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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536500       TINLEY CREEK NEAR PALOS PARK, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'48", long 87°45'59", in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.32, T.37 N., R.13 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 135th Street, 1.5 mi west of State Highway 50, 3 mi southeast of Palos Park, and at mile 1.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 11.2 mi2.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
 

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year. Prior to October 1952, records published with those for streams in the St. Lawrence River basin (WSP 1237).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-2001.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.
BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-81-2: 1955(M), 1957(M), 1970(M), 1978(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 607.40 ft above sea level.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,010 ft3/s, July 18, 1996, from rating curve extended above 800 ft3/s on basis of indirect measurement of flow through culvert, gage height, 10.25 ft; maximum gage height, 10.30 ft, Oct. 10, 1954; no flow at times in most years.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Benthic macroinvertebrate community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. One quantitative sample was collected in accordance with the NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). A Hess sampler was used to collect five subsamples from coarse-grained substrates in flowing water. The sampler had a sampling area of 0.086 m2 and was fitted with a 425 µm mesh net. All samples were processed by the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory. Phylum, Class, Order, Suborder, Family, Subfamily, and Tribe are listed and arranged according to the USGS National Water-Quality Laboratory taxonomic hierarchy. Reach A begins 666 feet downstream of 135th Street and continues downstream for 623 feet. The surface area sampled at reach A was 0.43 m2.
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES
[sp., species; A, Adults; LV, Larvae; P, Pupae; X, present; -, not found or not applicable; dam., damaged; imm., immature; indet., indeterminate; mount, poor mount; ref., reference]
PHYLUM
Class
Order Reach A
(Suborder) 7/13/2000
Family
Subfamily Life stage Quantitative sample Laboratory notes
(Tribe)
Taxon Abundance
(count)		 Density
(number/m2)
CNIDARIA
Hydrozoa
Hydroida
Hydridae
Hydra sp. - 8 19 -
MOLLUSCA
Bivalvia
Veneroida
Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae - 8 19 dam.
Sphaeriinae
Musculium sp. - 3 7 -
ANNELIDA
Oligochaeta
Tubificida
(Tubificina)
Tubificidae
Tubificidae - 200 468 -
Hirudinea
Arhynchobdellae
Erpobdellidae
Erpobdellidae - 16 37 -
ARTHROPODA
Arachnida
Acari - 8 19 -
Malacostraca
Isopoda
(Asellota)
Asellidae
Caecidotea sp. - 24 56 -
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
(Pisciforma)
Baetidae
Baetis flavistriga McDunnough L 48 112 -
Baetis sp. L 40 94 -
(Setisura)
Heptageniidae
Heptageniidae L 24 56 imm.; dam.
Stenacron sp. L 24 56 -
Stenonema femoratum (Say) L 8 19 -
Trichoptera
(Spicipalpia)
Hydroptilidae
Hydroptilidae P 8 19 imm.
Hydroptilinae
Hydroptila sp. L 120 281 -
(Annulipalpia)
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsychidae L 800 1871 imm.; dam.
Hydropsychinae
Cheumatopsyche sp. L 432 1011 -
Cheumatopsyche sp. P 8 19 -
Hydropsyche depravata group L 48 112 -
Hydropsyche sp. L 256 599 -
Coleoptera
(Polyphaga)
Elmidae
Dubiraphia sp. A 24 56 -
Stenelmis crenata (Say) A 16 37 -
Stenelmis sp. L 224 524 -
Diptera
(Nematocera)
Chironomidae
Chironominae
(Chironomini)
Chironomini L 8 19 mount
Paratendipes sp. L 40 94 -
Polypedilum sp. L 224 524 -
(Tanytarsini)
Paratanytarsus sp. L 40 94 -
Orthocladiinae
Cricotopus sp. L 88 206 -
Cricotopus/Orthocladius sp. L 48 112 -
Eukiefferiella sp. L 8 19 -
Orthocladiinae P 8 19 -
Rheocricotopus sp. L 24 56 -
Tanypodinae
(Pentaneurini)
Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996) L 8 19 -
Tipulidae
Tipulinae
Tipula sp. L 16 37 -


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Introduction

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Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data