LOCATION.-- Lat 41°29'07", long 88°11'09" (NAD of 1927), in NW¼ SE¼ sec.27, T.35N., R.9E., Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 121 feet downstream of Mound Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 14.10 mi². | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965-1970; Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000. | |
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. | |
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 121 feet downstream of Mound Road and continues downstream 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 | |||
| Taxon | Cells (number/cm2) | Biovolume (biovolume/cm2) | |
| Reach A 7/21/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Actinastrum hantzschii var. fluviatile Schröder | 2561.69976 | 71777.9041 | |
| Crucigenia sp. | 10246.79903 | 289721.4169 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthidium affine (Grunow) Czarnecki | 639.35159 | 45021.47094 | |
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 639.35159 | 34763.21928 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 3836.11272 | 382728.6979 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 1278.70381 | 931601.6319 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 1918.05604 | 1317063.873 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 1278.70381 | 1432156.159 | |
| Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot | 639.35159 | 71763.1118 | |
| Cyclotella atomus Hustedt | 5114.81718 | 425499.396 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 25893.76361 | 22075876.03 | |
| Cyclotella pseudostelligera Hustedt | 639.35159 | 55249.09714 | |
| Cymbella caespitosa Brun | 639.35159 | 290603.6693 | |
| Diadesmis confervacea Kützing | 639.35159 | 323197.4682 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 639.35159 | 161921.7967 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 639.35159 | 3226346.19 | |
| Navicula cari Ehrenberg | 639.35159 | 89880.4371 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 5114.81718 | 1322772.302 | |
| Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot | 17262.50886 | 8798617.291 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 3836.11272 | 1033255.562 | |
| Navicula ingenua Hustedt | 2557.40827 | 110794.6205 | |
| Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot | 49230.11895 | 24666898.17 | |
| Navicula rhynchocephala Kützing | 639.35159 | 457496.8488 | |
| Navicula salinarum Grunow | 2557.40827 | 2268167.34 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 5114.81718 | 357290.8497 | |
| Navicula symmetrica Patrick | 1278.70381 | 632481.1874 | |
| Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot | 4475.46495 | 4747116.441 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 13746.07193 | 2169242.748 | |
| Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith | 2557.40827 | 471090.1998 | |
| Nitzschia aequorea Hustedt | 639.35159 | 7489364.491 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 639.35159 | 118607.8863 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 2557.40827 | 127284.356 | |
| Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith | 18860.88975 | 5497109.94 | |
| Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow | 7672.22609 | 1233699.232 | |
| Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt | 639.35159 | 146301.639 | |
| Nitzschia supralitorea Lange-Bertalot | 1278.70381 | 113482.0984 | |
| Ophiocytium cochleare (Eichwald) Braun | 2561.69976 | 128084.9879 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 1918.05604 | 259595.5608 | |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal | 1918.05604 | 86334.63915 | |
| Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle | 639.35159 | 598521.6426 | |
| Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann | 639.35159 | 565224.191 | |
| Cyanophyta | |||
| Phormidium amoenum | 24336.14769 | 1353419.604 | |
| Euglenophyta | |||
| Phacus onyx Pochman | 640.42494 | 960637.4089 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |