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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05568800       INDIAN CREEK NEAR WYOMING, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°01'08", long 89°50'08" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4SE1/4 sec.17, T.12 N., R.6 E., Stark County, Hydrologic Unit 07130005, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on West Jersey Road (County Road 300 N), 4.5 mi southwest of Wyoming and at mile 4.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 62.7 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1959 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91 and 1998.

 

SEDIMENT: October 1980 to September 1981.

 

SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Water year 1981.

 

WATER TEMPERATURE: Water year 1981.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants of streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants of 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 1996-1998, 2003.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.78 ft above NGVD of 1929 (606.53 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1994, at same site at datum 10.00 ft. higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 6,540 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 1,400 ft3/s, on basis of contracted-opening measurement of peak flow, June 22, 1974; gage height, 23.81 ft (present datum); no flow, Sept. 25, 26, and part of each day Oct. 7, 8, 13, 1988.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 11,100 mg/L Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily mean, 20 mg/L Feb. 6-17, 1981.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 31,100 tons Apr. 14, 1981; minimum daily, 0.35 ton Feb. 14, 1981.

 

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 607 ft upstream of the road 450 N bridge and continues upstream for 568 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
9/16/1998
Chrysophyta
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 3830.60887 6406852.037
Amphora inariensis Krammer 5107.4785 740494.0312
Amphora montana Krasske 1915.30412 411855.1614
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 20749.13188 2030245.079
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 638.43449 274391.3421
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 2234.52136 1684917.123
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 2553.73925 1762195.997
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 1915.30412 2170217.921
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 638.43449 74616.64157
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 20110.69675 17364023.84
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 1915.30412 11679923.29
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 2553.73925 2781534.681
Fragilaria capucina Desmazičres 1276.86962 125221.9652
Frustulia vulgaris (Thwaites) deToni 638.43449 991169.5457
Geissleria decussis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 638.43449 165945.155
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 638.43449 106429.5066
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 3830.60887 1276099.62
Gomphosphenia lingulatiformis (Lange-Bertalot et Reichardt) Lange-Bertalot 638.43449 397513.7081
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 1915.30412 2806450.481
Melosira varians Agardh 638.43449 3239703.923
Navicula canalis Patrick 4469.04336 1486365.924
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 638.43449 368134.7404
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 27452.69725 17194873.11
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 2553.73925 674724.9795
Navicula exilis Kützing 4469.04336 1591737.252
Navicula germainii Wallace 12130.26175 5509011.14
Navicula gregaria Donkin 3192.17374 877368.0906
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 1276.86962 1608121.917
Navicula minima Grunow 1276.86962 51225.46818
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 1276.86962 166675.7417
Navicula rostellata Kützing 7022.78261 6224937.059
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 4469.04336 2200670.017
Navicula tantula Hustedt 638.43449 34377.7756
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 7022.78261 1161582.359
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 1276.86962 1192515.706
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 638.43449 119426.2133
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 638.43449 64069.1739
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 1276.86962 237178.7745
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 1276.86962 481933.3825
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 2553.73925 649225.0503
Nitzschia elegantula Grunow 1276.86962 14957250.73
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 11811.04387 579491.3871
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 5107.4785 1526030.353
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 2872.95649 489413.6829
Nitzschia pseudofonticola Hustedt 3192.17374 37393123.19
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 638.43449 48123.65961
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 638.43449 84977.13094
Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer 638.43449 105528.9118
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 638.43449 325502.307
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 3192.17374 1794683.873
Surirella minuta Brébisson 638.43449 545625.9322
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 1276.86962 3116425.292
Cyanophyta
Anabaena sp. 1 MSU NAWQA KMM 1998 113950.9769 4601766.624
Lyngbya sp. 1? 34120.91399 853022.8498
Phormidium chalybeum 29614.37818 13869588.99
Phormidium formosum 10300.65328 380508.2953
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
9/16/1998
Chlorophyta
Ankistrodesmus falcatus var. mirabilis West & West 2238.17904 585656.8563
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 633.09524 34423.04691
Amphora inariensis Krammer 1266.19104 183575.3019
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 11395.71992 1115039.628
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 633.09524 272096.5977
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 9496.43308 7160684.607
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 11712.26782 8081996.416
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 5381.31206 6097527.672
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 633.09524 53101.82556
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 4748.21626 4099715.757
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1266.19104 397416.3429
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 3165.47732 527697.3513
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 1582.73838 527261.3085
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 633.09524 161523.8804
Gomphonema pumilum (Grunow) Reichardt et Lange-Bertalot 633.09524 139714.68
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1899.28628 1189609.396
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 9496.43308 2509058.282
Navicula exilis Kützing 1899.28628 676467.9777
Navicula germainii Wallace 3165.47732 1437615.295
Navicula gregaria Donkin 3165.47732 870030.5867
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 633.09524 797336.1689
Navicula menisculus Schumann 633.09524 221776.0292
Navicula minima Grunow 22158.34459 888948.6899
Navicula phyllepta Kützing 633.09524 186130.0006
Navicula rostellata Kützing 949.64314 841755.9112
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 6964.051 501037.0061
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 10129.52888 4988036.298
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 2215.83418 366503.4272
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 1899.28628 1773813.617
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 633.09524 690329.0186
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 3798.57312 381200.3355
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 4431.66892 823183.3439
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 1899.28628 716854.2872
Nitzschia desertorum Hustedt 633.09524 58535.00459
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 633.09524 160948.8083
Nitzschia fonticola var. pelagica Hustedt 633.09524 7416077.641
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 31338.23033 1537563.891
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 7597.1468 262417.302
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 2532.38208 756634.0065
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 1266.19104 215698.0874
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 4748.21626 2420851.897
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 1582.73838 889837.2324
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 7597.1468 426169.243
Surirella minuta Brébisson 633.09524 541062.8434
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 1266.19104 3090362.336
Cyanophyta
Oscillatoria limosa (Dillwyn) Agardh 6714.53712 5813405.414
Unknown Cyanophyte alga 5595.4476 866772.1549


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