LOCATION.-- Lat 41°59'24", long 87°51'36" (NAD of 1927), in NW¼ SE¼ NW¼ sec.3, T.40N., R.12E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 113 feet upstream of first bridge upstream of River Road. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 21.7 mi². |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000. |
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SURFACE-WATER QUALITY |
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MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, 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 backpack electroshocker with supplementary seine hauls and kicks. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A begins 113 feet upstream of the first bridge upstream of River Road and continues upstream for 630 feet. |
FISH |
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Family | Number | ||||
Scientific name | Common name |
individuals
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Reach A 7/12/2001 |
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Atheriniformes | |||||
Cyprinodontidae | |||||
Fundulus notatus | blackstripe topminnow | 3 | |||
Cypriniformes | |||||
Cyprinidae | |||||
Cyprinella spiloptera | spotfin shiner | 2 | |||
Notropis dorsalis | bigmouth shiner | 23 | |||
Notropis stramineus | sand shiner | 13 | |||
Pimephales notatus | bluntnose minnow | 3 | |||
Pimephales promelas | fathead minnow | 1 | |||
Perciformes | |||||
Centrarchidae | |||||
Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish | 35 | |||
Pomoxis nigromaculatus | black crappie | 1 | |||
Percidae | |||||
Etheostoma nigrum | johnny darter | 2 | |||
Siluriformes | |||||
Ictaluridae | |||||
Ameiurus natalis | yellow bullhead | 11 |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |