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LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3. |
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DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2. |
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PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE |
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DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year. |
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STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. |
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PARTIAL RECORD: Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum gage heights, water years 1962-66. |
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SURFACE-WATER QUALITY |
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CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08. |
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MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998. |
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PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year. |
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BIOLOGICAL |
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BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001. |
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FISH: Water years 1999-2001. |
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HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001. |
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REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M). |
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GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher. |
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REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation. |
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EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- |
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SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,130 ft3/s, June 14, 2000, gage height, 9.95 ft, maximum gage height, 10.75 ft, Mar. 6, 1976, and Sept. 27, 1986; no flow, at times in most years. |
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PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000. |
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REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Habitat measurements, including physical and geomorphic, were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. The measurements were collected according to Fitzpatrick and others (1998). Reach A is located 295 ft upstream of the Russell Road Bridge, and continues upstream for 656 ft. |
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The following links list up to five tab-delimited text files containing habitat data collected at several sites. An explanation of column headers in these files can be accessed at this link.
Reach -- General description of the sampled reach.
Geomorphic Channel Unit (GCU) -- Fluvial geomorphic descriptors of channel shape and stream velocity (for example pool, riffle, or run).
Transect -- Channel and bank measurements made along transects (cross sections) within each reach.
Transect Points -- Channel and substrate measurements and observations at points along a transect (cross section).
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Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |