16	13
28	23	83	24	66	61	195	50	44	62	16	41	13
29	23	34	24	77	---	136	542	42	153	16	21	13
30	22	112	23	59	---	97	446	39	77	15	16	51

31	22	---	21	55	---	154	---	36	---	15	15	---

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	40	50	27	21	54	53	125	244	31	46	13	14
2	37	21	24	23	50	53	96	161	31	39	12	15
3	35	21	29	23	45	55	98	153	44	37	15	15
4	36	21	20	90	45	50	90	119	36	45	49	14
5	31	57	19	85	43	44	79	101	47	32	259	12

6	28	64	19	76	40	42	74	206	29	79	77	11
7	24	25	17	100	41	41	146	414	27	224	52	12
8	21	21	18	263	43	217	127	506	54	85	31	14
9	32	20	22	140	45	221	106	189	138	54	25	13
10	e25	19	35	86	57	125	80	131	44	44	26	13

11	e26	18	33	63	266	88	68	104	211	38	22	12
12	28	18	25	54	135	73	61	123	97	33	19	12
13	75	18	20	42	85	77	120	124	58	33	18	12
14	28	18	18	49	66	77	94	79	181	32	16	16
15	24	23	20	49	56	68	90	82	174	29	23	20

16	24	17	23	40	72	64	73	75	305	27	26	17
17	22	19	24	35	110	369	60	55	131	26	18	18
18	21	18	22	33	101	258	56	49	99	24	260	15
19	21	19	22	30	79	151	52	46	75	23	45	13
20	21	18	21	30	73	250	158	55	60	22	29	14

21	22	20	19	35	61	272	111	45	50	23	24	15
22	22	19	43	38	55	202	82	94	119	52	21	13
23	24	19	24	36	52	145	67	87	77	25	19	12
24	34	18	84	32	48	120	59	170	53	19	20	64
25	22	19	44	32	45	102	63	68	47	16	18	19

26	74	20	28	34	53	89	55	54	44	15	17	15
27	40	40	27	46	128	89	46	47	39	17	16	13
28	23	83	24	66	61	195	50	44	62	16	41	13
29	23	34	24	77	---	136	542	42	153	16	21	13
30	22	112	23	59	---	97	446	39	77	15	16	51

31	22	---	21	55	---	154	---	36	---	15	15	---

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	40	50	27	21	54	53	125	244	31	46	13	14
2	37	21	24	23	50	53	96	161	31	39	12	15
3	35	21	29	23	45	55	98	153	44	37	15	15
4	36	21	20	90	45	50	90	119	36	45	49	14
5	31	57	19	85	43	44	79	101	47	32	259	12

6	28	64	19	76	40	42	74	206	29	79	77	11
7	24	25	17	100	41	41	146	414	27	224	52	12
8	21	21	18	263	43	217	127	506	54	85	31	14
9	32	20	22	140	45	221	106	189	138	54	25	13
10	e25	19	35	86	57	125	80	131	44	44	26	13

11	e26	18	33	63	266	88	68	104	211	38	22	12
12	28	18	25	54	135	73	61	123	97	33	19	12
13	75	18	20	42	85	77	120	124	58	33	18	12
14	28	18	18	49	66	77	94	79	181	32	16	16
15	24	23	20	49	56	68	90	82	174	29	23	20

16	24	17	23	40	72	64	73	75	305	27	26	17
17	22	19	24	35	110	369	60	55	131	26	18	18
18	21	18	22	33	101	258	56	49	99	24	260	15
19	21	19	22	30	79	151	52	46	75	23	45	13
20	21	18	21	30	73	250	158	55	60	22	29	14

21	22	20	19	35	61	272	111	45	50	23	24	15
22	22	19	43	38	55	202	82	94	119	52	21	13
23	24	19	24	36	52	145	67	87	77	25	19	12
24	34	18	84	32	48	120	59	170	53	19	20	64
25	22	19	44	32	45	102	63	68	47	16	18	19

26	74	20	28	34	53	89	55	54	44	15	17	15
27	40	40	27	46	128	89	46	47	39	17	16	13
28	23	83	24	66	61	195	50	44	62	16	41	13
29	23	34	24	77	---	136	542	42	153	16	21	13
30	22	112	23	59	---	97	446	39	77	15	16	51

31	22	---	21	55	---	154	---	36	---	15	15	---