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. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 29.61 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 1214 feet upstream of Highway 25 and continues upstream for 591 feet. |
FISH |
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Family | Number | ||||
Scientific name | Common name |
individuals
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Reach A 7/13/2001 |
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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 |