05580950 DATA: Discharge Tables, 1999

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. Effluent from sewage-treatment plant upstream averaged 35.7 ft³/s and consists of publicly supplied water from Lake Bloomington and Lake Evergreen and ground-water sources. The maximum monthly effluent was 48.0 ft³/s in May, and the minimum was 27.1 ft³/s in September.

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	21	23	32	11	100	30	29	56	160	281	23	17
2	14	34	25	12	102	63	24	49	106	74	20	17
3	17	30	26	13	72	40	30	46	51	51	19	16
4	14	23	25	12	57	36	40	43	120	42	36	14
5	38	22	24	12	48	51	28	75	75	37	22	13

6	48	22	89	13	45	48	35	157	46	35	20	15
7	22	22	38	14	171	32	24	67	39	31	106	17
8	19	26	24	14	105	30	31	50	35	29	52	16
9	17	65	20	14	77	41	41	42	32	33	29	15
10	15	116	16	12	62	42	43	38	30	30	26	14

11	15	42	18	17	67	40	35	73	362	25	23	16
12	17	28	19	15	52	43	23	163	372	24	217	23
13	16	27	16	15	43	39	22	367	938	25	84	22
14	17	25	17	16	40	39	21	135	232	24	38	18
15	20	25	17	15	38	47	187	90	125	25	28	16

16	19	24	17	17	48	68	382	69	92	24	26	17
17	40	22	17	61	37	76	201	488	75	37	26	16
18	76	22	17	58	34	53	119	165	62	25	24	15
19	22	23	35	30	32	46	91	104	54	75	27	16
20	17	22	20	28	30	46	73	76	47	71	24	17

21	20	21	25	83	27	40	66	85	44	28	21	17
22	17	22	17	224	27	38	103	92	46	26	21	17
23	16	22	16	312	29	37	82	93	41	23	58	17
24	16	23	15	152	28	36	54	59	40	22	41	17
25	15	23	12	103	35	31	47	47	34	21	28	17

26	16	19	12	85	37	31	46	42	34	21	25	18
27	93	19	13	129	46	28	196	38	32	23	22	20
28	43	21	14	95	32	27	158	36	41	108	21	57
29	26	23	14	66	---	29	95	32	40	30	19	60
30	23	88	13	55	---	27	71	29	28	26	19	21

31	21	---	12	107	---	28	---	34	---	23	18	---

TOTAL	790	924	675	1810	1521	1262	2397	2940	3433	1349	1163	591
MEAN	25.5	30.8	21.8	58.4	54.3	40.7	79.9	94.8	114	43.5	37.5	19.7
MAX	93	116	89	312	171	76	382	488	938	281	217	60
MIN	14	19	12	11	27	27	21	29	28	21	18	13

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1975 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	36.3	45.6	53.7	40.6	57.3	82.9	72.0	76.3	54.4	44.0	44.4	42.1
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 1998 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1999 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1975 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL	22900		18855
ANNUAL MEAN	62.7		51.7		54.1
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					99.6	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					32.0	1989
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	542	Apr 29	938	Jun 13	2500	Mar 4 1979
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	11	Sep 6	11	Jan 1	9.0	Dec 25 1976
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	12	Sep 5	12	Dec 30	12	A
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			2120	Jun 13	6600	Dec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			8.54	Jun 13	14.02 B	Dec 3 1982
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			2.7	Dec 14
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	135		101		97
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	41		30		31
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	15		16		18

A - Dec. 22, 1976, Sept. 5 and Dec. 30, 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 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	21	23	32	11	100	30	29	56	160	281	23	17
2	14	34	25	12	102	63	24	49	106	74	20	17
3	17	30	26	13	72	40	30	46	51	51	19	16
4	14	23	25	12	57	36	40	43	120	42	36	14
5	38	22	24	12	48	51	28	75	75	37	22	13

6	48	22	89	13	45	48	35	157	46	35	20	15
7	22	22	38	14	171	32	24	67	39	31	106	17
8	19	26	24	14	105	30	31	50	35	29	52	16
9	17	65	20	14	77	41	41	42	32	33	29	15
10	15	116	16	12	62	42	43	38	30	30	26	14

11	15	42	18	17	67	40	35	73	362	25	23	16
12	17	28	19	15	52	43	23	163	372	24	217	23
13	16	27	16	15	43	39	22	367	938	25	84	22
14	17	25	17	16	40	39	21	135	232	24	38	18
15	20	25	17	15	38	47	187	90	125	25	28	16

16	19	24	17	17	48	68	382	69	92	24	26	17
17	40	22	17	61	37	76	201	488	75	37	26	16
18	76	22	17	58	34	53	119	165	62	25	24	15
19	22	23	35	30	32	46	91	104	54	75	27	16
20	17	22	20	28	30	46	73	76	47	71	24	17

21	20	21	25	83	27	40	66	85	44	28	21	17
22	17	22	17	224	27	38	103	92	46	26	21	17
23	16	22	16	312	29	37	82	93	41	23	58	17
24	16	23	15	152	28	36	54	59	40	22	41	17
25	15	23	12	103	35	31	47	47	34	21	28	17

26	16	19	12	85	37	31	46	42	34	21	25	18
27	93	19	13	129	46	28	196	38	32	23	22	20
28	43	21	14	95	32	27	158	36	41	108	21	57
29	26	23	14	66	---	29	95	32	40	30	19	60
30	23	88	13	55	---	27	71	29	28	26	19	21

31	21	---	12	107	---	28	---	34	---	23	18	---

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	21	23	32	11	100	30	29	56	160	281	23	17
2	14	34	25	12	102	63	24	49	106	74	20	17
3	17	30	26	13	72	40	30	46	51	51	19	16
4	14	23	25	12	57	36	40	43	120	42	36	14
5	38	22	24	12	48	51	28	75	75	37	22	13

6	48	22	89	13	45	48	35	157	46	35	20	15
7	22	22	38	14	171	32	24	67	39	31	106	17
8	19	26	24	14	105	30	31	50	35	29	52	16
9	17	65	20	14	77	41	41	42	32	33	29	15
10	15	116	16	12	62	42	43	38	30	30	26	14

11	15	42	18	17	67	40	35	73	362	25	23	16
12	17	28	19	15	52	43	23	163	372	24	217	23
13	16	27	16	15	43	39	22	367	938	25	84	22
14	17	25	17	16	40	39	21	135	232	24	38	18
15	20	25	17	15	38	47	187	90	125	25	28	16

16	19	24	17	17	48	68	382	69	92	24	26	17
17	40	22	17	61	37	76	201	488	75	37	26	16
18	76	22	17	58	34	53	119	165	62	25	24	15
19	22	23	35	30	32	46	91	104	54	75	27	16
20	17	22	20	28	30	46	73	76	47	71	24	17

21	20	21	25	83	27	40	66	85	44	28	21	17
22	17	22	17	224	27	38	103	92	46	26	21	17
23	16	22	16	312	29	37	82	93	41	23	58	17
24	16	23	15	152	28	36	54	59	40	22	41	17
25	15	23	12	103	35	31	47	47	34	21	28	17

26	16	19	12	85	37	31	46	42	34	21	25	18
27	93	19	13	129	46	28	196	38	32	23	22	20
28	43	21	14	95	32	27	158	36	41	108	21	57
29	26	23	14	66	---	29	95	32	40	30	19	60
30	23	88	13	55	---	27	71	29	28	26	19	21

31	21	---	12	107	---	28	---	34	---	23	18	---

DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1998 TO SEPTEMBER 1999 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	21	23	32	11	100	30	29	56	160	281	23	17
2	14	34	25	12	102	63	24	49	106	74	20	17
3	17	30	26	13	72	40	30	46	51	51	19	16
4	14	23	25	12	57	36	40	43	120	42	36	14
5	38	22	24	12	48	51	28	75	75	37	22	13

6	48	22	89	13	45	48	35	157	46	35	20	15
7	22	22	38	14	171	32	24	67	39	31	106	17
8	19	26	24	14	105	30	31	50	35	29	52	16
9	17	65	20	14	77	41	41	42	32	33	29	15
10	15	116	16	12	62	42	43	38	30	30	26	14

11	15	42	18	17	67	40	35	73	362	25	23	16
12	17	28	19	15	52	43	23	163	372	24	217	23
13	16	27	16	15	43	39	22	367	938	25	84	22
14	17	25	17	16	40	39	21	135	232	24	38	18
15	20	25	17	15	38	47	187	90	125	25	28	16

16	19	24	17	17	48	68	382	69	92	24	26	17
17	40	22	17	61	37	76	201	488	75	37	26	16
18	76	22	17	58	34	53	119	165	62	25	24	15
19	22	23	35	30	32	46	91	104	54	75	27	16
20	17	22	20	28	30	46	73	76	47	71	24	17

21	20	21	25	83	27	40	66	85	44	28	21	17
22	17	22	17	224	27	38	103	92	46	26	21	17
23	16	22	16	312	29	37	82	93	41	23	58	17
24	16	23	15	152	28	36	54	59	40	22	41	17
25	15	23	12	103	35	31	47	47	34	21	28	17

26	16	19	12	85	37	31	46	42	34	21	25	18
27	93	19	13	129	46	28	196	38	32	23	22	20
28	43	21	14	95	32	27	158	36	41	108	21	57
29	26	23	14	66	---	29	95	32	40	30	19	60
30	23	88	13	55	---	27	71	29	28	26	19	21

31	21	---	12	107	---	28	---	34	---	23	18	---