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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,130 ft3/s, June 14, 2000, gage height, 9.95 ft, maximum gage height, 10.75 ft, Mar. 6, 1976, and Sept. 27, 1986; no flow, at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

 

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 barge electroshocker and seine. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A is located 295 ft upstream of the Russell Road bridge, and continues upstream for 656 ft. Reach B is located 1444 feet upstream of the Russell Road bridge and continues upstream 656 feet. Reach C is located 843 feet downstream of the Russell Road bridge and continues downstream 984 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
8/13/1999
 

Atheriniformes
Atherinidae
Labidesthes sicculus brook silverside 9
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 39
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 43
Cyprinus carpio common carp 4
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 2
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 28
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 14
Lepomis gibbosus pumpkinseed 3
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 10
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 4
Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie 1
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 8
Percina maculata blackside darter 1
Salmoniformes
Umbridae
Umbra limi central mudminnow 1
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus melas black bullhead 9
Ameiurus natalis yellow bullhead 22
Noturus gyrinus tadpole madtom 8

  Reach B
8/13/1999
 

Amiiformes
Amiidae
Amia calva bowfin 1
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae
Labidesthes sicculus brook silverside 5
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 29
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Minytrema melanops spotted sucker 1
Cyprinidae
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 7
Cyprinus carpio common carp 5
Notemigonus crysoleucas golden shiner 1
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 1
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 3
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 15
Lepomis gibbosus pumpkinseed 2
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 3
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 8
Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie 2
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 1
Percina maculata blackside darter 1
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus melas black bullhead 7
Ameiurus natalis yellow bullhead 6

  Reach C
8/12/1999
 

Amiiformes
Amiidae
Amia calva bowfin 1
Atheriniformes
Atherinidae
Labidesthes sicculus brook silverside 3
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 31
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 52
Cyprinus carpio common carp 7
Nocomis biguttatus hornyhead chub 11
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 21
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 16
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 29
Lepomis gibbosus pumpkinseed 8
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 4
Lepomis macrochirus x Lepomis cyanellus bluegill x green sunfish 1
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 12
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 8
Percina maculata blackside darter 2
Salmoniformes
Umbridae
Umbra limi central mudminnow 3
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus melas black bullhead 12
Ameiurus natalis yellow bullhead 2
Ictalurus punctatus channel catfish 2
Noturus gyrinus tadpole madtom 3


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