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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05525500       SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'48", long 87°43'26" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.16, T.25 N., R.12 W., Iroquois County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on pier at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 9,200 ft downstream from Mud Creek, 1 mi west of Milford, and at mile 23.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 446 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999 to 2004.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 2004 and 2005; Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1999; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1999.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1999, 2002-04.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999, 2002-04.

 

FISH: Water years 1999, 2002-04.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2000, 2002-04.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (621.80 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to July 23, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 22,900 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1951, gage height, 20.90 ft, from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft3/s; maximum gage height, 28.16 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 19,400 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 2.0 ft3/s, Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972, Oct. 8, 1994.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Fish community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program in the upper Illinois River Basin (Moulton and others, 2002). Collections were made with two passes with a barge electroshocker and supplementary seine hauls and kicks. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A begins 512 ft. downstream of Bridge 1100N, and continues downstream 820 ft.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
8/18/2004
 

Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Catostomus commersonii white sucker 1
Hypentelium nigricans northern hog sucker 3
Moxostoma erythrurum golden redhorse 21
Moxostoma macrolepidotum shorthead redhorse 10
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalum central stoneroller 3
Cyprinella lutrensis red shiner 10
Cyprinella spiloptera spotfin shiner 144
Cyprinus carpio common carp 1
Luxilus chrysocephalus striped shiner 3
Nocomis biguttatus hornyhead chub 29
Notropis buccatus silverjaw minnow 3
Notropis stramineus sand shiner 51
Phenacobius mirabilis suckermouth minnow 3
Pimephales notatus bluntnose minnow 101
Pimephales promelas fathead minnow 3
Pimephales vigilax bullhead minnow 8
Semotilus atromaculatus creek chub 7
Cyprinodontiformes
Poeciliidae
Gambusia affinis western mosquitofish 1
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellus green sunfish 19
Lepomis humilis orangespotted sunfish 1
Lepomis macrochirus bluegill 1
Micropterus dolomieu smallmouth bass 5
Micropterus salmoides largemouth bass 1
Pomoxis annularis white crappie 1
Pomoxis nigromaculatus black crappie 1
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrum johnny darter 1
Percina maculata blackside darter 1
Percina phoxocephala slenderhead darter 4
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus natalis yellow bullhead 2


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