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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05570910       SANGAMON RIVER AT FISHER, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 40°18'38", 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.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: October 1978 to current year.
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2000.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

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

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 13,000 ft3/s, Apr. 12, 1994, gage height, 21.58 ft; no flow several days in 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2000.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
DISCHARGE, IN CUBIC FEET PER SECOND, WATER YEAR OCTOBER 1999 TO SEPTEMBER 2000
DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP
 
1 4.8 3.0 4.6 7.3 e2.7 32  23  47  161  65    7.0   .56
2 3.0 2.9 4.2 7.4 e2.9 28  23  55  137  58    5.3   .49
3 3.6 3.0 4.5 9.9 e3.2 23  24  52  116  56    4.7   .35
4 9.2 3.6 5.4 9.1 e3.8 22  23  48  106  60    4.0   .04
5 8.5 3.1 12    6.7 e4.1 21  21  44  107  108    3.2   .35
 
6 4.6 3.4 19    4.9 4.3 19  20  40  94  128    3.6   .10
7 2.9 4.3 13    5.3 4.2 18  21  38  80  77    4.7   .00
8 2.8 4.4 8.4 4.9 4.2 16  22  39  75  57    3.6   .00
9 4.0 4.5 6.7 5.4 4.2 17  19  42  70  48    3.4   .00
10 5.8 7.0 6.1 6.6 5.2 17  17  54  64  44    3.2   .09
 
11 7.1 5.7 6.8 6.4 7.1 15  17  53  61  43    2.7   1.3  
12 5.3 5.1 6.2 5.7 11    14  17  50  62  40    2.2   6.4  
13 3.7 4.5 5.5 4.5 14    15  15  46  65  36    1.6   14     
14 3.1 4.3 6.1 3.5 13    15  14  36  67  31    1.6   5.2  
15 2.4 4.5 6.8 2.9 12    14  16  30  65  27    1.4   3.3  
 
16 2.5 4.9 7.5 3.4 13    14  17  29  62  23    1.1   2.1  
17 3.0 5.3 8.8 3.9 16    15  24  31  53  20    1.5   .57
18 6.3 5.1 7.8 3.1 24    12  35  34  46  18    2.5   .15
19 5.0 5.5 7.3 3.6 120    15  31  105  43  16    5.5   .01
20 4.1 6.0 6.6 3.6 95    71  37  163  44  15    3.1   .00
 
21 3.5 5.4 5.3 2.4 67    131  197  95  260  14    1.6   .00
22 3.5 4.8 3.8 2.1 57    83  157  71  488  12    .90 .11
23 3.1 4.7 3.8 1.9 53    61  106  66  275  9.9 1.7   .19
24 2.5 6.0 4.3 2.4 48    52  92  63  282  8.6 3.1   .47
25 2.4 6.8 4.1 3.1 42    48  110  51  306  7.6 3.6   2.4  
 
26 2.4 5.9 4.1 2.7 34    40  89  41  204  6.7 3.9   3.2  
27 2.4 5.2 4.2 2.4 36    39  74  205  143  6.2 2.8   2.9  
28 2.6 4.8 4.9 2.2 38    37  68  544  109  5.6 1.9   1.3  
29 3.0 4.5 5.2 2.4 33    33  58  421  91  5.5 1.5   1.0  
30 3.0 4.0 6.1 e2.4 ---    26  50  268  77  6.3 1.4   .75
 
31 2.5 ---    7.5 e2.6 ---    24  ---  200  ---  9.3 1.2   ---     

TOTAL 122.6 142.2 206.6 134.7 771.9 987 1437 3061 3813 1061.7 89.50 47.33
MEAN 3.95 4.74 6.66 4.35 26.6 31.8 47.9 98.7 127 34.2 2.89 1.58
MAX 9.2 7.0 19 9.9 120 131 197 544 488 128 7.0 14
MIN 2.4 2.9 3.8 1.9 2.7 12 14 29 43 5.5 .90 .00
CFSM .02 .02 .03 .02 .11 .13 .20 .41 .53 .14 .01 .01
IN. .02 .02 .03 .02 .12 .15 .22 .47 .59 .16 .01 .01

e Estimated
STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1979 - 2000, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN 71.4 178 187 165 237 376 369 409 285 177 82.5 48.6
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 4.74 6.65 4.35 15.1 31.8 47.9 80.4 20.8 1.94 .59 .33
(WY) 1989 2000 1999 2000 1979 2000 2000 1988 1988 1988 1988 1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS FOR 1999 CALENDAR YEAR FOR 2000 WATER YEAR WATER YEARS 1979 - 2000
ANNUAL TOTAL 50733.81 11874.53
ANNUAL MEAN 139      32.4   215     
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN 499      1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN 32.4   2000
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN 2030          Apr 17 544          May 28 9250      Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN .00     Sep 11, 17 .00     A .00 B
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM .08     Sep 11 .08     Sep 4 .00 Sep 13 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW 562          May 28 13000      Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE 9.87     May 28 21.58 Apr 12 1994
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM) .58 .14 .90
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES) 7.86 1.84 12.18
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS 343      78      527     
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS 31      7.1   84     
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS 2.9   2.1   4.3  
A - Sept. 7-9, 20, 21.
B - Several days in 1988, 1994, 1999 and 2000.


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data