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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05538490       SPRING CREEK NR JOLIET, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°32'22", long 88°03'17" (NAD of 1927), in SE¼ SW¼ sec.2, T.35N., R.10E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 56 feet upstream from RB bridge on Draper Road.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 18.00 mi².

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1970; 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 barge or a backpack electroshocker with supplementary seine hauls and kicks. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A begins 56 feet upstream of Draper Road and continues upstream for 558 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/19/2001
 

Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoni white sucker 25
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalum central stoneroller 63
Nocomis biguttatus hornyhead chub 3
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 1
Semotilus atromaculatus creek chub 40
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 8
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 1
Percidae
Etheostoma flabellare fantail darter 14
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 4
Etheostoma spectabile orangethroat darter 21


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data