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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
9/4/1997
Chlorophyta
Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck 7380.36402 1464228.911
Unknown Chlorophyte colonial coccoid medium sp. 0B NAWQA EDJ 29521.45609 3337105.397
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 671.96 36536.22422
Amphora montana Krasske 895.94667 192658.8315
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 671.96 463682.9055
Craticula citrus (Krasske) Reichardt 447.97334 147426.8311
Craticula halophila (Grunow) Mann 223.98667 125440.584
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 5151.69336 927035.9334
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 4367.73633 366350.5414
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 4367.73633 3774199.935
Cyclotella nana Hustedt 1119.93334 25443.24405
Cyclotella pseudostelligera Hustedt 1343.92001 116133.8589
Cylindrotheca gracilis (Brébisson) Grunow 895.94667 375202.7746
Fallacia monoculata (Hustedt) Mann 895.94667 245379.367
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 1007.93631 156717.2974
Geissleria decussis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 223.98667 59163.19332
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 447.97334 149234.3975
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 671.96 262508.6237
Gomphonema pumilum (Grunow) Reichardt et Lange-Bertalot 223.98667 49430.51742
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 1119.93334 1641012.219
Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow 1231.92298 1299097.934
Luticola mutica (Kützing) Mann 223.98667 129919.0707
Melosira varians Agardh 335.97631 1704895.008
Navicula canalis Patrick 447.97334 148992.1323
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 223.98667 129406.5895
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 447.97334 280586.0783
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 1343.92001 355077.9062
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 895.94667 392647.5104
Navicula exilis Kützing 1343.92001 478663.4105
Navicula germainii Wallace 3471.78966 2291599.357
Navicula gregaria Donkin 5487.66967 1530748.952
Navicula meniscus Schumann 223.98667 374602.4553
Navicula minima Grunow 2463.85335 98762.69864
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 783.94965 102332.603
Navicula rostellata Kützing 671.96 595619.8469
Navicula sp. 0Z UL NAWQA KM 223.98667 65649.89551
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 1119.93334 81553.94558
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 447.97334 74095.68848
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 223.98667 41899.17622
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 1791.89334 333890.4869
Nitzschia aurariae Cholnoky 223.98667 8611.87838
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 1567.90667 619733.2561
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 1007.93631 256242.8821
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 111.98964 5514.94672
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 3583.78668 1085291.485
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 5599.66669 954756.5241
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 671.96 232030.8418
Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) Peragallo 1903.88299 195512.4056
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 2239.86668 634108.5091
Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer 111.98964 18511.13263
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 223.98667 114198.3691
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 671.96 377785.1319
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1679.89632 94235.39938
Stauroneis gracillima Hustedt 223.98667 195046.7945
Stephanodiscus minutulus (Kützing) Cleve et Möller 1791.89334 570657.6202
Surirella angusta Kützing 447.97334 491289.3531
Surirella minuta Brébisson 2463.85335 2078450.735
Surirella spp. 223.98667 2055136.461
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 895.94667 798980.1677
Cyanophyta
Jaaginema pseudogeminatum (Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek 191889.4646 752034.9509
Jaaginema subtilissima (Kützing) Anagnostidis & Komárek 265693.1048 6642327.621
Lyngbya spiralis Geitler 125466.1884 6155684.868
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
8/5/1997
Chlorophyta
Chlorella ellipsoidea Gerneck 5684.83672 550255.6893
Chlorella vulgaris Beyerinck 5684.83672 1127844.407
Gloeocystis vesiculosa Nägeli 5684.83672 1674725.266
Chrysophyta
Amphora montana Krasske 1967.82329 423148.5503
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 1967.82329 185219.4336
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 1967.82329 845746.4053
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 3935.65226 2715778.715
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 21646.10731 3895169.589
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 61986.58417 5199219.217
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 19678.27834 17004175.9
Cyclotella planctonica Brunnthaler 3935.65226 1285492.105
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 1967.82329 12000196.11
Diadesmis confervacea Kützing 69857.89437 35313738.25
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 1967.82329 2143354.575
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1967.82329 617635.9688
Gomphonema angustum Agardh 1967.82329 1664362.782
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 56083.09725 18683092.42
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 23613.93628 5135297.898
Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 13774.79143 96712664.52
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 21646.10731 31717536.54
Luticola goeppertiana (Bleisch) Mann 983.9088 769919.6437
Melosira lineata Agardh 7871.3102 8044746.728
Melosira varians Agardh 41324.38565 209698530.6
Navicula canalis Patrick 1967.82329 654481.3368
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 1967.82329 665922.716
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 1967.82329 519919.7638
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 24597.85077 10779977.4
Navicula exilis Kützing 5903.48123 2102640.369
Navicula germainii Wallace 34436.98994 22730577.53
Navicula gregaria Donkin 3935.65226 1097824.019
Navicula meniscus Schumann 1967.82329 3291050.499
Navicula minima Grunow 30501.332 1222635.213
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 27549.58854 2006170.874
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 9839.13917 11265778.05
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 1967.82329 325481.9197
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 7871.3102 1466691.981
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 1967.82329 500270.407
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 8855.22469 436076.8618
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 5903.48123 17565443.78
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 29517.41751 8938869.612
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 42308.30014 7213666.062
Psammothidium marginulatum (Grunow) Bukhtiyarova et Round 983.9088 209968.969
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 49195.70154 25082157.52
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 1967.82329 1106337.247
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1967.82329 110386.9396
Surirella angusta Kützing 1967.82329 2158098.603
Surirella minuta Brébisson 5903.47555 4566752.614
Cyanophyta
Anabaena iyengarii var. tenuis Rao 79587.71413 5081410.255
Jaaginema pseudogeminatum (Schmidle) Anagnostidis & Komárek 147805.7548 579266.2656
Jaaginema subtilissima (Kützing) Anagnostidis & Komárek 17054.51017 426362.7543
Jaaginema unigranulatum (Biswas) Anagnostidis 312666.0198 2285809.034
Leptolyngbya tenuis (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 204654.122 2063047.973
Oscillatoria angustissima West & West 85272.55085 10068647.11
Oscillatoria fremyii De Toni 227393.4689 317613.788
Planktolyngbya subtilis (Lemmermann) Anagnostidis & Komárek 329720.53 21676347.18
Reach A
9/4/1997
Chlorophyta
Actinastrum hantzschii var. elongatum GM Smith 898.96995 16445.15702
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 74.94918 4075.18309
Amphora montana Krasske 112.42377 24174.91221
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 374.74616 35272.61379
Aulacoseira alpigena (Grunow) Krammer 262.32226 14818.12594
Craticula citrus (Krasske) Reichardt 224.84767 73996.76842
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 224.84767 40460.84525
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 1611.40878 135159.3672
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 374.74616 323821.4972
Cyclotella nana Hustedt 299.79698 6810.94791
Cymbella affinis Kützing 149.89849 88819.35414
Fallacia omissa (Hustedt) Mann 74.94918 14130.9046
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 74.94918 11653.34827
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 1986.15506 661652.4485
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 599.59395 130393.0665
Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 112.42377 789326.0951
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 224.84767 329464.0473
Luticola mutica (Kützing) Mann 112.42377 65209.20125
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 2285.95217 64108.18249
Navicula arvensis Hustedt 224.84767 16726.47774
Navicula canalis Patrick 112.42377 37391.19241
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 224.84767 140832.3228
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 149.89849 50726.51037
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 1049.28942 277233.3825
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 1349.08652 591235.4843
Navicula exilis Kützing 299.79698 106778.56
Navicula germainii Wallace 936.86552 618390.1188
Navicula gregaria Donkin 524.64464 146346.1338
Navicula minima Grunow 974.34024 39056.08724
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 1124.23873 81867.46535
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 449.69546 514899.6476
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 374.74616 61983.76609
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 374.74616 408624.374
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 149.89849 28040.16521
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 449.69546 83793.51271
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 74.94918 27711.16132
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 187.37308 47634.97142
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 299.79698 14763.54686
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 74.94918 29889.93253
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 299.79698 16676.74425
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 449.69546 136182.9543
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 1424.0357 242801.4828
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 74.94918 25880.2923
Pinnularia gibba Ehrenberg 74.94918 115996.8855
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 224.84767 63654.60094
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 149.89849 76424.91871
Sellaphora mutata (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot 74.94918 17237.19158
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 149.89849 84274.98635
Sellaphora pupula var. capitata Skvortzvow et Mayer 262.32226 102521.5722
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 299.79698 16817.39967
Stephanodiscus minutulus (Kützing) Cleve et Möller 149.89849 47737.61501
Surirella angusta Kützing 74.94918 82196.26296
Surirella minuta Brébisson 224.84767 192161.7968
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 262.32226 233931.6484
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 74.94918 165168.5482
Cyanophyta
Phormidium ambiguum Gomont 5008.54689 76446.55953
Phormidium minnesotense (Tilden) Drouet 14383.51926 168465.0732


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Introduction

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Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

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