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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 2004. |
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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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ALGAE: Water years 1998-99 and 2002-03. |
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BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1998-99 and 2002. |
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FISH: Water years 1998-99 and 2002-04. |
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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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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). |
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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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Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |