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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05544080       JERICHO CREEK NR JERICHO, WI

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°51'32", long 88°25'57" (NAD of 1927), at SW¼ SE¼ sec.25, T.5N., R.17E., Waukesha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, at the bridge at Hwy 99.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 12.2 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.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

 

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 begins at Highway LO (Highway 99) and continues upstream for 492 feet.




Tabular-Text Files of Habitat Data for Water Year 2000

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.

Channel features -- Measurements of bars, shelves, and islands at each transect (cross section).

Transect Points -- Channel and substrate measurements and observations at points along a transect (cross section).

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data