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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. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 65.3 mi². |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1976; Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000. |
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SURFACE-WATER QUALITY |
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MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000. |
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BIOLOGICAL |
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BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000. |
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FISH: Water year 2001. |
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HABITAT: Water year 2000. |
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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. |
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FISH |
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| Reach A 7/11/2001 |
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| 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 | |||
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Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |