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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551548       WAUBANSEE CREEK AT OSWEGO, IL

 

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