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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05525500       SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'48", long 87°43'26" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.16, T.25 N., R.12 W., Iroquois County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on pier at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 9,200 ft downstream from Mud Creek, 1 mi west of Milford, and at mile 23.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 446 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999 to current year.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1999; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1999.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999, and 2002.

 

FISH: Water years 1999, and 2002-03.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002-03.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 23, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 22,900 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1951, gage height, 20.90 ft, from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft3/s; maximum gage height, 28.16 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 19,400 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 2.0 ft3/s, Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972, Oct. 8, 1994.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Fish community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the Upper Illinois River Basin. Collection methods followed Meador and others (1993). Collections were made with a boat electroshocker, barge electroshocker and seine. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A is located 512 ft downstream of the the 1100 N Road bridge (which is 2.5 stream miles downstream of the gage), and continues downstream for 820 ft.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
8/17/1999
 

Atheriniformes
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 1
Clupeiformes
Clupeidae
Dorosoma cepedianum gizzard shad 1
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Carpiodes cyprinus quillback 11
Hypentelium nigricans northern hog sucker 1
Moxostoma anisurum silver redhorse 10
Moxostoma erythrurum golden redhorse 20
Moxostoma macrolepidotum shorthead redhorse 3
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalum central stoneroller 1
Cyprinella lutrensis red shiner 14
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 21
Cyprinus carpio common carp 1
Luxilus chrysocephalus striped shiner 13
Nocomis biguttatus hornyhead chub 3
Notropis buccatus silverjaw minnow 1
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 12
Phenacobius mirabilis suckermouth minnow 2
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 9
Pimephales vigilax bullhead minnow 1
Semotilus atromaculatus creek chub 2
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Ambloplites rupestris rock bass 1
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 6
Lepomis humilis orangespotted sunfish 2
Micropterus dolomieu smallmouth bass 2
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 1
Etheostoma zonale banded darter 2
Percina maculata blackside darter 4
Percina phoxocephala slenderhead darter 2
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ictalurus punctatus channel catfish 3
Noturus flavus stonecat 3


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