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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05548105       NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL



LOCATION.-- Lat 42°23'07", long 88°22'10", in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.13, T.45 N., R.7 E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Thompson Road, at west edge of Wonder Lake and 1.1 mi east of Greenwood at mile 19.7.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 84.5 mi2.

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

DISCHARGE: June 1994 to September 1997, October 1998 to September 2001 (discontinued).
 

STAGE: Water years 1994-1997; 1999-2001.
 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965 to 1977.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
 

CHEMICAL: July 1994 to September 1997. Water years 1999 to 2001 (discontinued).
 

SEDIMENT: June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued).
 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, water years 1998 and 1999.
BIOLOGICAL
 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2000.
 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.
 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 798.00 ft above sea level. Prior to June 13, 1994, at datum 8.31 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 13.95 ft, present datum, June 11, 1967, discharge not determined; maximum discharge, 3,690 ft3/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 11.63 ft; minimum discharge, 5.5 ft3/s, Sept. 12, 1995.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 808 mg/L, Aug. 17, 1995; minimum daily, 1 mg/L, Aug. 27, 1997.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13, 2000; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Aug. 27, 1997.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage of 12.26 ft, present datum, occurred between Sept. 30, 1977 and June 13, 1994, from floodmark obtained from crest-stage gage, discharge not determined.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.-- Sampled as part of the Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA).
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
DIS- OXYGEN, PH
AGENCY AGENCY CHARGE, DIS- WATER SPE- MAGNE-
ANA- COL- INST. SOLVED WHOLE CIFIC CALCIUM SIUM,
LYZING LECTING CUBIC OXYGEN, (PER- FIELD CON- TEMPER- TEMPER- DIS- DIS-
SAMPLE SAMPLE GAGE FEET DIS- CENT (STAND- DUCT- ATURE ATURE SOLVED SOLVED
DATE TIME (CODE (CODE HEIGHT PER SOLVED SATUR- ARD ANCE AIR WATER (MG/L (MG/L
NUMBER) NUMBER) (FEET) SECOND (MG/L) ATION) UNITS) (US/CM) (DEG C) (DEG C) AS CA) AS MG)
(00028) (00027) (00065) (00061) (00300) (00301) (00400) (00095) (00020) (00010) (00915) (00925)
NOV 2000
03... 1240 80020 1028 5.34 30 14.9 142 8.4 1000 15.5 11.8 90.6 45.1
OCT 2000
12... 1145 80020 1028 5.42 40 11.1 101 8.2 858 22.5 10.2 87.6 41.1
DEC 2000
01... 1120 80020 1028 5.48 46 14.5 113 8.3 923 1.0 4.0 89.9 40.6
JAN 2001
11... 1030 80020 1028 5.35 -- 15.1 -- 8.2 1020 1.0 -0.2 89.2 43.1
FEB 2001
01... 1210 80020 1028 5.60 64 11.5 84.5 8.1 1210 5.2 1.4 88.6 39.0
MAR 2001
08... 1155 80020 1028 5.71 110 12.7 96.5 8.4 773 0 2.7 77.7 35.2
APR 2001
03... 1240 80020 1028 5.45 64 16.8 141 8.3 840 4.5 6.8 82.2 38.3
MAY 2001
23... 1120 80020 1028 5.33 47 9.7 93.1 8.1 920 -- 11.7 86.3 41.2
JUN 2001
11... 1135 80020 1028 5.41 58 9.4 105 8.0 864 -- 18.7 88.5 40.8
JUL 2001
17... 0855 80020 1028 5.18 33 8.2 93.2 7.8 1050 25.0 20.2 89.7 47.4
AUG 2001
09... 1220 80020 1028 4.98 16 9.2 115 8.3 1170 33.0 24.8 89.5 45.1
ALKA- BICAR- CAR- SOLIDS, NITRO- NITRO- NITRO-
POTAS- LINITY BONATE BONATE CHLO- FLUO- SILICA, RESIDUE GEN, GEN,AM- GEN,AM-
SIUM, SODIUM, WAT DIS WATER WATER RIDE, RIDE, DIS- SULFATE AT 180 AMMONIA MONIA + MONIA +
DIS- DIS- TOT IT DIS IT DIS IT DIS- DIS- SOLVED DIS- DEG. C DIS- ORGANIC ORGANIC
SOLVED SOLVED FIELD FIELD FIELD SOLVED SOLVED (MG/L SOLVED DIS- SOLVED DIS. TOTAL
DATE (MG/L (MG/L MG/L AS MG/L AS MG/L AS (MG/L (MG/L AS (MG/L SOLVED (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L
AS K) AS NA) CACO3 HCO3 CO3 AS CL) AS F) SIO2) AS SO4) (MG/L) AS N) AS N) AS N)
(00935) (00930) (39086) (00453) (00452) (00940) (00950) (00955) (00945) (70300) (00608) (00623) (00625)
NOV 2000
03... 2.87 53.3 302 321 23 107 .3 7.6 60.7 547 <.041 .41 .80
OCT 2000
12... 2.41 32.2 270 325 2 67.4 .3 8.5 59.3 514 <.040 .30 .40
DEC 2000
01... 2.37 38.9 304 371 -- 78.2 .2 9.0 59.8 531 <.041 .36 .33
JAN 2001
11... 2.60 48.9 300 366 -- 103 .2 10.9 64.2 598 .077 .43 .48
FEB 2001
01... 2.98 99.7 245 299 -- 176 .2 9.7 53.3 712 .116 .65 .81
MAR 2001
08... 1.99 24.3 265 301 -- 54.9 .2 8.7 45.6 450 .095 .52 .66
APR 2001
03... 2.02 31.9 241 275 -- 69.1 .2 6.4 52.1 495 <.041 .41 .56
MAY 2001
23... 2.17 40.7 277 337 -- 85.2 .3 10.6 51.8 516 .064 .42 .63
JUN 2001
11... 1.81 29.6 193 239 -- 46.9 .3 10.9 37.6 414 E.032 .43 .86
JUL 2001
17... 2.69 58.7 292 356 -- 127 .3 11.5 67.9 630 <.040 .31 .39
AUG 2001
09... 3.78 72.1 304 359 5 158 .3 13.0 73.9 624 .046 .35 .43
NITRO- NITRO- PHOS- SED.
GEN, GEN, PHOS- PHORUS MANGA- SUSP.
NO2+NO3 NITRITE PHORUS ORTHO, PHOS- IRON, NESE, SIEVE SEDI-
DIS- DIS- DIS- DIS- PHORUS DIS- DIS- DIAM. MENT,
SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED TOTAL SOLVED SOLVED % FINER SUS-
DATE (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (MG/L (UG/L (UG/L THAN PENDED
AS N) AS N) AS P) AS P) AS P) AS FE) AS MN) .062 MM (MG/L)
(00631) (00613) (00666) (00671) (00665) (01046) (01056) (70331) (80154)
NOV 2000
03... 2.52 .025 .022 E.012 .053 40 14.3 96 194
OCT 2000
12... 3.65 .015 .014 E.012 .039 20 14.9 84 148
DEC 2000
01... 3.58 .023 .012 E.012 .026 M 19.6 91 189
JAN 2001
11... 3.84 .029 .020 E.014 .042 10 41.3 68 165
FEB 2001
01... 3.87 .026 .036 E.014 .077 20 65.7 86 209
MAR 2001
08... 6.10 .022 .027 E.017 .085 M 43.6 80 163
APR 2001
03... 4.76 .026 .012 <.018 .040 60 42.8 56 152
MAY 2001
23... 4.96 .058 .037 E.016 .087 20 26.2 71 223
JUN 2001
11... <.240 .056 .034 .025 .137 M 24.6 75 177
JUL 2001
17... 3.01 .030 .028 <.020 .052 M 18.1 89 108
AUG 2001
09... 2.31 .025 .057 .037 .080 30 61.7 87 153
<</td> Less than
> Greater than
E Estimated value
M Presence verified, not quantified


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data