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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527043       FORKED CREEK AT RITCHIE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°15'19", long 88°06'20" (NAD of 1983), in SW1/4NW1/4 sec.17, T.32 N., R.10 E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120001, at bridge on county road, and at mile 6.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 103 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1966-70.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2005.

 

GAGE.-- Nonrecording gage. Datum of gage is 553.12 ft above NGVD of 1929 (552.97 ft NAVD 1988).

 

REMARKS.-- Biology station established in 2005 as part of a comparative study of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) invertabrate sampling techniques.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage, 4.42 ft, May 14, 1970, discharge unknown.




Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data