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Water-Year Summary for Site 05576250

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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
05576250 SUGAR CREEK NEAR SPRINGFIELD, IL
LOCATION - Lat 39°46'45", long 89°35'34" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 sec.6, T.15 N., R.4 E., Sangamon County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07130007, on downstream center of footbridge on Lost Bridge Trail, 0.2 mi. upstream from Illinois Route 29 bridge, 0.5 mi. west of Springfield, 2.7 mi. downstream from Spaulding Dam, and at mile 5.7.
DRAINAGE AREA - 274 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -

Discharge record for Nov. 30, 2019, to May 7, 2020, was revised on Aug. 25, 2020, due to errors in the shifted ratings.

Gage height records for Mar. 9-14, 2020, and Apr. 8-22, 2020, were revised on Aug. 25, 2020, to remove erroneous extreme low values.

 

 

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: April 2010 to current.
  STAGE: April 2010 to current.
SURFACE WATER QUALITY
  CHEMICAL: April 1979 to September 1987. Additional chemical data for water years
    1972-1977 are published in WRIR 78-23 and 79-24 as site EOA 01.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 510.438 ft. above NAVD of 1988. April 1979 to September 1978, water-quality data collected at site 0.2 miles downstream.
REMARKS - Flow regulated by Spaulding Dam at Lake Springfield 2.7 mi. upstream. Accuracy of records is discussed in the annual Station Analysis archived at the USGS IL Water Science Center.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 17,500 ft³/s, June 19, 2011, gage height 33.12 ft.; minimum, 0.99 ft³/s, Apr. 21, 2020, result of regulation.