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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05540440       LILY CACHE CREEK ABOVE CANTON FARM ROAD NR LILY CACHE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°34'12", long 88°11'07" (NAD of 1927), at SW¼ NE¼ SE¼ sec.27, T.36N., R.9E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 27 feet downstream of walking bridge from park.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 44.1 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 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 27 feet downstream of Park trail and continues downstream for 656 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/19/2001
 

Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoni white sucker 3
Moxostoma erythrurum golden redhorse 2
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalum central stoneroller 4
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 11
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 3
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 1
Semotilus atromaculatus creek chub 7
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 5
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 7
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 20
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus natalis yellow bullhead 1
Noturus flavus stonecat 2


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data