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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536355       MIDLOTHIAN CREEK AT BLUE ISLAND, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'38", long 87°40'48" (NAD of 1927), in SE¼ NE¼ sec.1, T.36N., R.13E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, 23 feet downstream of bridge at Dixie Hwy.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.8 mi².

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1979; 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 23 feet downstream of Dixie Highway and continues downstream for 492 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/13/2001
 

Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoni white sucker 111
Cobitidae
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus oriental weatherfish 1
Cyprinidae
Cyprinus carpio common carp 5
Semotilus atromaculatus creek chub 22


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data