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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536176       PLUM CREEK AT RICHTON RD NR SAUK VILLAGE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°27'24", long 87°33'00" (NAD of 1927), at NW¼ NE¼ NW¼ sec.7, T34N, R10W, Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, 85 feet upstream from bridge at Old Post Road.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 32.8 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 at 85 feet upstream of Old Post Road and continues downstream for 591 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/18/2001
 

Clupeiformes
Clupeidae
Dorosoma cepedianum gizzard shad 2
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoni white sucker 66
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalum central stoneroller 14
Cyprinus carpio common carp 5
Luxilus cornutus common shiner 4
Nocomis biguttatus hornyhead chub 9
Notropis buccatus silverjaw minnow 2
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 1
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 10
Semotilus atromaculatus creek chub 44
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 5
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 1
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 168
Percina maculata blackside darter 4
Salmoniformes
Esocidae
Esox americanus vermiculatus grass pickerel 2


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