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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960 to 1966. Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum, water years 1960-67.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1999-2001.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (661.74 ft NAVD 1988). Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,500 ft3/s, May 23, 2004, gage height, 11.09 ft, no flow, at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

 

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 295 ft upstream of the Russell Road bridge, and continues upstream for 656 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
7/18/2000
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 2564.19196 139421.8284
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 1282.09533 2144357.558
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 8974.6725 895402.4467
Biremis circumtexta (Meister ex Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot et Witkowski 5128.38391 1293945.712
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg 1282.09533 4116889.368
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 17949.3463 13077023.87
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 6410.48054 4401859.042
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 18590.39396 20821355.89
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2564.19196 287814.0882
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 14103.05771 1173227.181
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 21795.63488 18581992.98
Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs 1282.09533 7818484.25
Diadesmis confervacea Kützing 2564.19196 1296220.054
Diadesmis contenta (Grunow ex Van Heurck) Mann 5128.38391 224071.1344
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 1282.09533 271951.16
Eunotia bilunaris var. mucophila Lange-Bertalot et Nörpel 1282.09533 2243666.825
Fragilaria capucina var. mesolepta Rabenhorst 10256.76913 3536128.806
Fragilaria capucina var. rumpens (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 1282.09533 143325.1327
Gomphonema acuminatum var. brebessonii (Kützing) Cleve 1282.09533 1669288.118
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 6410.48054 2023051.882
Gomphonema clavatum Ehrenberg 1282.09533 2129072.438
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 1282.09533 427107.394
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 2564.19196 1001730.011
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 3846.28858 974108.7233
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 8974.6725 5345801.809
Melosira varians Agardh 23718.77917 119691566.2
Navicula canalis Patrick 2564.19196 852828.4991
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 2564.19196 1469466.032
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 5769.43288 1941537.784
Navicula gregaria Donkin 46155.46302 12431957.11
Navicula minima Grunow 5128.38391 204606.6585
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 10256.76913 5139184.812
Navicula salinarum Grunow 1282.09533 1137091.322
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 3846.28858 268678.9514
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 1282.09533 1197396.183
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 15385.15434 16319001.47
Navicula veneta Kützing 12820.96108 2023252.679
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 6410.48054 1180849.611
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 8974.6725 1664916.388
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 1282.09533 474032.5451
Nitzschia brevissima Grunow ex Van Heurck 1282.09533 537069.7332
Nitzschia desertorum Hustedt 1282.09533 96463.52455
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 1282.09533 326482.4198
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 11538.86575 574299.0333
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 3846.28858 11444394.12
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 8974.6725 2615717.607
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 5769.43288 927728.7749
Nitzschia paleacea Grunow ex Van Heurck 1282.09533 63437.61125
Nitzschia tropica Hustedt 1282.09533 273069.9108
Placoneis exigua (Gregory) Mereschkowsky 1282.09533 2394172.561
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 26924.02009 3643979.083
Planothidium rostratum (Řstrup) Lange-Bertalot 2564.19196 217437.605
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 3846.28858 1955262.717
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 1282.09533 699835.2809
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 2564.19196 188600.502
Stephanodiscus tenuis Hustedt 1282.09533 583827.4563
Surirella brebissonii Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 1282.09533 1665117.091
Surirella minuta Brébisson 1282.09533 1062553.698
Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 3846.28858 22494810.14
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 1282.09533 57709.07374
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 3846.28858 3327585.235
Cyanophyta
Anabaena sp. 28587.28002 1709071.22
Oscillatoria sp. 1? 23389.59275 584739.8186
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
7/18/2000
Chlorophyta
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 5838.6592 203254.2706
Chrysophyta
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 2904.75679 289807.3818
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 484.12605 208071.4616
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 6535.70363 4761596.941
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 5809.51407 3989195.799
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 2904.75679 3253345.523
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 3873.00938 434720.4431
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 1936.50469 1650978.132
Eunotia sudetica Müller 968.2521 542221.1771
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 5325.38802 877262.5618
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 3388.88333 858266.5448
Lemnicola hungarica (Grunow) Round et Basson 484.12605 253988.3978
Mayamaea atomus var. permitis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2420.63074 98381.34942
Melosira varians Agardh 1452.37815 7329104.697
Navicula canalis Patrick 484.12605 161016.2189
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 968.2521 325837.5789
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 968.2521 250405.2476
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 968.2521 493513.4143
Navicula gregaria Donkin 7019.82969 1890788.563
Navicula minima Grunow 23480.12077 936784.2059
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 1452.37815 727718.4124
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 15007.91196 1048363.886
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 1936.50469 957847.1357
Navicula tantula Hustedt 1936.50469 98103.3813
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 1452.37815 1540534.511
Navicula veneta Kützing 6777.76666 1069587.097
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 968.2521 178357.9421
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 2662.69377 493963.7061
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 3873.00938 986252.3061
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 1936.50469 96381.46378
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 5325.38802 1552113.596
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 2904.75679 467086.8901
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 9924.58696 1343223.901
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 2904.75679 1476634.562
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 484.12605 264261.5438
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 8714.27135 640948.8754
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 484.12605 26976.19128
Surirella brebissonii Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 484.12605 628757.1162
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 484.12605 21791.25479
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 968.2521 2363189.856
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 968.2521 2133776.438
Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann 484.12605 427995.7398
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 968.2521 837675.4182
Cyanophyta
Phormidium tenue (Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 10704.20853 1835948.238


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