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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05525500       SUGAR CREEK AT MILFORD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'48", long 87°43'26" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.16, T.25 N., R.12 W., Iroquois County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on pier at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 9,200 ft downstream from Mud Creek, 1 mi west of Milford, and at mile 23.9.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 446 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999 to 2004.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 2004 and 2005; Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1999; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1999.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1999, 2002-04.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999, 2002-04.

 

FISH: Water years 1999, 2002-04.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2000, 2002-04.

 

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

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (621.80 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to July 23, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 22,900 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1951, gage height, 20.90 ft, from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft3/s; maximum gage height, 28.16 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 19,400 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 2.0 ft3/s, Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972, Oct. 8, 1994.

 

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 is located 512 ft downstream of the the 1100 N Road bridge (which is 2.5 stream miles downstream of the gage), and continues downstream for 820 ft which includes the area next to the gaging station.

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
7/23/1999
Chrysophyta
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 470.41506 786788.6772
Amphora montana Krasske 470.41506 101155.1473
Amphora ovalis (Kützing) Kützing 219.68437 1173287.553
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 940.83012 92057.62114
Amphora veneta Kützing 219.68437 127592.1966
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 235.2074 101089.2663
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 439.36899 331301.5252
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 219.68437 151592.1868
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 235.2074 266511.8867
Craticula citrus (Krasske) Reichardt 235.2074 77406.12969
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 1176.03752 1015417.009
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 235.2074 1434343.695
Cymbella affinis Kützing 705.62246 418102.4903
Diatoma vulgaris Bory 439.36899 1606078.743
Diploneis parma Cleve 219.68437 1647852.459
Encyonema prostratum (Berkeley) Kützing 235.2074 1669764.349
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 705.62246 768564.5056
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 439.36899 68314.55366
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 235.2074 73823.98214
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 219.68437 36622.23685
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 470.41506 156710.4603
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 219.68437 85822.13324
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 329.52668 84073.33476
Gyrosigma acuminatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1058.43369 7431251.708
Gyrosigma attenuatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 235.2074 2285754.141
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 14700.47151 21540258.24
Hantzschia amphioxys (Ehrenberg) Grunow 235.2074 248032.9138
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 219.68437 130855.9287
Mayamaea agrestis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 219.68437 13953.48123
Melosira varians Agardh 1098.4226 5573890.607
Navicula canalis Patrick 940.83012 312912.1197
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 470.41506 271251.207
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 235.2074 147321.0942
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 439.36899 148684.9926
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 235.2074 62144.28828
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 21756.69769 11087490.65
Navicula exilis Kützing 1411.24518 502642.5889
Navicula germainii Wallace 8467.47136 3845538.952
Navicula gregaria Donkin 1411.24518 387880.3567
Navicula gysingensis Foged 235.2074 22018.11282
Navicula kotschyi Grunow 219.68437 48332.33425
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 439.36899 553352.4264
Navicula libonensis Schoeman 235.2074 64653.65017
Navicula minima Grunow 470.41506 18872.11608
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 439.36899 71062.74958
Navicula rostellata Kützing 1411.24518 1250916.184
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 439.36899 216356.4067
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 219.68437 36336.23636
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 1411.24518 1538826.133
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 878.73798 164377.6316
Nitzschia aequorea Hustedt 219.68437 2573382.71
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 235.2074 23603.89993
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 235.2074 86963.86236
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 235.2074 59795.66477
Nitzschia dissipata var. media (Hantzsch) Grunow 219.68437 53987.10001
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 823.22629 40390.37954
Nitzschia intermedia Hantzsch ex Cleve et Grunow 235.2074 216050.4841
Nitzschia liebethruthii Rabenhorst 219.68437 23832.75985
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 219.68437 653657.2752
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1881.66024 562209.0511
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 588.01863 100170.1085
Nitzschia palea var. tenuirostris Grunow 219.68437 75858.01033
Nitzschia pusilla Grunow 1176.03752 158099.9454
Nitzschia sigma (Kützing) Smith 235.2074 2503910.178
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 470.41506 107644.2079
Nitzschia solita Hustedt 439.36899 117209.4725
Nitzschia thermalis Kützing 219.68437 36167.72527
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 235.2074 31306.65768
Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer 439.36899 72624.72831
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 470.41506 239838.5264
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 219.68437 123509.5669
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 470.41506 26388.38439
Staurosira construens var. venter (Ehrenberg) Hamilton 235.2074 21790.2486
Surirella angusta Kützing 439.36899 481853.0232
Surirella gracilis (Smith) Grunow 219.68437 235026028
Surirella minuta Brébisson 470.41506 344832.9615
Surirella splendida (Ehrenberg) Kützing 235.2074 5919040.921
Surirella turgida Smith 219.68437 950915.05
Synedra parasitica (Smith) Hustedt 235.2074 20500.09602
Synedra parasitica var. subconstricta (Grunow) Hustedt 219.68437 21748.75263
Tabularia tabulata (Agardh) Snoeijs 235.2074 428854.0758
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 219.68437 536178.4134
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 705.62246 1555008.842
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann 470.41506 415874.4229
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 659.05336 570174.6431
Cyanophyta
Anabaena aequalis Borge 35020.74438 875518.6095
Anabaena inaequalis Bornet & Flahault 1831.07344 45776.836
Oscillatoria limnetica Lemmermann 15733.95762 544652.6559
Unknown Cyanophyte Oscillatoriaceae sp. 1 MSU 8109.03952 634502.4201
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
7/23/1999
Chrysophyta
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 74.65598 7304.88085
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 447.93616 337761.5089
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 223.96808 154548.1411
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 74.65598 84592.17731
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 671.90424 78528.39819
Cylindrotheca gracilis (Brébisson) Grunow 74.65598 31264.28349
Cymbella tumida (Brébisson ex Kützing) Van Heurck 522.59213 1446909.605
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 74.65598 81315.34866
Gomphoneis herculeana (Ehrenberg) Cleve 74.65598 503094.6386
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 373.28011 62227.24266
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 559.9202 186527.5152
Gyrosigma scalproides (Rabenhorst) Cleve 671.90424 984525.6208
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 1866.4006 52342.10365
Mayamaea atomus var. permitis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 485.26415 3639966.389
Melosira varians Agardh 223.96808 1136514.833
Navicula angusta Grunow 74.65598 15244.68393
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 223.96808 129144.7005
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 74.65598 46760.43638
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 4703.32965 1242669.549
Navicula difficillima Hustedt 74.65598 1647.55147
Navicula exilis Kützing 447.93616 159541.2295
Navicula germainii Wallace 485.26415 220384.8246
Navicula gregaria Donkin 149.31203 41038.37113
Navicula helensis Schulz 149.31203 42296.46982
Navicula ingenua Hustedt 74.65598 3234.32177
Navicula kotschyi Grunow 74.65598 16424.91807
Navicula lenzii Hustedt ex Schmidt 74.65598 559994.506
Navicula menisculus Schumann 37.32799 13076.15802
Navicula minima Grunow 149.31203 5990.10151
Navicula phyllepta Kützing 1119.84039 329233.0747
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 373.28011 60373.65309
Navicula schroeterii Meister 74.65598 125773.8829
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 410.60809 29541.69177
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 2015.71264 1041306.23
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 298.62405 49393.0181
Navicula upsaliensis (Grunow) Peragallo 149.31203 28188.39418
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 74.65598 13965.22451
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 74.65598 13867.36247
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 37.32799 13801.37778
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 74.65598 28177.66857
Nitzschia clausii Hantzsch 74.65598 9738.0357
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 821.21626 208773.9254
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 821.21626 42422.73157
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 223.96808 7736.20687
Nitzschia microcephala Grunow 74.65598 8106.59648
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 37.32799 11152.98787
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 298.62405 50871.18326
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 74.65598 17083.38979
Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer 111.98404 18510.20592
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 933.2003 475787.031
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1157.16838 64912.47116
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann 74.65598 66000.2522
Cyanophyta
Unknown Cyanophyte Oscillatoriaceae sp. 1 MSU 3782.7385 295985.3293


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