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	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00065 Gage height(Mean) [Discontinued 9/30/16]
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00400 pH(Max.,Min.,Med.)
	80154 Suspnd sedmnt conc(Mean)
	80155 Suspnd sedmnt disch(Mean)
	99133 NO3+NO2,water,insitu(Max.,Min.,Mean)

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2025

05579630 KICKAPOO CREEK NEAR BLOOMINGTON, IL

LOCATION - Lat 40°27'30", long 88°52'39" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, in NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4 sec.16, T.23 N., R.3 E., McLean County, IL, Hydrologic Unit 07130009, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on 1200N Road (Ireland Grove Road), 1.5 miles east of Towanda-Barnes Road (County Road 29/1900E), about 700 ft. downstream from Kickapoo Creek Tributary and at mile 53.0.

DRAINAGE AREA - 14.8 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD -
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
  DISCHARGE: October 2006 to October 2016.
  STAGE: October 2006 to October 2016.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
  SEDIMENT: October 2006 to September 2015.
  WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2006 to July 2015.
  SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2006 to July 2015.
  DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 2006 to July 2015.
  PH: October 2006 to July 2015.
  NITRATE: July 2010 to July 2015.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder, telephone telemeter, automatic water sampler, water-quality monitor, and a crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 785.62 ft above NAVD of 1988. Temporary diversion about 30 feet upstream to lower water levels for sewer-line construction during summer of 2007. September 2008 to current, diversion to wetlands about 700 feet upstream. December 2008 to current, detention structure about 250 feet upstream to sustain water levels for wetlands.

REMARKS - 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, 3,610 ft³/s, July 9, 2015, gage height, 12.39; no flow, Sept. 27-30 and Oct. 9-10, 2007 (due to pumpage), and several days during 2012. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 3,910 mg/L, June 1, 2009; minimum daily, 5 mg/L, July 19-20, 2012. SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 6,000 tons, June 1, 2009; minimum daily, 0.00 tons, Sept. 26-30, 2007, and several or many days in water years 2008, 2011-2013. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 37.8oC, July 27, 2011; minimum, 0.0oC, several days in most years. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1,180 uS/cm at 25oC, Feb. 19, 2007 and Mar. 27, 2014; minimum, 54 uS/cm at 25oC, July 9, 2015. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 21.4 mg/L, Apr. 11, 2014; minimum, 0.5 mg/L, Aug. 15, 2010. PH: Maximum, 9.1 standard units, Nov. 14, 2010; minimum, 6.6 standard units, Nov. 18 and Dec. 9, 2009. NITRATE: Maximum, 22.8 mg/L, May 27, 2013; minimum, 0.0 mg/L, many days.