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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05548200       NORTH BRANCH NIPPERSINK CREEK NR RICHMOND, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°27'53", long 88°18'00" (NAD of 1927), at NE¼ SE¼ sec.16, T.46N., R.8E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, 27 feet downstream of Hill Road.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 66.10 mi².

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-1963; Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water year 2000

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Habitat segment data were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. The measurements were collected according to Fitzpatrick and others (1998).




Tabular-Text Files of Habitat Segment Data for Water Year 2001

The following link contains habitat segment data collected at this site. An explanation of column headers in these files can be accessed at this link.

Segment -- General description of the segment, including gradient, sinuosity, and water-management features.



Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data