USGS Water-Year Summary 2021
05580950 SUGAR CREEK NEAR BLOOMINGTON, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°28'19", long 89°01'41" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.7, T.23 N., R.2 E., McLean County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on left bank at Bloomington-Normal Sanitary District sewage-treatment plant, 250 ft upstream from bridge on Interstate 74, 0.4 mi west of Bloomington, and at mile 48.8.
DRAINAGE AREA - 34.4 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-82-2: Drainage area. WDR IL-87-2: 1985.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: October 1974 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 725.11 ft above NGVD of 1929 (724.91 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Nov. 4, 1987, 200 ft upstream at same datum.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,600 ft³/s, Dec. 3, 1982, gage height, 14.02 ft, from floodmark; minimum daily, 9.0 ft³/s, Dec. 25, 1976.