LOCATION.-- Lat 41°20'17", long 88°51'10" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.11, T.33 N., R.3 E., LaSalle County, Hydrologic Unit 07130001, downstream of the railroad bridge, 0.25 miles, and downstream 0.5 miles of the Route 23 bridge in Ottawa and the confluence with the Fox River. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 10,949 mi2. |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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DISCHARGE: March 11, 1903 to December 31, 1903. |
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PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1903-1904. |
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SURFACE-WATER QUALITY |
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CHEMICAL: Water years 1997 to current year. |
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MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August, 1998. |
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BIOLOGICAL |
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BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1998-99, and 2002. |
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FISH: Water years 1998-99, and 2002-03. |
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HABITAT: Water years 1998-99. |
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GAGE.-- Prior to November 1, 1903, vertical staff at west end of first pier from the north abutment of the railroad bridge at same datum. November 1, 1903 to February 21, 1904, chain gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 579.48 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, 46,900 ft3/s, Apr. 15, 1903, gage height, -119.08 ft (460.40 ft above NGVD of 1929); minimum discharge, 6,740 ft3/s, Sept. 8, 1903. |
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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 Illinois River Basin. Collections were made with an AC boat electroshocker and a supplementary seine haul. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A begins at the red buoy near river mile 239, marking the top of Hitt Island, and continues downstream for 3281 ft, which is 492 ft downstream of the Ottawa navigation light number 238.5. |
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Family | Number | ||||
Scientific name | Common name |
individuals
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Reach A 8/15/2002 |
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Clupeiformes | |||||
Clupeidae | |||||
Alosa chrysochloris | skipjack herring | 1 | |||
Dorosoma cepedianum | gizzard shad | 82 | |||
Cypriniformes | |||||
Catostomidae | |||||
Carpiodes carpio | river carpsucker | 7 | |||
Carpiodes cyprinus | quillback | 6 | |||
Ictiobus bubalus | smallmouth buffalo | 13 | |||
Cyprinidae | |||||
Ctenopharyngodon idella | grass carp | 2 | |||
Cyprinella spiloptera | spotfin shiner | 2 | |||
Cyprinus carpio | common carp | 3 | |||
Macrhybopsis storeriana | silver chub | 2 | |||
Notropis atherinoides | emerald shiner | 104 | |||
Notropis hudsonius | spottail shiner | 1 | |||
Notropis stramineus | sand shiner | 7 | |||
Phenacobius mirabilis | suckermouth minnow | 1 | |||
Pimephales notatus | bluntnose minnow | 1 | |||
Pimephales vigilax | bullhead minnow | 5 | |||
Perciformes | |||||
Centrarchidae | |||||
Lepomis macrochirus | bluegill | 1 | |||
Micropterus dolomieu | smallmouth bass | 1 | |||
Percichthyidae | |||||
Morone mississippiensis | yellow bass | 4 | |||
Sciaenidae | |||||
Aplodinotus grunniens | freshwater drum | 14 | |||
Siluriformes | |||||
Ictaluridae | |||||
Ictalurus punctatus | channel catfish | 2 |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |