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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05570910       SANGAMON RIVER AT FISHER, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°18'38", long 88°19'20" (NAD of 1927), 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 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water year 1997.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-06: 2004.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 683.23 ft above NGVD of 1929 (683.08 ft NAVD 1988).

 

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.




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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data