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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05567000       PANTHER CREEK NEAR EL PASO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°46'05", long 89°04'30" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.27 N., R.1 E., Woodford County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right bank on downstream side of bridge on county road just downstream from East Branch Panther Creek, 2 mi upstream from West Branch, 3.8 mi northwest of El Paso, and at mi 12.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 93.9 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1949 to September 1960, October 1996- September 1998.

 

STAGE: Water years 1997-1998.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water yars 1961-96.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: October 1997 to September 1998.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-1998.

 

FISH: Water years 1996-1998.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-92-2: 1988 (M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 658.86 ft above NGVD of 1929.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Fish community samples were collected 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 seines. 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. Reach A begins 66 feet upstream of the gage, and continues upstream for 459 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/28/1998
 

Atheriniformes
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 1
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Moxostoma erythrurum golden redhorse 4
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalum central stoneroller 2
Cyprinella lutrensis red shiner 35
Luxilus chrysocephalus striped shiner 12
Lythrurus umbratilis redfin shiner 9
Nocomis biguttatus hornyhead chub 3
Notropis dorsalis bigmouth shiner 12
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 19
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 3
Semotilus atromaculatus creek chub 1
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Ambloplites rupestris rock bass 5
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 1
Lepomis megalotis longear sunfish 3
Lepomis sp. common sunfishes 2
Micropterus dolomieu smallmouth bass 3
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 4
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 1
Etheostoma spectabile orangethroat darter 1
Etheostoma zonale banded darter 2
Percina maculata blackside darter 6
Percina phoxocephala slenderhead darter 1
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Noturus flavus stonecat 1


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