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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05587000       MACOUPIN CREEK NEAR KANE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°14'03", long 90°23'40" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.11, T.9 N., R.12 W., Greene County, Hydrologic Unit 07130012, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 267, 1.4 mi downstream from Link Branch, 3.5 mi northwest of Kane, and at mile 16.1.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 868 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1921 to November 1933, May to August 1940, October 1940 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2002.

 

BIOLOGICAL: Benthic macroinvertebrates, Water year 1997.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1175: 1924. WSP 1308: 1922(M), 1928(M), 1931(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 426.77 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1928, at site 2.0 mi upstream at various datums. May 17, 1940 to May 17, 1943, water-stage recorder, and May 18, 1943 to July 19, 1970, nonrecording gage at site 800 ft downstream at present datum. July 20 to Sept. 18, 1970, nonrecording gage at present site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 40,100 ft3/s, April 12, 1994, gage height, 28.32 ft; maximum gage height, 28.50 ft, May 18, 1943; no flow Oct. 19-27, 1955.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the lower Illinois River Basin. One quantitative (Richest-Targeted Habitat) sample was collected in accordance with the NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). The quantitative sample was a composite of macroinvertebrates from about 10 submerged tree branches. Branches were cut underwater, gathered in a 425µm mesh net, and invertebrates were washed or picked from the branches. The average length and average diameter of each branch were measured and used to calculate an approximate surface area. All samples were processed by the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory. Phylum, Class, Order, Suborder, Family, Subfamily, and Tribe are listed and arranged according to the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory taxonomic hierarchy. The reach begins 100 meters upstream from the bridge at State Route 267, northwest of Kane. The surface area sampled at reach A was 0.42 m2.



BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES
[sp., species; A, Adults; LV, Larvae; P, Pupae; X, present; -, not found or not applicable; dam., damaged; imm., immature; indet., indeterminate; mount, poor mount; ref., reference]

PHYLUM
Class
Order
(Suborder)
Family
Subfamily Quantitative sample
(Tribe) Life stage
Laboratory notes
Taxon Abundance
(count)
Density
(number/m2)

Reach A
8/7/1997

ANNELIDA
Oligochaeta
Tubificida
(Tubificina)
Naididae
Naididae - 69 163 -
ARTHROPODA
Arachnida
Acari - 23 54 -
Insecta
Coleoptera
(Adephaga)
Gyrinidae
Dineutus sp. L 1 2 -
(Polyphaga)
Elmidae
Ancyronyx variegata (Germar) L 23 54 -
Macronychus glabratus Say L 23 54 -
Stenelmis sp. A 25 59 -
Collembola
Collembola - 23 54 -
Diptera
(Brachycera)
Empididae
Hemerodromiinae
Hemerodromiinae P 23 54 -
(Nematocera)
Ceratopogonidae
Forcipomyiinae
Atrichopogon sp. L 23 54 -
Chironomidae
Chironomidae L 28 66 -
Chironomidae P 47 111 -
Chironominae
Chironominae P 184 436 -
(Chironomini)
Chironomini L 276 654 -
Dicrotendipes sp. L 300 710 -
Glyptotendipes sp. L 6866 16259 -
Polypedilum sp. L 645 1527 -
Stelechomyia perpulchra (Mitchell) L 23 54 -
Stenochironomus sp. L 23 54 -
(Tanytarsini)
Paratanytarsus sp. L 46 109 -
Rheotanytarsus sp. L 691 1636 -
Tanytarsus sp. L 115 272 -
Orthocladiinae
Cricotopus bicinctus group L 23 54 -
Cricotopus/Orthocladius sp. L 23 54 -
Orthocladiinae L 23 54 -
Tanypodinae
Tanypodinae P 23 54 -
(Pentaneurini)
"Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996)" L 230 545 -
Pentaneurini L 23 54 -
Ephemeroptera
Ephemeroptera L 161 381 imm.
(Furcatergalia)
Caenidae
Caenis sp. L 46 109 -
Leptohyphidae
Tricorythodes sp. L 185 438 -
(Pisciforma)
Baetidae
Baetis intercalaris McDunnough L 70 166 -
Hemiptera
(Heteroptera)
Corixidae
Corixinae
(Corixini)
Trichocorixa sp. A 1 2 -
Gerridae
Rhagodotarsinae
Rheumatobates sp. L 23 54 -
Odonata
(Zygoptera)
Coenagrionidae
Argia sp. L 1 2 -
Trichoptera
(Annulipalpia)
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsychidae L 138 327 imm.
Hydropsychinae
"Hydropsyche rossi Flint, Voshell, and Parker/simulans Ross" L 255 604 -
Cheumatopsyche sp. L 46 109 -
Hydropsyche bidens Ross L 49 116 -
Hydropsyche sp. L 1 2 -
Hydropsyche sp. P 4 9 -
(Integripalpia)
Leptoceridae
Leptocerinae
Ceraclea sp. L 2 5 -
Nectopsyche candida (Hagen) L 3 7 -
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Amphipoda - 23 54 imm.
MOLLUSCA
Gastropoda
Basommatophora
Physidae
Physinae
Physa sp. - 1 2 -
NEMATODA
Nematoda - 23 54 -



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