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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960 to 1966. Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum, water years 1960-67.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1999-2001.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (661.74 ft NAVD 1988). Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,500 ft3/s, May 23, 2004, gage height, 11.09 ft, no flow, at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Fish community samples were collected during 2000 as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the Upper Illinois River Basin. Collection methods followed Meador and others (1993). Collections were made with a barge electroshocker and seine. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A is located 295 ft upstream of the Russell Road Bridge, and continues upstream for 656 ft.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
8/2/2000
 

Atheriniformes
Atherinopsidae
Labidesthes sicculus brook silverside 1
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 12
Cyprinus carpio common carp 13
Notemigonus crysoleucas golden shiner 26
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 2
Cyprinodontiformes
Fundulidae
Fundulus notatus blackstripe topminnow 108
Esociformes
Esocidae
Esox lucius northern pike 4
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Chaenobryttus gulosus warmouth 1
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 17
Lepomis gibbosus pumpkinseed 4
Lepomis gibbosus x Lepomis cyanellus pumpkinseed x green sunfish 1
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 48
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 13
Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie 8
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 4
Percina maculata blackside darter 1
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus melas black bullhead 101
Ameiurus natalis yellow bullhead 4


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