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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05584500       LA MOINE RIVER AT COLMAR, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°19'49", long 90°53'46" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4SW1/4 sec.18, T.4 N., R.4 W., McDonough County, Hydrologic Unit 07130010, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 61, 0.2 mi downstream from a railroad bridge, 1 mi southwest of Colmar, 1.8 mi upstream from Troublesome Creek, and at mile 61.8.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 655 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1944 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1975-91 and 1998.

 

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

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1996-98.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.

 

FISH: Water year 1997-98.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1996-98, 2003.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 491.53 ft above NGVD of 1929 (491.27 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to July 13, 1945, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 38,900 ft3/s, Mar. 5, 1985, gage height, 26.61 ft; maximum gage height, 27.03 ft, Jan. 3, 1965, ice jam; no flow part of each day Dec. 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 21, 1955, due to temporary dam upstream; no flow Oct. 19, 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). The reach begins 1326 ft downstream of the State Highway 61 bridge (gage), and continues downstream 1283 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
9/11/1996
Chlorophyta
Dictyosphaerium pulchellum Wood 7326.72691 488392.3156
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 1831.68173 539604.5334
Oocystis solitaria Wittrock 1831.68173 413627.3147
Scenedesmus acutus Meyen 3663.36345 121187.8299
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 7326.72691 255056.5947
Chrysophyta
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Håkansson 22619.99447 4070418.45
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 613001.8733 51416466.37
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 180959.9613 156369117.2
Cyclotella pseudostelligera Hustedt 4523.99743 390937.9104
Navicula arvensis Hustedt 4523.99743 336541.3704
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 24881.99319 15584724.22
Navicula germainii Wallace 88217.98101 58229411.46
Navicula rostellata Kützing 11309.99724 10025088.98
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 61073.98728 11424562.82
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 27143.99373 939179.7835
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 56549.98802 17125243.74
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 318941.9342 54380360.32
Nitzschia reversa Smith 4523.99743 2782810.71
Nitzschia sp. 0G UL NAWQA 96 KM 4523.99743 52994105.89
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 36191.99226 1576052.257
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 4523.99743 4034374.302
Cyanophyta
Anabaena wisconsiense Prescott 485395.6576 49947492.54
Cyanothece aeruginosa (Nägeli) Komárek 1831.68173 2582717.932
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 206980.0351 7164899.196
Phormidium formosum 7326.72691 270650.8504
Euglenophyta
Strombomonas verrucosa (Daday) Deflandre 1831.68173 2747522.59
Trachelomonas granulosa Playfair 9158.40863 27702964.99
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
9/11/1996
Chlorophyta
Ankistrodesmus falcatus (Corda) Ralfs 431.77251 18712.39558
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 863.54501 254396.1627
Oedogonium sp. 0C UL NAWQA 1996 TS 1295.31752 110101.9889
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 1727.09002 60123.12255
Selenastrum minutum (Nägeli) Collins 431.77251 11185.06675
Chrysophyta
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 871.98314 601707.9505
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 5231.901 611475.2552
Cyclostephanos dubius (Frick) Round 5231.901 748705.8518
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Håkansson 13951.73673 2510584.459
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 41855.21062 3510669.58
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 25287.52318 21851174.41
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 1743.96671 10635072.12
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 1743.96671 580971.681
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 3487.93386 5110788.19
Lyrella lyra (Ehrenberg) Karajeva 4359.91743 32703740.65
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 1743.96671 48908.51955
Navicula arvensis Hustedt 8719.8353 648670.8636
Navicula canalis Patrick 14823.7203 4930243.66
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 35751.32562 22392681.56
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 6975.86815 1843098.283
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 6103.88458 2675019.798
Navicula festiva Krasske 871.98314 156002.0237
Navicula germainii Wallace 29647.44104 19569174.26
Navicula gregaria Donkin 17439.67102 4864680.23
Navicula gysingensis Foged 1743.96671 163255.3052
Navicula menisculus Schumann 871.98314 305459.5032
Navicula minima Grunow 1743.96671 69906.29508
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 5231.901 2671217.937
Navicula rostellata Kützing 871.98314 772918.719
Navicula sp. 0E UL NAWQA 96 KM 20055.62174 150437218.7
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 5231.901 380988.8991
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 4359.91743 4992089.374
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 5231.901 865366.9232
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 2615.95029 2852440.327
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 4359.91743 815570.6348
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 5231.901 974880.5538
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 3487.93386 1289603.142
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 13951.73673 687055.3585
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 1743.96671 695498.5701
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 57550.91493 17428358.17
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 151725.1395 25869498.09
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 3487.93386 1204399.407
Nitzschia solita Hustedt 1743.96671 465234.0544
Pinnularia braunii (Grunow) Cleve 1743.96671 13081494.32
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 6975.86815 391318.032
Surirella minuta Brébisson 6975.86771 5325639.762
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 2615.95029 113916.756
Unknown Chrysophyte UL 1996 NAWQA (golden circular) 431.77251 45057.08555
Cyanophyta
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 28928.75786 1001408.826
Planktothrix prolifica (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 2158.86253 415147.8455
Rhabdogloea smithii (Chodat) Komárek 431.77251 4305.02674
Unknown Cyanophyte curved filam. UL NAWQA 96 TS 5181.27006 3738424.515
Euglenophyta
Strombomonas verrucosa (Daday) Deflandre 431.77251 647658.7581
Trachelomonas granulosa Playfair 431.77251 1306054.259
Trachelomonas verricosa Stokes 431.77251 647658.7581


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