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LOCATION.-- Lat 41°42'18", long 88°39'09" (NAD of 1927), in SE¼ SE¼ SW¼ sec.3, T.37N., R.5E., DeKalb County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 144 feet downstream of bridge at Somonauk Road. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 37.0 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 144 feet upstream of Somonauk Road and continues upstream for 591 feet. |
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FISH |
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| Cypriniformes | |||||
| Catostomidae | |||||
| Catostomus commersoni | white sucker | 24 | |||
| Hypentelium nigricans | northern hog sucker | 11 | |||
| Cyprinidae | |||||
| Campostoma anomalum | central stoneroller | 32 | |||
| Cyprinella spiloptera | spotfin shiner | 21 | |||
| Luxilus cornutus | common shiner | 68 | |||
| Lythrurus umbratilis | redfin shiner | 73 | |||
| Nocomis biguttatus | hornyhead chub | 18 | |||
| Notropis rubellus | rosyface shiner | 12 | |||
| Notropis stramineus | sand shiner | 40 | |||
| Phoxinus erythrogaster | southern redbelly dace | 1 | |||
| Pimephales notatus | bluntnose minnow | 174 | |||
| Rhinichthys atratulus | blacknose dace | 1 | |||
| Semotilus atromaculatus | creek chub | 2 | |||
| Perciformes | |||||
| Centrarchidae | |||||
| Lepomis cyanellus | green sunfish | 23 | |||
| Lepomis macrochirus x Lepomis cyanellus | bluegill x green sunfish | 1 | |||
| Micropterus dolomieu | smallmouth bass | 1 | |||
| Percidae | |||||
| Etheostoma flabellare | fantail darter | 35 | |||
| Etheostoma nigrum | johnny darter | 25 | |||
| Siluriformes | |||||
| Ictaluridae | |||||
| Ameiurus natalis | yellow bullhead | 12 | |||
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Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |