LOCATION.-- Lat 42°12'40", long 88°10'25" (NAD of 1983), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.15, T.43 N., R.9 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Kelsey Road, 2.5 mi northeast of Fox River Grove, and at mile 1.1. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 37.0 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: October 1989 to September 1996. | |
STAGE: Water years 1994-1996. | |
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962 to 1976; 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. | |
REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-77-1: 1972-76(M). | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 738.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (737.79 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Oct. 1, 1989, crest-stage gage at datum 3.44 ft higher. | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 690 ft3/s, May 21, 1996, gage height, 5.88 ft; minimum discharge, 1.1 ft3/s, Sept. 19-21, Oct. 30,31, 1994. | |
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of April 1960 reached a stage of 6.36 ft, present datum, discharge, 492 ft3/s. | |
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 47 feet upstream of Kelsey Road 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 | |||
| Taxon | Cells (number/cm2) | Biovolume (biovolume/cm2) | |
| Reach A 7/17/2000 | |||
| Chlorophyta | |||
| Staurastrum tetracerum Ralfs | 490.78108 | 277530.1633 | |
| Chrysophyta | |||
| Achnanthes conspicua Mayer | 948.73382 | 71689.10906 | |
| Achnanthes sp. 1 ? | 948.73382 | 30990.38632 | |
| Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow | 41744.29578 | 4164825.467 | |
| Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg | 1423.10072 | 1036802.223 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve | 1423.10072 | 977194.8847 | |
| Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck | 948.73382 | 1062587.726 | |
| Cymatopleura solea var. apiculata (Smith) Ralfs | 474.36691 | 2892788.171 | |
| Mayamaea atomus var. permitis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot | 1423.10072 | 57838.87946 | |
| Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot | 948.73382 | 245357.5115 | |
| Navicula ingenua Hustedt | 948.73382 | 41102.0033 | |
| Navicula minima Grunow | 30596.67123 | 1220712.561 | |
| Navicula pseudoventralis Hustedt | 1423.10072 | 230920.1257 | |
| Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot | 5218.03697 | 2614513.013 | |
| Navicula subminuscula Manguin | 4743.66957 | 331364.675 | |
| Navicula tantula Hustedt | 4269.30267 | 216282.9914 | |
| Navicula veneta Kützing | 2846.20194 | 449153.9802 | |
| Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow | 27750.46929 | 1381164.148 | |
| Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) Peragallo | 1423.10072 | 138097.3313 | |
| Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot | 4269.30267 | 577820.4576 | |
| Reimeria sinuata (Gregory) Kociolek et Stoermer | 4743.66957 | 795979.91 | |
| Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot | 948.73382 | 482289.308 | |
| Tryblionella apiculata Gregory | 474.36691 | 1157776.021 | |
| Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann | 948.73382 | 2090763.201 | |
| Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Mann | 948.73382 | 838736.174 | |
| Rhodophyta | |||
| Unknown Rhodophyte Florideophycidae (chantransia) | 85395.90819 | 170911755.5 | |
Table of Contents |
Introduction |
Station Descriptions |
Surface-Water Data |
Ground-Water Data |
Meteorological Data |
Biological Data |