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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527960       MILL CREEK AT WADSWORTH, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°25'07", long 87°56'16" (NAD of 1927), in SW¼ SE¼ sec.32 , T46N, R11E, Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 69 feet downstream of Hwy 41 Bridge.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 65.3 mi².

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1976; Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

FISH: Water year 2001.

 

HABITAT: Water year 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. Collections were made with a single pass of the entire reach with a barge electroshocker with supplementary seine hauls and kicks. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A begins 167 feet downstream of Highway 41 and continues downstream for 558 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/11/2001
 

Atheriniformes
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 3
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Minytrema melanops spotted sucker 1
Cyprinidae
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 103
Cyprinus carpio common carp 2
Nocomis biguttatus hornyhead chub 1
Notemigonus crysoleucas golden shiner 2
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 133
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 7
Pimephales promelas fathead minnow 3
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 36
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 20
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 5
Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie 4
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 11
Percina maculata blackside darter 6
Salmoniformes
Esocidae
Esox americanus vermiculatus grass pickerel 2
Esox lucius northern pike 1
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus melas black bullhead 4
Ameiurus natalis yellow bullhead 3
Ictalurus punctatus channel catfish 8


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data