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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05553500       ILLINOIS RIVER AT OTTAWA, IL

 

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.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 10,949 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 11, 1903 to December 31, 1903.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 1903-1904.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1997 to 2004.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August, 1998.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1998-99 and 2002-03.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1998-99 and 2002.

 

FISH: Water years 1998-99 and 2002-04.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1998-99.

 

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.

 

REMARKS.-- Discharges for surface-water quality data for water years 1997 to current are computed by adding discharges of Illinois River at Marseilles (05543500) and Fox River at Dayton, IL (05552500).

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

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.

 

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 DC boat electroshocker and supplementary seine hauls and kicks. 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.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/30/2003
 

Clupeiformes
Clupeidae
Alosa chrysochloris skipjack herring 1
Dorosoma cepedianum gizzard shad 54
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Carpiodes carpio river carpsucker 4
Ictiobus bubalus smallmouth buffalo 41
Moxostoma erythrurum golden redhorse 1
Moxostoma macrolepidotum shorthead redhorse 2
Cyprinidae
Ctenopharyngodon idella grass carp 1
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 19
Cyprinus carpio common carp 5
Notropis atherinoides emerald shiner 24
Pimephales vigilax bullhead minnow 1
Lepisosteiformes
Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteus platostomus shortnose gar 1
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Micropterus dolomieu smallmouth bass 4
Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie 1
Percichthyidae
Morone chrysops white bass 8
Percidae
Stizostedion vitreum walleye 7
Sciaenidae
Aplodinotus grunniens freshwater drum 5
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ictalurus punctatus channel catfish 5


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data