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05570910 SANGAMON RIVER AT FISHER, IL

LOCATION.--Lat 40°18'40", long 88°19'20", in NE¼NW¼ 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 1997 TO SEPTEMBER 1998 DAILY MEAN VALUES
DAY	OCT	NOV	DEC	JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP

1	15	23	63	73	130	181	564	338	138	644	21	5.5
2	26	e20	54	63	132	171	535	444	129	355	19	5.5
3	23	e17	45	54	123	162	435	716	119	256	18	5.1
4	7.0	e15	40	55	120	148	520	1510	114	236	19	5.3
5	9.3	e14	37	91	116	132	577	1170	109	228	19	5.4

6	8.0	e12	31	293	107	123	461	740	101	250	24	4.5
7	8.0	e12	31	333	99	119	390	1130	93	351	33	4.4
8	8.6	e12	29	578	93	182	794	2750	88	285	e42	4.3
9	9.3	e11	28	1150	87	832	1080	2350	184	220	e29	3.6
10	9.4	11	29	938	84	1200	723	1300	312	183	e24	4.9

11	10	10	30	552	95	875	497	796	518	149	e20	3.3
12	10	9.2	29	353	204	544	396	527	1040	127	e17	2.1
13	10	8.4	28	267	226	408	348	408	928	113	15	2.1
14	11	8.2	30	212	187	392	524	330	689	100	14	2.0
15	16	10	34	207	159	394	520	289	1130	86	15	1.9

16	13	11	30	173	150	353	402	261	2760	78	15	6.5
17	18	11	28	154	160	663	329	226	3800	68	14	4.3
18	15	9.6	28	136	291	2270	271	207	2280	60	12	3.1
19	14	10	29	122	351	2050	248	196	1370	55	12	3.2
20	21	11	30	114	306	e1900	231	202	988	49	12	3.6

21	21	11	31	109	267	1780	236	189	651	44	11	5.3
22	18	12	33	105	231	1740	225	e450	479	49	9.9	4.2
23	16	12	37	100	211	1330	204	e1100	1210	99	8.8	3.3
24	18	11	41	94	190	935	191	e950	1160	70	8.9	3.5
25	21	11	136	86	169	690	180	e520	646	47	7.8	4.0

26	23	10	163	82	162	530	178	253	388	38	7.3	5.8
27	33	10	121	81	181	445	155	218	297	33	6.4	6.7
28	33	13	98	91	194	723	140	190	245	31	6.3	5.0
29	29	40	e84	116	---	931	150	171	507	27	6.4	3.3
30	29	50	75	130	---	800	215	159	791	24	6.3	3.9

31	25	---	58	127	---	590	---	153	---	22	6.1	---

TOTAL	527.6	425.4	1560	7039	4825	23593	11719	20243	23264	4377	479.2	125.6
MEAN	17.0	14.2	50.3	227	172	761	391	653	775	141	15.5	4.19
MAX	33	50	163	1150	351	2270	1080	2750	3800	644	42	6.7
MIN	7.0	8.2	28	54	84	119	140	153	88	22	6.1	1.9
CFSM	.07	.06	.21	.95	.72	3.17	1.63	2.72	3.23	.59	.06	.02
IN.	.08	.07	.24	1.09	.75	3.66	1.82	3.14	3.61	.68	.07	.02

e Estimated

STATISTICS OF MONTHLY MEAN DATA FOR WATER YEARS 1979 - 1998, BY WATER YEAR (WY)
MEAN	78.0	195	205	173	243	402	384	436	289	190	90.1	53.4
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	10.6	15.3	15.1	72.9	73.2	80.4	20.8	1.94	.59	.33
(WY)	1989	1979	1980	1979	1979	1996	1986	1988	1988	1988	1988	1988

SUMMARY STATISTICS	FOR 1997 CALENDAR YEAR		FOR 1998 WATER YEAR		WATER YEARS 1979 - 1998
ANNUAL TOTAL	65852.4		98177.8
ANNUAL MEAN	180		269		228
HIGHEST ANNUAL MEAN					499	1993
LOWEST ANNUAL MEAN					97.4	1988
HIGHEST DAILY MEAN	2370	Feb 27	3800	Jun 17	9250	Apr 12 1994
LOWEST DAILY MEAN	7.0	Oct 4	1.9	Sep 15	.00	A
ANNUAL SEVEN-DAY MINIMUM	8.5	Oct 4	2.8	Sep 9	.00	Sep 13 1988
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK FLOW			4200	Jun 17	13000	Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS PEAK STAGE			16.28	Jun 17	21.58	Apr 12 1994
INSTANTANEOUS LOW FLOW			1.4	Sep 15
ANNUAL RUNOFF (CFSM)	.75		1.12		.95
ANNUAL RUNOFF (INCHES)	10.21		15.22		12.91
10 PERCENT EXCEEDS	493		760		560
50 PERCENT EXCEEDS	71		99		91
90 PERCENT EXCEEDS	11		7.2		5.2

A - Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, Sept. 13-21, Oct. 10-16, 1988; Sept. 17, 18, 1994.