USGS Water-Year Summary 2022
05570910 SANGAMON RIVER AT FISHER, IL
LOCATION - Lat 40°18'38", long 88°19'20" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.5, T.21 N., R.8 E., Champaign County, IL, 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.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR IL-05: 2004.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
DISCHARGE: October 1978 to current.
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91.
BIOLOGICAL
ALGAE: Water year 1997.
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, satellite 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.