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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05548105       NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°23'07", long 88°22'10" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.13, T.45 N., R.7 E.,McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Thompson Road, at west edge of Wonder Lake and 1.1 mi east of Greenwood at mile 19.7.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 84.5 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: June 1994 to September 1997, October 1998 to September 2001 (discontinued).

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-1997;1999-2001.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965 to 1977.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: July 1994 to September 1997. Water years 1999 to 2001 (discontinued).

 

SEDIMENT: June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued).

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, water years 1998 and 1999; sediment particle size June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued); sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1996-2001.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1999-2001.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 798.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (797.81 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to June 13, 1994, at datum 8.31 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 13.95 ft, present datum, June 11, 1967, discharge not determined; maximum discharge, 3,690 ft3/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 11.63 ft; minimum discharge, 5.5 ft3/s, Sept. 12, 1995.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 808 mg/L, Aug. 17, 1995; minimum daily, 1 mg/L, Aug. 27, 1997.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13, 2000; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Aug. 27, 1997.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage of 12.26 ft, present datum, occurred between Sept. 30, 1977 and June 13, 1994, from floodmark obtained from crest-stage gage, discharge not determined.

 

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 394 ft downstream of the Greenwood Road bridge (1.43 mi upstream of gaging station), and continues downstream for 525 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
7/14/1999
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 3099.01534 168501.5835
Amphora inariensis Krammer 3099.01534 449302.4027
Amphora montana Krasske 885.43252 190397.9371
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 27448.43393 2685753.228
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 885.43252 380548.0771
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 6198.0322 4673560.419
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 2656.29908 1832966.935
Craticula accomoda (Hustedt) Mann 885.43252 362009.1832
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 5312.59968 620906.8469
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 3541.73312 297068.2489
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 9739.76683 8409531.78
Entomoneis paludosa (Smith) Reimer 885.43252 18651258.49
Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) Petersen 885.43252 195203.268
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 885.43252 277908.58
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 1328.14878 442449.2844
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 2656.29908 1037712.667
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 885.43252 225903.6041
Gyrosigma attenuatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 1770.86656 17209346.19
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 1770.86656 1054824.193
Lemnicola hungarica (Grunow) Round et Basson 885.43252 464526.9245
Luticola goeppertiana (Bleisch) Mann 885.43252 692860.8549
Melosira varians Agardh 11067.91561 56163584.81
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 11510.63339 6637273.051
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1770.86656 1109174.283
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 1770.86656 467881.7163
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 1770.86656 776080.0563
Navicula exilis Kützing 2213.58282 788410.8412
Navicula germainii Wallace 1770.86656 804246.7515
Navicula gregaria Donkin 23021.26678 6327388.959
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 7968.90027 10036234.69
Navicula menisculus Schumann 885.43252 310170.8811
Navicula minima Grunow 17708.6671 710436.4838
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 1770.86656 286416.7699
Navicula rostellata Kützing 3541.73312 3139363.266
Navicula salinarum Grunow 442.71626 392645.3875
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 885.43252 826938.1383
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 6198.0322 6758353.587
Navicula viridula (Kützing) Kützing emend. Van Heurck 1328.14878 1860570.196
Nitzschia acidoclinata Lange-Bertalot 2656.29908 31115887.42
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 1770.86656 328938.8
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 8854.33279 3341921.904
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 8854.33279 2250995.144
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 885.43252 353112.8442
Nitzschia heufleriana Grunow 2656.29908 29282909.46
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 1770.86656 61168.49353
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 1770.86656 5269104.081
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 8854.33279 2645528.63
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 7968.90027 1357517.541
Nitzschia pumila Hustedt 885.43252 123697.6945
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 20364.96618 4660077.536
Nitzschia thermaloides Hustedt 1770.86656 2412291.464
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 885.43252 117853.1492
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 6198.0322 3160032.566
Sellaphora pupula var. rectangularis (Gregory) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 885.43252 6641629.333
Skeletonema potamos (Weber) Hasle 2656.29908 139189.328
Stephanodiscus hantzschii Grunow 4427.16564 1441599.619
Surirella minuta Brébisson 10182.48309 8702266.113
Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 885.43252 5251028.172
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 1770.86656 1579209.232
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 885.43252 1951263.566
Euglenophyta
Euglena proxima Dangeard 1517.17515 15714047.98
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
7/14/1999
Chrysophyta
Achnanthes conspicua Mayer 213.12799 16104.57539
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 426.25599 23176.65497
Amphora inariensis Krammer 213.12799 30899.78832
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 8098.86714 792451.7158
Caloneis amphisbaena (Bory) Cleve 213.12799 1730618.113
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg 213.12799 679988.6543
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1918.15262 1446362.632
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 426.25599 294135.9809
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 213.12799 17876.43412
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 1065.64042 920097.6918
Cyclotella stelligera (Cleve et Grunow) Van Heurck 213.12799 51657.73417
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 213.12799 45998.7342
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 213.12799 66893.97071
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 852.5122 283999.367
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 1065.64042 271880.698
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 213.12799 126950.593
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 213.12799 5977.04873
Mayamaea atomus var. permitis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 426.25599 3197346.181
Melosira varians Agardh 2664.10093 13518847.07
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 2131.28084 1228941.311
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 213.12799 133491.7553
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 7352.91882 1942719.093
Navicula exilis Kützing 213.12799 75909.70455
Navicula germainii Wallace 639.38421 290379.1203
Navicula gregaria Donkin 3090.35715 849383.8283
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 1065.64042 1342094.516
Navicula menisculus Schumann 426.25599 149319.336
Navicula minima Grunow 1278.76841 51301.64386
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 426.25599 68941.87656
Navicula rostellata Kützing 213.12799 188914.907
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 1705.02463 122670.043
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 532.8201 262374.0976
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 2131.28084 1990481.906
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 426.25599 464790.8572
Navicula upsaliensis (Grunow) Peragallo 426.25599 80472.22897
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 852.5122 158354.3031
Nitzschia desertorum Hustedt 213.12799 19705.48361
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 5541.33009 1408746.138
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 5008.50977 249790.783
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 319.6921 127494.0599
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 532.8201 18404.43745
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 639.38421 191037.4585
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 852.5122 145227.0986
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 1705.02463 390157.6318
Pinnularia mesolepta (Ehrenberg) Smith 213.12799 159935.453
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 1278.76841 170207.0805
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 4262.56168 2173243.586
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 426.25599 31561.9969
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 959.07631 53800.30632
Stauroneis smithii Grunow 213.12799 73219.53913
Surirella minuta Brébisson 639.38421 546437.5924
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 426.25599 1040352.85
Cyanophyta
Unknown Cyanophyte Oscillatoriaceae sp. 1 MSU 7979.3077 624351.3839


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