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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568000       MACKINAW RIVER NEAR GREEN VALLEY, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°27'15", long 89°36'22" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.12, T.23 N., R.5 W., Tazewell County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right downstream side of bridge on Towerline Road, 2.5 mi east of State Highway 29, 3.9 mi northeast of Green Valley, 5.8 mi south of Pekin, 10.2 mi north of U.S. Highway 136, and at mile 17.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 1,073 mi2. Area at site used prior to Oct. 1, 1988, 1,089 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: March 1921 to September 1956; June 1988 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1957-88.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: October 1997 to September 1998.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1994 to September 1997.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants of streambed sediment, July 1997; contaminants of fish tissue, July 1997; streambank sediment size, October 1997; Streambed sediment size, October 1997; sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1996-98.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1996-97.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1996-97.

 

FISH: Water year 1997.

 

HABITAT: Water year 1996, 2003.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and a crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 477.10 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) (476.76 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Jan. 17, 1933, chain gage at site 3.5 mi downstream on railroad bridge at datum 2.00 ft higher. Jan. 17, 1933, to May 13, 1940, chain gage, and May 14, 1940 to Sept. 30, 1952, wire-weight gage at site 3.6 mi downstream at datum 2.00 ft higher. Oct. 1, 1952 to Oct. 31, 1956, wire-weight gage, and Nov. 1, 1956 to Sept. 30, 1988, crest-stage gage at site 3.6 mi down stream at present datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 51,000 ft3/s, Dec. 6, 1982, gage height, 16.13 ft, site then in use; maximum recorded gage height, 28.44 ft, Jan. 16, 2005, discharge, 16,400 ft3/s; minimum discharge observed, 17 ft3/s, Oct. 26, 27, 1940.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 6,160 mg/L, May 27, 1996; minimum daily, 4 mg/L, May 11, 1997.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily 99,800 tons, May 27, 1996; minimum daily, 0.83 tons, Dec. 21, 1996.

 

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). The reach begins 2001 feet upstream of the Towerline Road bridge and continues upstream for 1099 feet.

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
9/9/1996
Chlorophyta
Cosmarium granulatum West 8135.14896 22989930.96
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 16270.29792 4793150.681
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 65081.19166 2265593.81
Chrysophyta
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 60371.36344 5682395.275
Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen 30185.68172 10963662.24
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 30185.68172 22761193.16
Craticula cuspidata (Kützing) Mann 15092.84086 107898349.1
Cyclostephanos dubius (Frick) Round 150928.4168 21598456.99
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 332042.5234 59750324.64
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 664085.0467 55701145.39
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 618806.5241 534716238.9
Cyclotella stelligera (Cleve et Grunow) Van Heurck 407506.7358 98771045.21
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 90557.04517 552235715.7
Cymbella affinis Kützing 45278.52258 26828883.89
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 15092.84086 22115187.94
Gyrosigma spencerii (Smith) Griffith et Henfrey 15092.84086 59061916.12
Luticola mutica (Kützing) Mann 15092.84086 6473430.463
Lyrella lyra (Ehrenberg) Karajeva 60371.36344 452845597.2
Navicula canalis Patrick 45278.52258 15059252.63
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 150928.4168 87197742.05
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 618806.5241 387586675.6
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 75464.20431 19938442.42
Navicula germainii Wallace 301856.8416 199244485.4
Navicula kotschyi Grunow 15092.84086 3320546.814
Navicula minima Grunow 30185.68172 1209982.483
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 241485.4701 123293678.2
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 30185.68172 3940277.791
Navicula rostellata Kützing 196206.9475 173916232.3
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 15092.84086 1099066.06
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 90557.04517 103687482.6
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 45278.52258 49371841.84
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 301856.8416 56465650.97
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 30185.68172 11160633.08
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 30185.68172 11931240
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 60371.36344 24076260.53
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 437692.4175 15144118.95
Nitzschia intermedia Hantzsch ex Cleve et Grunow 30185.68172 27727151.32
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1086684.631 329084759.1
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 1584748.421 270203384.7
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 30185.68172 10423253.03
Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) Peragallo 90557.04517 9299429.575
Nitzschia solita Hustedt 135835.5759 36236549.24
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 60371.36344 30780007.2
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 120742.735 76151020.76
Sellaphora pupula var. capitata Skvortzvow et Mayer 30185.68172 66220253.63
Surirella minuta Brébisson 30185.68172 22127306.13
Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing 15092.84086 379814337
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 256578.3109 11173212.66
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 45278.52258 40378119.3
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 120742.735 294693919.1
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 105649.8942 232824957.9
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann 120742.735 106743638.6
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 45278.52258 39172344.95
Cryptophyta
Cryptomonas sp. 0A UL NAWQA 1996 TS 8135.14896 81351.48958
Cyanophyta
Merismopedia tenuissima Lemmermann 211513.8729 250317.8012
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 130162.3833 4505750.302
Phormidium formosum 203378.724 7512853.324
Phormidium tenue (Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 81351.48958 13970514.05
Euglenophyta
Strombomonas verrucosa (Daday) Deflandre 16270.29792 24405446.87
Trachelomonas granulosa Playfair 81351.48958 246077409.1
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
9/9/1996
Chlorophyta
Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 2252.12992 97604.05168
Cosmarium granulatum West 750.70997 2121506.384
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 3753.54986 1105777.545
Protococcus viridis var. 0A UL NAWQA 1996 TS 3002.83989 1299412.412
Scenedesmus bijuga (Turpin) Lagerheim 1501.41995 60546.62101
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 7507.09973 261335.6984
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 35433.51072 1926612.725
Amphora inariensis Krammer 2530.96462 366945.1007
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 12654.82462 1191122.935
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg 2530.96462 8065760.436
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 8858.37768 9679864.975
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 32902.54535 5920740.953
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 36698.99304 3078183.972
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 36698.99304 31711927.34
Cyclotella nana Hustedt 10123.85999 229999.2612
Cyclotella sp. 0B UL NAWQA 96 KM 7592.89462 3796447.31
Cyclotella stelligera (Cleve et Grunow) Van Heurck 46822.85303 11348872.86
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 1265.48231 7717174.612
Cymbella obscura Krasske 2530.96462 2325323.747
Geissleria decussis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 2530.96462 668521.7061
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 75928.95145 25294387.91
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 1265.48231 494374.6924
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 22778.68536 4953656.757
Gomphonema sp. 0E UL NAWQA 96 KM 21513.2023 28010189.39
Melosira varians Agardh 5061.93 25686510.89
Navicula arvensis Hustedt 2530.96462 188279.1305
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 11389.3423 6580105.681
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 10123.85999 6341034.048
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 110096.9791 29088788.5
Navicula germainii Wallace 3796.44693 2505893.561
Navicula menisculus Schumann 7592.89462 2659824.152
Navicula minima Grunow 2530.96462 101452.8307
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 58212.19608 29721025.34
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 2530.96462 330378.6141
Navicula rostellata Kützing 1265.48231 1121713.163
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 2530.96462 2897945.155
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 1265.48231 1181880.672
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 5061.93 946889.8265
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 12654.82462 2358022.91
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 2530.96462 1000393.054
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 7592.89462 373913.2292
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 70867.02145 2451992.677
Nitzschia intermedia Hantzsch ex Cleve et Grunow 2530.96462 2324825.383
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 2530.96462 7530728.913
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 29106.09767 8814308.089
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 30371.57998 5178426.81
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 21513.2023 4922826.221
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 29106.09767 14839583.62
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann 2530.96462 2237520.732
Tryblionella levidensis Smith 1265.48231 14823859.8
Cyanophyta
Chroococcus dispersus (Keissler) Lemmermann 28526.97897 4922675.161
Cyanosarcina spectabilis (Geitler) Kovácik 3002.83989 289644.0513
Merismopedia tenuissima Lemmermann 6005.67978 7107.47025
Microcystis aeruginosa Kützing 60056.79784 59232.71882
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 36784.78868 1273356.16
Phormidium aerugineo-caeruleum 27025.55903 1354321.348
Phormidium formosum 5254.96981 194119.7026
Planktolyngbya subtilis (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek 20269.16927 1332527.126
Rhabdogloea smithii (Chodat) Komárek 750.70997 7485.02156
Unknown Cyanophyte curved filam. UL NAWQA 96 TS 3002.83989 2166629.055
Euglenophyta
Euglena polymorpha Dangeard 1501.41995 10147926.21
Trachelomonas volvocina Ehrenberg 1501.41995 2206809.895
Rhodophyta
Unknown Rhodophyte UL NAWQA 1996 TS (filament) 7507.09973 6155269.427
Unknown Rhodophyte UL NAWQA 1996 TS (resting spore, filament) NAWQA 96 TS 1501.41995 600567.9784


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