|
LOCATION.-- Lat 41°41'10", long 88°20'58" (NAD of 1927), at NW¼ NE¼ SW¼ sec.17, T.37N., R.8E., Kendall County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 1214 feet upstream of Hwy 25 Bridge. |
|
|
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 29.61 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 1214 feet upstream of Highway 25 and continues upstream for 591 feet. |
|
|
FISH |
|||||
| Order | |||||
| Family | Number | ||||
| Scientific name | Common name |
individuals
|
|||
|
|
|||||
| Reach A 7/13/2001 |
|||||
|
|
|||||
| Cypriniformes | |||||
| Catostomidae | |||||
| Catostomus commersoni | white sucker | 14 | |||
| Moxostoma macrolepidotum | shorthead redhorse | 2 | |||
| Cyprinidae | |||||
| Campostoma anomalum | central stoneroller | 92 | |||
| Cyprinella spiloptera | spotfin shiner | 8 | |||
| Cyprinus carpio | common carp | 7 | |||
| Luxilus cornutus | common shiner | 31 | |||
| Nocomis biguttatus | hornyhead chub | 41 | |||
| Notropis stramineus | sand shiner | 9 | |||
| Pimephales notatus | bluntnose minnow | 15 | |||
| Pimephales promelas | fathead minnow | 3 | |||
| Rhinichthys atratulus | blacknose dace | 1 | |||
| Semotilus atromaculatus | creek chub | 45 | |||
| Perciformes | |||||
| Centrarchidae | |||||
| Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish | 20 | |||
| Lepomis macrochirus | bluegill | 9 | |||
| Lepomis macrochirus x Lepomis cyanellus | bluegill x green sunfish | 1 | |||
| Micropterus dolomieu | smallmouth bass | 7 | |||
| Micropterus salmoides | largemouth bass | 8 | |||
| Percidae | |||||
| Etheostoma flabellare | fantail darter | 15 | |||
| Etheostoma spectabile | orangethroat darter | 1 | |||
| Etheostoma zonale | banded darter | 2 | |||
|
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |