LOCATION.-- Lat 41°25'47", long 88°05'46" (NAD of 1927), in SW¼ SW¼ NW¼ sec.16, T.34N., R.10E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 82 feet upstream of Manhattan Road Bridge. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 43.50 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 82 feet upstream of Manhattan Road and continues upstream for 984 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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Atheriniformes | |||||
Cyprinodontidae | |||||
Fundulus notatus | blackstripe topminnow | 2 | |||
Cypriniformes | |||||
Catostomidae | |||||
Catostomus commersoni | white sucker | 12 | |||
Cyprinidae | |||||
Campostoma anomalum | central stoneroller | 78 | |||
Cyprinella spiloptera | spotfin shiner | 66 | |||
Luxilus chrysocephalus | striped shiner | 50 | |||
Lythrurus umbratilis | redfin shiner | 44 | |||
Nocomis biguttatus | hornyhead chub | 15 | |||
Notropis stramineus | sand shiner | 118 | |||
Pimephales notatus | bluntnose minnow | 140 | |||
Semotilus atromaculatus | creek chub | 3 | |||
Perciformes | |||||
Centrarchidae | |||||
Ambloplites rupestris | rock bass | 7 | |||
Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish | 4 | |||
Lepomis megalotis | longear sunfish | 65 | |||
Micropterus dolomieu | smallmouth bass | 8 | |||
Percidae | |||||
Etheostoma nigrum | johnny darter | 62 | |||
Percina maculata | blackside darter | 75 | |||
Siluriformes | |||||
Ictaluridae | |||||
Ameiurus natalis | yellow bullhead | 5 | |||
Ictalurus punctatus | channel catfish | 1 |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |