Station list     Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551340       MILL CREEK AT MOOSEHEART, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'20", long 88°19'29", in NE¼ NE¼ sec.33, T.39N., R.8E., Kane County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 164 feet downstream of first low-head dam upstream of Hwy 31.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 31.00 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.
 

FISH: Water year 2001.
 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

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 341 feet upstream of the First low-head dam upstream of Highway 31 and continues upstream for 984 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) 7/10/2000
Family
Subfamily Life stage Quantitative sample Laboratory notes
(Tribe)
Taxon Abundance
(count)		 Density
(number/m2)
PLATYHELMINTHES
Turbellaria
Turbellaria - 302 706 -
MOLLUSCA
Gastropoda
Basommatophora
Physidae
Physinae
Physella sp. - 50 117 -
Bivalvia
Veneroida
Sphaeriidae
Sphaeriidae - 1411 3301 imm.
Pisidiinae
Pisidium sp. - 7358 17212 -
Sphaeriinae
Musculium sp. - 857 2005 -
ANNELIDA
Oligochaeta
Tubificida
(Tubificina)
Tubificidae
Tubificidae - 958 2241 -
Hirudinea
Arhynchobdellae
Erpobdellidae
Erpobdellidae - 2 5 -
ARTHROPODA
Malacostraca
Decapoda
(Pleocyemata)
Cambaridae
Cambaridae - 2 5 imm.
Isopoda
(Asellota)
Asellidae
Caecidotea sp. - 403 943 -
Insecta
Ephemeroptera
(Pisciforma)
Baetidae
Baetidae L 403 943 imm.; dam.
Baetis flavistriga McDunnough L 151 353 -
Baetis intercalaris McDunnough L 202 473 -
(Setisura)
Heptageniidae
Heptageniidae L 151 353 imm.; dam.
Stenacron sp. L 101 236 -
Isonychiidae
Isonychia sp. L 2 5 -
Odonata
(Zygoptera)
Coenagrionidae
Argia moesta (Hagen) L 4 9 -
Hemiptera
(Heteroptera)
Gerridae
Trepobatinae
Metrobates hesperius Uhler A 50 117 -
Trichoptera
(Spicipalpia)
Hydroptilidae
Hydroptilinae
Hydroptila sp. L 50 117 -
(Annulipalpia)
Philopotamidae
Philopotamidae L 50 117 imm.
Chimarrinae
Chimarra sp. L 403 943 -
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsychinae
Cheumatopsyche sp. L 1210 2830 -
Hydropsyche depravata group L 50 117 -
Hydropsyche sp. L 302 706 -
Hydropsyche sp. P 1 2 -
Lepidoptera
Pyralidae
Nymphulinae
(Argyactini)
Petrophila sp. L 1 2 -
Coleoptera
(Polyphaga)
Elmidae
Stenelmis crenata (Say) A 52 122 -
Stenelmis sp. L 2016 4716 -
Diptera
(Nematocera)
Chironomidae
Chironominae
(Chironomini)
Microtendipes sp. L 101 236 -
Polypedilum sp. L 353 826 -
(Tanytarsini)
Rheotanytarsus sp. L 50 117 -
Tanypodinae
(Pentaneurini)
Thienemannimyia group sp. (Coffman and Ferrington, 1996) L 101 236 -
Simuliidae
Simuliidae L 50 117 imm.
Tipulidae
Tipulinae
Tipula sp. L 2 5 -


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data