LOCATION.-- Lat 41°30'09", long 88°04'41" (NAD of 1927), in SE¼ SW¼ NW¼ sec.22, T.35N., R.10E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 19 feet downstream of bridge at Mills Road. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 12.8 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 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 19 feet downstream of Mills Road and continues downstream for 656 feet. |
FISH |
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Family | Number | ||||
Scientific name | Common name |
individuals
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Reach A 7/20/2001 |
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Cypriniformes | |||||
Catostomidae | |||||
Catostomus commersoni | white sucker | 42 | |||
Cyprinidae | |||||
Campostoma anomalum | central stoneroller | 273 | |||
Luxilus chrysocephalus | striped shiner | 2 | |||
Nocomis biguttatus | hornyhead chub | 5 | |||
Notropis dorsalis | bigmouth shiner | 21 | |||
Pimephales notatus | bluntnose minnow | 53 | |||
Semotilus atromaculatus | creek chub | 78 | |||
Perciformes | |||||
Centrarchidae | |||||
Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish | 5 | |||
Percidae | |||||
Etheostoma flabellare | fantail darter | 1 | |||
Etheostoma nigrum | johnny darter | 17 | |||
Etheostoma spectabile | orangethroat darter | 44 |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |