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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05570910                         SANGAMON RIVER AT FISHER, IL



LOCATION.--Lat 40°18'40", long 88°19'20", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.5, T.21 N., R.8 E., Champaign County, Hydrologic Unit 07130006, on left downstream side of bridge on U.S. Highway 136, 1.2 mi east of Fisher, 8.8 mi west of Rantoul, and at mile 201.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.--240 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1978 to current year.

GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 683.23 ft above sea level.

REMARKS.--Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Gage height telemeter at station.
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 4.1 11    11    e3.6 358  178  104  225  98  206  12    3.5  
2 3.3 6.8 10    e4.3 440  162  100  214  632  347  10    2.2  
3 4.3 5.7 9.5 e3.9 433  315  95  203  916  237  9.2 2.0  
4 4.1 4.2 9.0 e3.5 327  313  103  192  503  173  8.6 1.4  
5 4.8 2.9 8.0 e3.2 239  253  91  188  495  138  7.7 1.0  
 
6 8.3 2.3 8.3 e3.5 211  296  99  181  454  120  7.0 .85
7 16    2.9 9.6 e4.1 381  287  100  168  315  105  6.6 .56
8 9.6 3.7 11    e4.0 930  244  96  151  251  92  8.4 .58
9 6.9 5.1 8.6 e3.7 906  240  185  137  215  84  9.4 .40
10 4.2 11    7.1 e3.5 689  206  226  130  186  75  7.9 .11
 
11 3.4 18    6.0 e3.3 491  168  225  127  164  66  6.9 .00
12 3.3 13    5.3 e3.2 472  159  198  127  180  59  9.8 .05
13 2.8 11    5.5 e3.0 354  177  154  186  341  54  23    .05
14 2.6 7.2 5.7 e3.0 276  186  141  320  739  49  17    .03
15 3.2 5.9 5.7 e3.0 249  187  263  291  943  45  10    .33
 
16 3.2 6.2 5.5 e3.6 234  222  1130  240  587  40  6.6 .08
17 2.9 7.1 5.6 e6.0 234  284  2030  215  318  36  7.1 .00
18 3.5 8.1 5.4 e9.6 222  265  1440  208  250  37  4.6 .18
19 6.9 6.7 6.9 e11    198  204  982  176  214  33  4.8 .83
20 6.2 6.8 9.3 e12    174  177  720  156  187  31  4.4 .86
 
21 4.6 6.8 10    e35    152  172  566  148  165  31  4.2 1.3  
22 3.0 7.4 8.4 e130    139  153  507  146  148  28  3.9 2.2  
23 2.8 8.9 6.4 e700    136  139  431  134  136  24  3.3 2.6  
24 3.0 9.2 6.1 e1000    131  132  370  137  245  21  4.6 1.5  
25 3.3 8.7 e5.0 e800    125  119  327  125  536  19  25    1.5  
 
26 4.2 9.1 e3.5 e600    116  111  303  111  341  17  31    1.8  
27 3.6 9.0 e3.0 445    132  109  284  102  370  17  16    2.4  
28 5.1 9.1 e2.8 455    200  107  268  96  292  21  8.3 3.6  
29 12    9.4 e2.7 334    ---  e104  261  92  234  24  5.3 7.3  
30 14    9.5 e2.3 251    ---  e101  241  88  175  19  3.0 8.4  
 
31 19    ---    e3.0 226    ---  100  ---  89  ---  15  3.2 ---     

TOTAL 178.2 232.7 206.2 5071.0 8949 5870 12040 5103 10630 2263 288.8 47.61
MEAN 5.75 7.76 6.65 164 320 189 401 165 354 73.0 9.32 1.59
MAX 19 18 11 1000 930 315 2030 320 943 347 31 8.4
MIN 2.6 2.3 2.3 3.0 116 100 91 88 98 15 3.0 .00
CFSM .02 .03 .03 .68 1.33 .79 1.67 .69 1.48 .30 .04 .01
IN. .03 .04 .03 .79 1.39 .91 1.87 .79 1.65 .35 .04 .01

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1979 - 1999, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 74.6 186 196 172 247 392 385 423 292 184 86.3 50.9
MAX 645 1453 669 898 796 1225 1135 1349 775 935 711 605
(WY) 1994 1986 1983 1993 1984 1979 1979 1981 1998 1981 1981 1993
MIN .55 7.47 6.65 15.3 15.1 72.9 73.2 80.4 20.8 1.94 .59 .33
(WY) 1989 1979 1999 1979 1979 1996 1986 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1998 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 1999 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1979 - 1999
ANNUAL TOTAL 96281.9   50879.51
ANNUAL MEAN 264      139      224     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 499      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 97.4   1988
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 3800          Jun 17 2030          Apr 17 9250      Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN 1.9       Sep 15 .00     Sep 11 .00 A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM 2.8       Sep 9 .08     Sep 11 .00 Sep 13 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 2190          Apr 17 13000      Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 13.97     Apr 17 21.58 Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW .00     B
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) 1.10 .58 .93
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 14.92 7.89 12.68
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 760      343      549     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 93      31      90     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 3.8   3.0   4.8  
A - Several days in 1988, 1994, and 1999.
B - Several days.


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