LOCATION.-- Lat 42°01'34", long 88°15'20" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.19, T.41 N., R.9 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on right bank 35 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway B.R. 20 (Villa Street) in Elgin, and at mile 2.3. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 35.2 mi2. |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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DISCHARGE: August 1951 to current year. |
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STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. |
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SURFACE-WATER QUALITY |
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CHEMICAL: Water years 1977-91. |
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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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REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1952-53. WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. |
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GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 716.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. |
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EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,180 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1997, gage height, 6.78 ft; no flow, July 10, 1957, Sept. 14, 1958, July 18, 1989, Oct. 6, 1997. |
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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 68 feet upstream of Villa Creek Bridge and continues upstream for 492 feet. |
FISH |
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Family | Number | ||||
Scientific name | Common name |
individuals
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Reach A 7/12/2001 |
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Cypriniformes | |||||
Catostomidae | |||||
Catostomus commersoni | white sucker | 4 | |||
Hypentelium nigricans | northern hog sucker | 1 | |||
Cyprinidae | |||||
Campostoma anomalum | central stoneroller | 9 | |||
Luxilus cornutus | common shiner | 10 | |||
Nocomis biguttatus | hornyhead chub | 13 | |||
Pimephales notatus | bluntnose minnow | 13 | |||
Semotilus atromaculatus | creek chub | 5 | |||
Perciformes | |||||
Centrarchidae | |||||
Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish | 15 | |||
Lepomis macrochirus | bluegill | 6 | |||
Micropterus dolomieu | smallmouth bass | 2 | |||
Percidae | |||||
Etheostoma flabellare | fantail darter | 18 | |||
Etheostoma nigrum | johnny darter | 1 |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |