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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532000       ADDISON CREEK AT BELLWOOD, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°52'54", long 87°52'09" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SE1/4 sec.9, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on Washington Boulevard in Bellwood, 1,050 ft upstream from railroad bridge, and at mile 3.2.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 17.9 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: August 1950 to June 1951, October 1951 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1979-91, July 2000.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water year 2000.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1338: 1952. WSP 1708: 1958, 1959(P). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 617.65 ft above NGVD of 1929 (Cook County Highway Department bench mark) (617.36 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 26, 1951, at datum 2.00 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1,120 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 1987, gage height, 12.84 ft; no flow Sept. 14, 1962.

 

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 89 feet upstream of Washington Street and continues upstream for 492 feet.

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
7/14/2000
Chlorophyta
Cladophora sp. 13436.30815 1142086.193
Kirchneriella obesa (W. West) Schmidle 35830.15507 5156556.484
Chrysophyta
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 19213.92066 1916971.519
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 4269.75865 2931898.103
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 6404.64022 7173236.547
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 2134.87933 1820103.561
Fallacia pygmaea (Kützing) Stickle et Mann 2134.87933 2325312.137
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 4269.75865 1347472.038
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 8539.51955 1406733.324
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 4269.75865 2176275.339
Navicula ingenua Hustedt 4269.75865 184978.7909
Navicula minima Grunow 268994.8892 10732064.21
Navicula pseudoventralis Hustedt 8539.51955 1385669.259
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 2134.87933 1069687.664
Navicula rostellata Kützing 2134.87933 1847790.897
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 4269.75865 298260.0636
Navicula tantula Hustedt 6404.64022 324459.2511
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 2134.87933 1993842.657
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 2134.87933 2264462.097
Navicula veneta Kützing 4269.75865 673802.8902
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 6404.64022 1188142.571
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 78990.56196 3931426.566
Nitzschia supralitorea Lange-Bertalot 2134.87933 189465.7568
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 164385.7641 83565585.04
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 29888.31953 2198334.665
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 2134.87933 118958.5087
Cyanophyta
Lyngbya sp. 1? 407568.014 10189200.35
Phormidium tenue (Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 60463.38669 10370467.65
Planktothrix prolifica (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 134363.0815 25837932.3
Rhodophyta
Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) 600155.0975 1201153117


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