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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05567000       PANTHER CREEK NEAR EL PASO, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°46'24", long 89°04'37" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.27 N., R.1 E., Woodford County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right bank on downstream side of bridge on county road just downstream from East Branch Panther Creek, 2 mi upstream from West Branch, 3.8 mi northwest of El Paso, and at mi 12.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 93.9 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1949 to September 1960, October 1996- September 1998.

 

STAGE: Water years 1997-1998.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water yars 1961-96.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: October 1997 to September 1998.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1996-98.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.

 

FISH: Water years 1996-98.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-98, 2003.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-92-2: 1988 (M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 658.86 ft above NGVD of 1929 (658.69 ft NAVD 1988).

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Algae community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the lower Illinois River Basin. A quantitative sample was collected in accordance with NAWQA protocols (Cuffney and others, 1993). Reach A begins 66 ft upstream of the gage, and continues upstream for 459 ft. Reach D is located 154 ft downstream of the road 2325 bridge (2.8 mi downstream of gage), and continues downstream for 492 ft.

PERIPHYTON ALGAE, QUANTITATIVE, DTH (Depositional-targeted habitat)
[sp., species; Chlorophyta, Green algae; Cyanophyta, Blue-green algae; Chrysophyta, Golden algae, for example diatoms; Cryptophyta, Cryptophytes; Euglenophyta, Euglenoids; Pyrrhophyta, Dinoflagellates; Rhodophyta, Red algae]
Quantitative sample
Phylum
TaxonCells
(number/cm2)		Biovolume
(biovolume/cm2)
Reach A
9/5/1996
Chlorophyta
Closterium libellula var. intermedium (Roy & Bissett) West 8672.80067 737188.057
Cosmarium granulatum West 8672.80067 24509334.7
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 17345.60134 5109929.843
Scenedesmus bijuga (Turpin) Lagerheim 34691.20268 1398965.764
Chrysophyta
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 13654.49207 22837703.73
Amphora montana Krasske 27308.99281 5872356.933
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 136544.9814 12852162.23
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 13654.49207 10296024.93
Craticula halophila (Grunow) Mann 13654.49207 7647006.301
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 27308.99281 3191721.963
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 2048174.799 171793782.8
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 791960.9215 684340498.7
Cyclotella pseudostelligera Hustedt 54617.99429 4719773.804
Cyclotella stelligera (Cleve et Grunow) Van Heurck 27308.99281 6619124.364
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 13654.49207 2803000.121
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 27308.99281 4246093.215
Navicula canalis Patrick 914851.4109 304271820.8
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 314053.465 196705971.4
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 54617.99429 14430652.84
Navicula exilis Kützing 136544.9814 48633167.27
Navicula germainii Wallace 546179.9429 360513086.6
Navicula gregaria Donkin 355016.9585 99029619.15
Navicula menisculus Schumann 54617.99429 19132921.98
Navicula minima Grunow 95581.48784 3831350.473
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 40963.49355 20914466.58
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 150199.4821 171977852.9
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 27308.99281 4516962.202
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 40963.49355 44666720.76
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 81926.9871 15325346.39
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 13654.49207 5048511.981
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 54617.99429 2689671.284
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 54617.99429 1889777.774
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1365449.866 413504274.5
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 778306.4208 132703100.7
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 81926.9871 28289760.84
Nitzschia sp. 0E UL NAWQA 96 KM 27308.99281 319897541.8
Nitzschia thermaloides Hustedt 27308.99281 37200572.69
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 27308.99281 3634891.164
Sellaphora pupula var. capitata Skvortzvow et Mayer 13654.49207 29954729.4
Sellaphora pupula var. elliptica (Hustedt) Bukhtiyarova 27308.99281 204844755.1
Stephanodiscus tenuis Hustedt 13654.49207 6217842.927
Surirella minuta Brébisson 150199.4735 111762458.8
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 109235.9886 4756898.297
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 341362.4665 304417494.4
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 68272.48636 166631032.2
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 13654.49207 30090958.12
Cyanophyta
Cyanothece aeruginosa (Nägeli) Komárek 17345.60134 24457740.1
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 806570.4624 27920548.25
Oscillatoria limosa (Dillwyn) Agardh 355584.8275 307863182.4
Phormidium formosum 34691.20268 1281500.406
Planktolyngbya subtilis (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek 60709.6047 3991145.073
Rhabdogloea smithii (Chodat) Komárek 8672.80067 86472.94205
Euglenophyta
Trachelomonas verricosa Stokes 17345.60134 26018402.01
Trachelomonas volvocina Ehrenberg 8672.80067 12747414.46
Reach D
9/6/1996
Chlorophyta
Scenedesmus bijuga (Turpin) Lagerheim 18138.26417 731447.9934
Scenedesmus protuberans Fritsch 18138.26417 2611014.093
Chrysophyta
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 14468.83892 1361865.249
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 2589923.354 217233768.5
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 824724.1992 712651539.3
Cyclotella stelligera (Cleve et Grunow) Van Heurck 57875.37381 14027770.98
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 28937.6869 5940341.061
Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) Petersen 28937.6869 6379629.098
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 72344.22179 2028851.101
Navicula arvensis Hustedt 28937.6869 2152682.215
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 86813.06978 54374974.73
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 57875.37381 15291287.02
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 57875.37381 25363810.34
Navicula exilis Kützing 86813.06978 30920173.71
Navicula germainii Wallace 303845.7533 200557292.1
Navicula gregaria Donkin 217032.6835 60539823.45
Navicula gysingensis Foged 202563.8355 18962300.45
Navicula menisculus Schumann 28937.6869 10136998.13
Navicula minima Grunow 86813.06978 3479871.505
Navicula notha Wallace 14468.83892 2308270.301
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 86813.06978 11332114.81
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 57875.37381 66267089.49
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 28937.6869 4786351.474
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 57875.37381 23080853.21
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 274908.0664 9511794.793
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1056225.722 319860773.8
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 1750730.316 298503693.7
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 188094.9876 64950053.72
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 57875.37381 36501316.55
Sellaphora pupula var. elliptica (Hustedt) Bukhtiyarova 28937.6869 217061589.5
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 28937.6869 1623287.374
Surirella minuta Brébisson 101281.9087 79521524.66
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 144688.4527 6300746.329
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 144688.4527 129029112.9
Cyanophyta
Merismopedia tenuissima Lemmermann 471594.8686 558112.7561
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 1097364.983 37986801.37
Phormidium formosum 90691.32087 3350156.684
Rhabdogloea smithii (Chodat) Komárek 27207.39626 271273.8007
Euglenophyta
Euglena polymorpha Dangeard 27207.39626 183891688.9
Phacus acuminatus Stokes 9069.13209 74811648.47
Strombomonas verrucosa (Daday) Deflandre 9069.13209 13603698.13
Trachelomonas verricosa Stokes 9069.13209 13603698.13
Trachelomonas volvocina Ehrenberg 27207.39626 39989845.24
PERIPHYTON ALGAE, QUANTITATIVE, RTH (Richest-targeted habitat, cobbles or snags)
[sp., species; Chlorophyta, Green algae; Cyanophyta, Blue-green algae; Chrysophyta, Golden algae, for example diatoms; Cryptophyta, Cryptophytes; Euglenophyta, Euglenoids; Pyrrhophyta, Dinoflagellates; Rhodophyta, Red algae]
Quantitative sample
Phylum
TaxonCells
(number/cm2)		Biovolume
(biovolume/cm2)
Reach A
9/5/1996
Chlorophyta
Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 332.62024 14415.27987
Coelastrum indicum Turner 997.86072 84818.16118
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 5321.92384 1567812.895
Oedogonium sp. 0C UL NAWQA 1996 TS 1995.72144 169636.3224
Protococcus viridis var. 0A UL NAWQA 1996 TS 4989.3036 2159010.555
Pseudendoclonium basiliense Vischer 1995.72144 169636.3224
Scenedesmus bijuga (Turpin) Lagerheim 665.24048 26826.64721
Scenedesmus dispar Brébisson 2660.96192 37093.07061
Tetrastrum glabrum (Roll) Ahlstrom & Tiffany 1330.48096 30878.52608
Chrysophyta
Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing 1480.69625 7908084.142
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 9377.7447 882671.0071
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg 1974.26178 6291641.696
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1974.26178 1488671.156
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 4935.65495 3405825.966
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 7897.04812 8629385.901
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 108090.848 9066284.61
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 34056.02044 29428111.13
Cyclotella pseudostelligera Hustedt 987.13072 85302.17542
Cyclotella stelligera (Cleve et Grunow) Van Heurck 2961.39284 717779.2168
Encyonema silesiacum (Bleisch) Mann 493.5652 341672.0296
Gomphonema clevei Fricke 3948.52389 687869.2714
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 987.13072 328845.1502
Gomphonema spp. 493.5652 642621.8844
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 5922.786 166101.0459
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 1480.69625 855460.9701
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 2961.39284 1854855.047
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 7897.04812 2086483.792
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 493.5652 216304.3309
Navicula exilis Kützing 987.13072 351585.9251
Navicula germainii Wallace 8884.17917 5864116.573
Navicula gregaria Donkin 7403.48259 2065152.223
Navicula gysingensis Foged 987.13072 92406.76803
Navicula harderii Hustedt 987.13072 127664.1716
Navicula minima Grunow 11352.00681 455041.2183
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 987.13072 128854.7763
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 5429.22048 6216437.414
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 3948.52389 653093.7739
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 987.13072 921917.8433
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 1974.26178 2152741.184
Navicula viridula (Kützing) Kützing emend. Van Heurck 493.5652 691423.0587
Navicula viridulacalcis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 493.5652 671219.8387
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 3948.52389 735743.8826
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 1974.26178 501907.2346
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 1974.26178 97222.81611
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 5922.786 204927.8721
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 2961.39284 8811441.476
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 4442.08942 1345214.503
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 4442.08942 757386.8387
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 2961.39284 677650.0356
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 2961.39284 394168.3506
Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer 493.5652 81582.99725
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 6909.91706 3522983.162
Sellaphora pupula var. elliptica (Hustedt) Bukhtiyarova 493.5652 3702232.531
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 5429.22048 304557.3435
Staurosira construens var. venter (Ehrenberg) Hamilton 493.5652 48341.13145
Stephanodiscus tenuis Hustedt 987.13072 449509.4916
Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 493.5652 2961080.833
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 5429.22048 236426.1996
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 6909.91706 6162070.657
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 2961.39284 7227800.998
Undetermined Pennate diatom 493.5652 3702232.531
Cyanophyta
Cyanosarcina burmensis (Skuja) Kovácik 21287.69536 5162583.88
Nostoc commune Vaucher 9978.6072 283556.553
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 11641.7084 402993.7819
Oscillatoria limosa (Dillwyn) Agardh 3658.82264 3167786.402
Unknown Cyanophyte curved filam. UL NAWQA 96 TS 6652.4048 4799887.454
Euglenophyta
Phacus acuminatus Stokes 332.62024 2743798.218
Trachelomonas volvocina Ehrenberg 1663.1012 2444451.463
Rhodophyta
Unknown Rhodophyte UL NAWQA 1996 TS (filament) 6319.78456 5181758.346
Reach D
9/6/1996
Chlorophyta
Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 1130.86774 49010.17153
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 3958.0371 1166018.491
Oedogonium sp. 0C UL NAWQA 1996 TS 2827.16936 240309.3954
Protococcus viridis var. 0A UL NAWQA 1996 TS 4523.47097 1957431.81
Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Chodat 2261.73549 250901.4706
Selenastrum gracile Reinsch 565.43387 48061.87908
Chrysophyta
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 2434.05768 4071062.317
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 11358.93772 1069148.853
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 8924.87947 6729710.712
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 21906.52363 15116495.74
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 4056.76355 4432970.102
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 141986.7277 11909353.18
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 21906.52363 18929622.53
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 3245.41061 666219.3146
Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) Petersen 811.35237 178871.4907
Gomphonema gracile Ehrenberg emend Van Heurck 811.35237 660912.8112
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 1622.70531 540575.5872
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 1622.70531 352888.0172
Gyrosigma obtusatum (Sullivant et Wormley) Boyer 811.35237 7225904.216
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 1622.70531 1011679.8
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 19472.46538 546093.8254
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 4056.76355 2343764.212
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 3245.41061 2032748.302
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 7302.17417 1929311.79
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 7302.17417 3200168.715
Navicula exilis Kützing 4868.11592 1733874.754
Navicula germainii Wallace 8924.87947 5890981.329
Navicula gregaria Donkin 12170.29065 3394821.626
Navicula gysingensis Foged 4868.11592 455711.5365
Navicula harderii Hustedt 3245.41061 419724.2045
Navicula menisculus Schumann 2434.05768 852661.0371
Navicula minima Grunow 29208.69779 1170820.424
Navicula notha Wallace 811.35237 129438.208
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 811.35237 414246.9448
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 811.35237 105909.6083
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 9736.23241 708995.9202
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 8924.87947 10218954.07
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 4056.76355 670996.8307
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 1622.70531 1515504.423
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 3245.41061 607089.8444
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 8924.87947 1663007.659
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 3245.41061 825065.3909
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 5679.46886 279686.2919
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 811.35237 323569.4864
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 71399.03974 2470400.463
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 811.35237 2414128.868
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 7302.17417 2211344.631
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 811.35237 138337.514
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 1622.70531 560327.5146
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 1622.70531 371320.6488
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 3245.41061 431971.7849
Pleurosigma angulatum (Quekett) Smith 1622.70531 26871805.84
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 10547.58535 5377628.306
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 4056.76355 300381.857
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 8924.87947 500649.6964
Surirella minuta Brébisson 2434.05768 1882914.498
Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 1622.70531 9735211.535
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 10547.58535 459315.5737
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 5679.46886 5064791.386
Cyanophyta
Anabaena wisconsiense Prescott 3958.0371 407284.2958
Chroococcus pallidus (Nägeli) Nägeli 1130.86774 74015.1207
Cyanosarcina spectabilis (Geitler) Kovácik 9046.94194 872638.2396
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 20355.61938 704637.8208
Phormidium aerugineo-caeruleum 8481.50807 425030.5216
Phormidium formosum 6785.20646 250646.9699
Unknown Cyanophyte UL NAWQA 1996 TS (oval shape) 12439.54517 13023359.26
Unknown Cyanophyte curved filam. UL NAWQA 96 TS 16397.58227 11831292.87
Euglenophyta
Euglena polymorpha Dangeard 1130.86774 7643406.122
Trachelomonas mucosa Swirenko 565.43387 848150.8073
Trachelomonas verricosa Stokes 565.43387 848150.8073
Trachelomonas volvocina Ehrenberg 565.43387 831083.3128
Rhodophyta
Unknown Rhodophyte UL NAWQA 1996 TS (filament) 6785.20646 5563370.059


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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