LOCATION.-- Lat 40°48'02", long 89°48'01" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.34, T.10 N., R.6 E., Peoria County, Hydrologic Unit 07130003, at bridge on U.S. Highway 150, 0.8 mi upstream from mouth of the West Fork of Kickapoo Creek and 2.5 mi northwest of Kickapoo. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 119 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: October 1944 to September 1962. | |
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1963-1976; 1978-1986; 1988-current. | |
BIOLOGICAL: | |
ALGAE: Water year 1997. | |
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1997. | |
GAGE.-- Crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 514.85 ft. above NGVD of 1929 (Corps of Engineers benchmark) (514.57 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to June 7, 1945, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 27,500 ft3/s, July 27, 1967, gage height, 17.08 ft, from rating curve extended above 7,300 ft3/s; minimum, 0.4 ft3/s Oct. 28, 29, 1946, July 30 to Aug. 1, 1956. | |
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 95 meters downstream from the bridge at US Route 150, west of Kickapoo. | |
| 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 | |||
| Taxon | Cells (number/cm2) | Biovolume (biovolume/cm2) | |
| Reach A 8/12/1997 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Apatococcus sp. 0A UL NAWQA EJ | 23763.22926 | 1591819.517 | |
| Cosmarium phaseolus fo. minus Boldt | 5940.80732 | 35166811.74 | |
| Scenedesmus spinosus Chodat | 23763.22926 | 391923.8243 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 7007.84166 | 381034.6939 | |
| Amphora montana Krasske | 519.09586 | 111623.164 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 6488.7458 | 610746.8235 | |
| Apistonema polychloris Ettl | 17822.42195 | 5167195.387 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 778.64379 | 2481407.38 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 1557.29353 | 1074603.225 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 778.64379 | 672833.0486 | |
| Cymbella affinis Kützing | 7526.94346 | 4459939.958 | |
| Cymbella tumida (Brébisson ex Kützing) Van Heurck | 1038.19766 | 8882635.297 | |
| Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann | 2076.39533 | 426243.3438 | |
| Encyonopsis microcephala (Grunow) Krammer | 519.09586 | 32187.69688 | |
| Geissleria decussis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin | 519.09586 | 137112.4859 | |
| Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst | 2076.39533 | 651713.2148 | |
| Gomphonema insigne Gregory | 2335.94326 | 5037335.889 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 1038.19766 | 345857.1986 | |
| Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing | 519.09586 | 202790.5524 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 519.09586 | 112887.2313 | |
| Navicula canalis Patrick | 1557.29353 | 517942.6199 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 8824.68906 | 2331576.357 | |
| Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot | 1297.74559 | 568735.3873 | |
| Navicula exilis Kützing | 5710.09606 | 2033762.458 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 519.09586 | 144798.3378 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 18687.58766 | 749085.4079 | |
| Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot | 3374.14686 | 440443.1237 | |
| Navicula symmetrica Patrick | 778.64379 | 891544.2696 | |
| Navicula tenelloides Hustedt | 1557.29353 | 257579.4736 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 778.64379 | 727204.1977 | |
| Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot | 1557.29353 | 1698077.703 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 3633.69479 | 677080.547 | |
| Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow | 519.09586 | 131967.2858 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 20763.98298 | 1022525.442 | |
| Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow | 41527.97191 | 2310067.885 | |
| Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith | 519.09586 | 1544537.675 | |
| Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow | 4152.7966 | 708061.7225 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 5710.09606 | 2911261.034 | |
| Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot | 3633.69479 | 203835.6037 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Chroococcus turgidus (Kützing) Nägeli | 29704.03658 | 15545112.48 | |
| Geitlerinema splendidum (Greville) Anagnostidis | 47526.45852 | 1205912.1 | |
| Jaaginema metaphyticum Komárek | 106934.5317 | 328843.0859 | |
| Jaaginema pseudogeminatum (Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek | 130697.7609 | 512218.2421 | |
| Oscillatoria foreaui Fremy | 142579.3756 | 965443.5281 | |
| Oscillatoria fremyii De Toni | 439619.7413 | 614042.6635 | |
| Oscillatoria subbrevis fo. minor Desik. | 71289.68778 | 2599080.625 | |
| Phormidium ambiguum Gomont | 196046.6414 | 2992303.274 | |
| Phormidium deflexum | 142579.3756 | 263171.0438 | |
| Pseudanabaena amphigranulata (Van Goor) Anagnostidis | 136638.5683 | 847467.2169 | |
| Rhabdogloea smithii (Chodat) Komárek | 5940.80732 | 59233.35566 | |
| Synechocystis aquatilis Sauvageau | 17822.42195 | 2572327.487 | |
| Unknown Cyanophyte filamentous small sp. 0A NAWQA EDJ | 89112.10973 | 102014.8006 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |