LOCATION.-- Lat 43°03'12", long 88°11'41" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4 SE1/4 sec.24, T.7N., R.19E., Waukesha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of Watertown Road bridge, 3.5 mi northeast of Waukesha. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 77.4 mi2 | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: December 1992 to September 2000 (discontinued). | |
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. | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 820 ft above NGVD of 1929 (820 ft NAVD 1988). | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 1430 ft3/s, Aug. 8, 1998, gage height, 12.07 ft; minimum discharge, 13 ft3/s, Sept. 16, 1995. | |
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 43 feet upstream of Watertown Road and continues upstream for 853 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 7/19/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Scenedesmus acuminatus (Lagerheim) Chodat | 4495.26893 | 498674.3992 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthes conspicua Mayer | 947.64427 | 71606.77982 | |
| Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki | 758.11549 | 41220.72365 | |
| Amphora inariensis Krammer | 379.05756 | 58709.98128 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 17815.71462 | 1777472.6 | |
| Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve | 758.11549 | 325828.7756 | |
| Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg | 379.05756 | 1217177.848 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 758.11549 | 552326.2083 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 1137.17305 | 780858.0718 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 1895.28854 | 2122734.857 | |
| Cyclotella atomus Hustedt | 3032.46197 | 252269.18 | |
| Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing | 2463.87525 | 2100590.918 | |
| Fragilaria capucina var. rumpens (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 379.05756 | 42374.75457 | |
| Gomphonema clavatum Ehrenberg | 379.05756 | 629470.3542 | |
| Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston | 1895.28854 | 312214.9364 | |
| Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh | 1137.17305 | 378829.099 | |
| Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing | 379.05756 | 95999.8883 | |
| Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski | 758.11549 | 451574.7141 | |
| Melosira varians Agardh | 2274.34648 | 11476985.8 | |
| Navicula cryptocephala Kützing | 379.05756 | 127560.9905 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 758.11549 | 196060.6097 | |
| Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot | 3411.51953 | 1738835.006 | |
| Navicula germainii Wallace | 1516.23098 | 671287.4784 | |
| Navicula gregaria Donkin | 18005.24378 | 4849705.837 | |
| Navicula microcephala Grunow | 379.05756 | 2843310.747 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 5685.86638 | 226848.4847 | |
| Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot | 379.05756 | 49409.13779 | |
| Navicula rostellata Kützing | 1137.17305 | 984251.4208 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 379.05756 | 26478.71712 | |
| Navicula tantula Hustedt | 758.11549 | 38406.15183 | |
| Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory | 1895.28854 | 1770079.974 | |
| Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot | 1895.28854 | 2010328.647 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 5306.80844 | 837457.8418 | |
| Nitzschia amphibia Grunow | 1137.17305 | 210960.1267 | |
| Nitzschia clausii Hantzsch | 379.05756 | 48060.6698 | |
| Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow | 4548.69295 | 1158313.464 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 3411.51953 | 169794.1902 | |
| Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith | 3032.46197 | 883827.7009 | |
| Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow | 1137.17305 | 182858.2087 | |
| Nitzschia recta Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst | 758.11549 | 1076118.602 | |
| Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt | 379.05756 | 86739.0388 | |
| Nitzschia thermaloides Hustedt | 379.05756 | 516355.8526 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 5306.80844 | 718239.6572 | |
| Planothidium rostratum (Østrup) Lange-Bertalot | 379.05756 | 32143.2128 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 379.05756 | 63605.23151 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 5117.27966 | 2601371.665 | |
| Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann | 1516.23098 | 111521.2626 | |
| Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot | 2842.93319 | 158412.2757 | |
| Surirella minuta Brébisson | 379.05756 | 314149.0354 | |
| Synedra parasitica (Smith) Hustedt | 379.05756 | 33037.7218 | |
| Synedra ulna (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg | 379.05756 | 2216897.57 | |
| Tabularia tabulata (Agardh) Snoeijs | 379.05756 | 3267855.213 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |