LOCATION.-- Lat 41°44'20", long 87°53'47" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4NE1/4 sec.31, T.38 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on German Church Road, 1.1 mi northwest of Willow Springs, and at mile 2.2.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 16.5 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: July 1951 to current year.

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

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

BIOLOGICAL

ALGAE: Water year 2000.

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

FISH: Water year 2001.

HABITAT: Water year 2000-01.

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

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 606.36 ft above NGVD of 1929 (606.08 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to June 17, 1963, water-stage recorder at same site at datum 3.73 ft higher. However, datum incorrectly published as 609.64 ft above NGVD of 1929 from 1951 to 1963. June 17, 1963, to June 26, 1964, nonrecording gage at site 0.5 mi upstream at datum 4.82 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 2,680 ft³/s, Sept. 14, 1961, gage height, 13.71 ft, present datum; minimum daily, 0.1 ft³/s, Dec. 9, 1957.

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 36 feet upstream of German Church Road and continues upstream for 591 feet.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data