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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05538490       SPRING CREEK NR JOLIET, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°32'22", long 88°03'17", in SE¼ SW¼ sec.2, T.35N., R.10E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 56 feet upstream from RB bridge on Draper Road.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 18.00 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1970; Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

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

BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

FISH: Water year 2001.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.


REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. One quantitative sample was collected in accordance with the NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). A Hess sampler was used to collect five subsamples from coarse-grained substrates in flowing water. The sampler had a sampling area of 0.086 m2 and was fitted with a 425 µm mesh net. 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. Reach A begins 56 feet upstream of Draper Road and continues upstream for 558 feet. The surface area sampled at reach A was 0.43 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 Reach A
(Suborder) 7/21/2000
Family
Subfamily Life stage Quantitative sample Laboratory notes
(Tribe)
Taxon Abundance
(count)
Density
(number/m2)

PLATYHELMINTHES
Turbellaria
Turbellaria - 1 2 -
MOLLUSCA
Gastropoda
Mesogastropoda
Pleuroceridae
Elimia sp. - 17 40 -
ANNELIDA
Oligochaeta
Tubificida
(Tubificina)
Tubificidae
Tubificidae - 638 1492 -
Enchytraeida
Enchytraeidae
Enchytraeidae - 9 21 -
ARTHROPODA
Arachnida
Acari - 34 80 -
Malacostraca
Decapoda
(Pleocyemata)
Cambaridae
Cambarinae
Orconectes rusticus (Girard) - 2 5 -
Isopoda
(Asellota)
Asellidae
Caecidotea sp. - 238 557 -
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
(Furcatergalia)
Caenidae
Caenis sp. L 17 40 -
(Pisciforma)
Baetidae
Baetis flavistriga McDunnough L 111 260 -
Baetis sp. L 111 260 -
(Setisura)
Heptageniidae
Heptageniidae L 26 61 imm.; dam.
Leucrocuta sp. L 9 21 -
Stenacron sp. L 26 61 -
Isonychiidae
Isonychia sp. L 1 2 -
Plecoptera
Plecoptera L 17 40 imm.
Megaloptera
Sialidae
Sialis sp. L 1 2 -
Trichoptera
(Annulipalpia)
Philopotamidae
Chimarrinae
Chimarra sp. L 60 140 -
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsychidae L 17 40 imm.
Hydropsychinae
Ceratopsyche sp. L 17 40 -
Cheumatopsyche sp. L 153 358 -
Hydropsyche sp. P 26 61 -
Coleoptera
(Polyphaga)
Elmidae
Dubiraphia sp. L 9 21 -
Optioservus fastiditus (LeConte) A 9 21 -
Optioservus sp. L 68 159 -
Stenelmis crenata (Say) A 26 61 -
Stenelmis sp. L 349 816 -
Psephenidae
Psephenus herricki (DeKay) L 36 84 -
Diptera
(Nematocera)
Ceratopogonidae
Ceratopogoninae
Bezzia/Palpomyia sp. L 17 40 -
Chironomidae
Chironominae
(Chironomini)
Cryptochironomus sp. L 9 21 -
Microtendipes sp. L 68 159 -
Polypedilum sp. L 51 119 -
Stictochironomus sp. L 17 40 -
Orthocladiinae
Cricotopus trifascia group L 9 21 -
Tanypodinae
Tanypodinae P 9 21 -
(Natarsiini)
Natarsia sp. L 17 40 -
(Pentaneurini)
Nilotanypus sp. L 9 21 -
Pentaneurini L 9 21 mount
Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996) L 94 220 -
Simuliidae
Simuliidae L 162 379 imm.
Simulium sp. L 77 180 -
Simulium sp. P 9 21 -
Tipulidae
Limoniinae
Antocha sp. L 9 21 -


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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data