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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05584500       LA MOINE RIVER AT COLMAR, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°19'49", long 90°53'46" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.4 N., R.4 W., McDonough County, Hydrologic Unit 07130010, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 61, 0.2 mi downstream from a railroad bridge, 1 mi southwest of Colmar, 1.8 mi upstream from Troublesome Creek, and at mile 61.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 655 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-91 and 1998.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, July 1997; contaminants in fish tissue, July 1997; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-1998.

 

FISH: Water year 1997 and 1998.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 491.53 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 13, 1945, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 38,900 ft3/s, Mar. 5, 1985, gage height, 26.61 ft; maximum gage height, 27.03 ft, Jan. 3, 1965, ice jam; no flow part of each day Dec. 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 1955, due to temporary dam upstream; no flow Oct. 19, 1988.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Fish community samples were as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA), in the lower Illinois River Basin. Collection methods followed Meador and others (1993). Collections were taken with a boat electroshocker and seine. Fishes were identified in the field by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Representative specimens were preserved, identified, and vouchered at the Illinois Natural History Survey fish collection. The reach begins 1326 feet downstream of the State Highway 61 bridge (gage), and continues downstream 1283 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/17/1997
 

Clupeiformes
Clupeidae
Dorosoma cepedianum gizzard shad 12
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Ictiobus bubalus smallmouth buffalo 1
Ictiobus cyprinellus bigmouth buffalo 2
Moxostoma anisurum silver redhorse 1
Moxostoma erythrurum golden redhorse 1
Moxostoma macrolepidotum shorthead redhorse 1
Cyprinidae
Cyprinella lutrensis red shiner 10
Cyprinus carpio common carp 15
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 1
Phenacobius mirabilis suckermouth minnow 1
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 11
Pimephales promelas fathead minnow 1
Lepisosteiformes
Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus osseus longnose gar 1
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 3
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 5
Percina maculata blackside darter 2
Sciaenidae
Aplodinotus grunniens freshwater drum 2
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ictalurus punctatus channel catfish 2
Pylodictis olivaris flathead catfish 2


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data