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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530510       WILLOW CREEK AT DES PLAINES R. RD. NR ROSEMONT, IL

 

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.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 21.7 mi².

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, 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 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
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/12/2001
 

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


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data