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Around Sugar Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Sugar Creek is a 42.3 mile river near Lake Springfield Marina in Illinois. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sugar Creek near Chatham, IL (site 05576195). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2016 to 2019
Sugar Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 61 cfs, and lowest in November, at 8.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,930 cfs, in 2017.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 28 | 2.3 to 66 |
| February | 21 | 4.2 to 40 |
| March | 23 | 16 to 42 |
| April | 61 | 44 to 161 |
| May | 52 | 29 to 201 |
| June | 40 | 22 to 54 |
| July | 20 | 14 to 34 |
| August | 18 | 12 to 35 |
| September | 14 | 6.3 to 19 |
| October | 9.1 | 0.2 to 14 |
| November | 8.2 | 0.7 to 17 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 3 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sugar Creek near Chatham, IL (site 05576195). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
7 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Sugar Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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