05525500 DATA: SW_QUAL_TBL

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05525500 SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'48", long 87°43'26" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.16, T.25 N., R.12 W., Iroquois County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on pier at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 9,200 ft downstream from Mud Creek, 1 mi west of Milford, and at mile 23.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 446 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999 to current year.
	MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1999; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1999.
BIOLOGICAL
	BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999, and 2002.
	FISH: Water years 1999, and 2002-03.
	HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002-03.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 23, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 22,900 ft³/s, Feb. 21, 1951, gage height, 20.90 ft, from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft³/s; maximum gage height, 28.16 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 19,400 ft³/s; minimum discharge, 2.0 ft³/s, Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972, Oct. 8, 1994.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Sampled as part of the Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) National Water Quality Assessment Project (NAWQA).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

												Alka-	Bicar-
							Dis-	pH,	Specif.			linity,	bonate,
		Agency	Agency		Instan-		solved	water,	conduc-			wat flt	wat flt
		ana-	col-		taneous	Dis-	oxygen,	unfltrd	tance,	Temper-	Temper-	inc tit	incrm.
		lyzing	lecting	Gage	dis-	solved	percent	field,	wat unf	ature,	ature,	field,	titr.,
Date	Time	sample,	sample,	height,	charge,	oxygen,	of sat-	std	uS/cm	air,	water,	mg/L as	field,
		code	code	feet	cfs	mg/L	uration	units	25 degC	deg C	deg C	CaCO₃	mg/L
		(00028)	(00027)	(00065)	(00061)	(00300)	(00301)	(00400)	(00095)	(00020)	(00010)	(39086)	(00453)
OCT 2002
08...	1105	80020	81700	3.08	15	11.8	111	8.2	667	16.5	12.7	252	304
DEC
06...	1040	80020	81700	3.20	20	10.6	73	7.8	794	-2.0	.2	286	347
FEB 2003
06...	0930	80020	81700	5.47	E240	13.7	94	7.6	598	.0	.0	192	233
APR
18...	0830	80020	81700	5.11	E170	9.7	90	8.1	662	10.5	12.0	232	278
MAY
08...	0930	80020	81700	9.97	E933	7.8	78	7.8	384	13.5	15.2	117	141
JUN
06...	0925	80020	81700	5.08	168	9.3	96	8.2	683	23.0	16.7	243	293
JUL
08...	0940	80020	81700	16.67	3860	5.1	61	7.3	260	28.5	23.9	84	102
AUG
14...	1025	80020	81700	3.75	88	8.1	95	8.1	679	30.0	23.3	246	296

	Carbon-				Ammonia	Nitrite		Ortho-		2,6-Di-
	ate,				+	+		phos-		ethyl-
	wat flt	Chlor-		Ammonia	org-N,	nitrate	Nitrite	phate,	Phos-	aniline	Aceto-	Ala-	alpha-
	incrm.	ide,	Sulfate	water,	water,	water	water,	water,	phorus,	water	chlor,	chlor,	HCH,
	titr.,	water,	water,	fltrd,	unfltrd	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	water,	fltrd	water,	water,	water,
Date	field,	fltrd,	fltrd,	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	unfltrd	0.7u GF	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,
	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	as N	as N	as N	as N	as P	mg/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L
	(00452)	(00940)	(00945)	(00608)	(00625)	(00631)	(00613)	(00671)	(00665)	(82660)	(49260)	(46342)	(34253)
OCT 2002
08...	2	21.6	91.2	<.04	.32	.76	E.005	.03	.056	<.006	<.006	<.004	<.005
DEC
06...	<1	27.9	96.2	<.04	.25	1.89	.008	<.02	.018	<.006	.008	<.004	<.005
FEB 2003
06...	<1	38.7	47.0	.13	.86	5.91	.030	.09	.157	<.006	.044	<.004	<.005
APR
18...	2	26.2	51.5	<.04	.60	7.84	.082	<.02	.079	<.006	.021	<.004	<.005
MAY
08...	<1	12.5	21.7	.51	6.3	9.39	.061	.10	1.40	<.006	E35.9	.009	<.005
JUN
06...	2	23.7	52.8	<.04	.52	10.3	.044	.02	.090	<.006	.408	<.004	<.005
JUL
08...	<1	7.59	11.5	<.04	1.3	5.88	.079	.22	.41	<.006	.650	.008	<.005
AUG
14...	2	21.4	64.0	<.04	.50	3.48	.012	.03	.104	<.006	.067	<.004	<.005

Ben-

flur-

Car-

Carbo-

Disul-

Atra-

alin,

Butyl-

baryl,

furan,

Chlor-

Cyana-

DCPA,

Diazi-

Diel-

foton,

EPTC,

zine,

water,

ate,

water,

pyrifos

zine,

water

CIAT,

non,

drin,

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

Date

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

(39632)

(82673)

(04028)

(82680)

(82674)

(38933)

(04041)

(82682)

(04040)

(39572)

(39381)

(82677)

(82668)

OCT 2002

08...

.138

<.010

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.024

<.005

<.02

<.002

DEC

06...

.114

<.010

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.021

<.005

<.02

<.002

FEB 2003

06...

.137

<.010

<.002

E.007

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.045

<.005

<.02

<.010

APR

18...

.227

<.010

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.028

<.005

<.02

<.002

MAY

08...

E108

<.010

<.002

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E1.42

<.005

<.02

<.002

JUN

06...

2.69

<.010

<.002

E.005

<.020

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.239

<.005

<.02

<.002

JUL

08...

2.01

<.010

<.002

E.006

E.280

.007

<.018

<.003

E.375

<.005

.010

<.02

<.002

AUG

14...

.483

<.010

<.002

<.041

E.016

<.005

<.018

<.003

E.047

<.005

<.02

<.002

Ethal-

Azin-

Methyl

flur-

Etho-

phos-

para-

Moli-

Naprop-

alin,

prop,

Linuron

Mala-

methyl,

thion,

Metola-

Metri-

nate,

amide,

p,p'-

water,

Fonofos

Lindane

water

thion,

water,

chlor,

buzin,

water,

DDE,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

Date

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

ug/L

(82663)

(82672)

(04095)

(39341)

(82666)

(39532)

(82686)

(82667)

(39415)

(82630)

(82671)

(82684)

(34653)

OCT 2002

08...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.026

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

DEC

06...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.015

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

FEB 2003

06...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.073

.011

<.002

<.007

<.003

APR

18...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.046

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

MAY

08...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

9.76

.143

<.002

<.007

<.003

JUN

06...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.180

.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

JUL

08...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.307

.027

<.002

<.007

<.003

AUG

14...

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.050

<.006

.035

<.006

<.002

<.007

<.003

Pendi-

cis-

Peb-

meth-

Per-

Pron-

Pro-

Propar-

Tebu-

Terba-

Para-

ulate,

alin,

methrin

Phorate

Prome-

amide,

Propa-

panil,

gite,

Sima-

thiuron

cil,

thion,

water,

water

ton,

water,

chlor,

water,

zine,

water

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

Date

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

(39542)

(82669)

(82683)

(82687)

(82664)

(04037)

(82676)

(04024)

(82679)

(82685)

(04035)

(82670)

(82665)

OCT 2002

08...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.006

<.011

E.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

.007

<.02

<.034

DEC

06...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.006

<.011

E.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

<.007

<.02

<.034

FEB 2003

06...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.006

<.011

E.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

.005

<.03

<.034

APR

18...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.006

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

.082

<.02

<.034

MAY

08...

<.010

<.004

.032

<.006

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

E.115

<.02

<.034

JUN

06...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.006

<.011

E.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

.024

<.02

<.034

JUL

08...

<.010

<.004

.033

<.006

<.011

E.01

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

.016

<.02

<.034

AUG

14...

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.006

<.011

.02

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

.011

<.02

<.034

				Tri-	Sus-
	Terbu-	Thio-	Tri-	flur-	pended
	fos,	bencarb	allate,	alin,	sedi-
	water,	water	water,	water,	ment
	fltrd	fltrd	fltrd	fltrd	concen-
Date	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	tration
	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	mg/L
	(82675)	(82681)	(82678)	(82661)	(80154)
OCT 2002
08...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	29
DEC
06...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	15
FEB 2003
06...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	22
APR
18...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	78
MAY
08...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	--
JUN
06...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	132
JUL
08...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	172
AUG
14...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	125

Remark codes used in this report: < -- Less than
E -- Estimated value