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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, 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
9/17/1998
Chrysophyta
Amphora montana Krasske 6823.44814 1467272.119
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1137.24093 857524.4571
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 1137.24093 784747.8611
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 1137.24093 1288599.874
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 6823.44814 1227864.549
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 26156.55112 22584149.27
Diadesmis confervacea Kützing 568.6202 287442.1738
Diploneis parma Cleve 2274.48237 17060892.26
Fallacia monoculata (Hustedt) Mann 1137.24093 311464.3616
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 1137.24093 1238683.663
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 1137.24093 176822.0068
Geissleria decussis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 1137.24093 295597.4738
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 1137.24093 290148.3953
Gomphonema sarcophagus Gregory 1137.24093 304128.0318
Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1137.24093 7984556.503
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 4548.96525 6665492.744
Luticola mutica (Kützing) Mann 1137.24093 659634.2774
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 6823.44814 4273835.969
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 568.6202 192424.3453
Navicula exilis Kützing 2274.48237 810101.4077
Navicula germainii Wallace 8529.30979 3873623.144
Navicula gregaria Donkin 4548.96525 1250281.871
Navicula menisculus Schumann 5686.2067 1991903.056
Navicula minima Grunow 7960.68907 319367.0037
Navicula phyllepta Kützing 1137.24093 334348.8334
Navicula rostellata Kützing 3411.72381 3024124.077
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 1137.24093 81820.1634
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 3411.72381 1680019.121
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 9097.93051 1504815.993
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 1137.24093 212733.4597
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 1137.24093 114126.1759
Nitzschia brevissima Grunow ex Van Heurck 1137.24093 476390.2256
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1137.24093 339788.8368
Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) Peragallo 1137.24093 116784.8632
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 2274.48237 520465.5929
Nitzschia solita Hustedt 1137.24093 303379.1927
Nitzschia valdestriata Aleem et Hustedt 13646.89628 1071319.023
Plagiotropis lepidoptera var. proboscidea (Cleve) Reimer 568.6202 5644162.356
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 2274.48237 302738.9485
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 1137.24093 639372.4538
Skeletonema potamos (Weber) Hasle 3411.72381 178773.3724
Surirella minuta Brébisson 3411.7233 2639207.5
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 1137.24093 1014159.63
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 3411.72381 7518554.174
Cyanophyta
Anabaena sp. 1 MSU NAWQA KMM 1998 67383.485 2721197.139
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
9/17/1998
Chlorophyta
Closterium sp. 1? 192.57114 16368.5469
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium microcephalum Kützing 192.57114 28057.44371
Achnanthidium pyrenaicum (Hustedt) Kobayasi 192.57114 26225.08117
Amphora montana Krasske 577.71342 124227.9236
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 192.57114 82764.72275
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 192.57114 218201.0339
Craticula accomoda (Hustedt) Mann 192.57114 78732.73177
Craticula citrus (Krasske) Reichardt 385.14228 126749.2999
Craticula cuspidata (Kützing) Mann 192.57114 1444476.121
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 4621.70736 540159.2285
Cyclostephanos invisitatus (Hohn et Hellerman) Theriot, Stoermer et Hĺkansson 577.71342 103958.2647
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 385.14228 32304.39415
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 9243.41472 7980970.305
Cymbella affinis Kützing 192.57114 114104.1814
Diadesmis confervacea Kützing 1540.56912 778770.3228
Diploneis puella (Schumann) Cleve 288.85671 84252.45132
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 96.28557 20781.00742
Fallacia omissa (Hustedt) Mann 192.57114 36307.32807
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 192.57114 209748.6282
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 577.71342 89824.80633
Fistulifera pelliculosa (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 288.85671 7709.01365
Geissleria decussis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 385.14228 100108.1495
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 96.28557 16051.17811
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 385.14228 128303.3413
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 192.57114 49131.37206
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 673.99899 987595.0091
Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow 192.57114 203071.7612
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 192.57114 114705.818
Lemnicola hungarica (Grunow) Round et Basson 192.57114 101029.1325
Luticola mutica (Kützing) Mann 96.28557 55848.55479
Mayamaea agrestis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 192.57114 12231.35623
Melosira varians Agardh 192.57114 977192.6291
Navicula angusta Grunow 192.57114 39322.85347
Navicula arvensis Hustedt 192.57114 14325.4191
Navicula canalis Patrick 288.85671 96071.29224
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1733.14026 1085544.585
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 192.57114 50879.33644
Navicula difficillima Hustedt 1155.42684 25498.62965
Navicula exilis Kützing 2407.13925 857349.7516
Navicula germainii Wallace 2503.42482 1136941.272
Navicula gregaria Donkin 673.99899 185248.4404
Navicula harderii Hustedt 192.57114 24904.94438
Navicula menisculus Schumann 577.71342 202375.5356
Navicula minima Grunow 3177.42381 127471.9202
Navicula phyllepta Kützing 385.14228 113231.8303
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 1155.42684 585633.5937
Navicula rostellata Kützing 192.57114 170693.4833
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 2118.28254 152402.3793
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 2118.28254 1043095.915
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 4814.2785 796291.3406
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 96.28557 9662.59973
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 2118.28254 393471.3843
Nitzschia aurariae Cholnoky 192.57114 7404.00793
Nitzschia elegantula Grunow 192.57114 2255778.334
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 1347.99798 66137.52585
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 192.57114 572983.5339
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 481.42785 143842.7028
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 770.28456 131219.4615
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 770.28456 176262.7908
Nitzschia solita Hustedt 192.57114 51371.76781
Nitzschia sp. 1? 288.85671 446702.8231
Nitzschia valdestriata Aleem et Hustedt 385.14228 30234.73197
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 192.57114 98181.33466
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 385.14228 21604.92593
Surirella minuta Brébisson 1251.71241 940969.9784
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 1347.99798 58701.25456
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 192.57114 470003.7982
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 577.71342 1273130.501
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 385.14228 333202.7046
Unknown Chrysophyte sp. 192.57114 128562.2647
Cyanophyta
Phormidium chalybeum 3658.85166 1713585.489
Phormidium formosum 5006.84964 184954.0771
Unknown Cyanophyte alga 1733.14026 268474.9863


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