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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05527800       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RUSSELL, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°29'21", long 87°55'35" (NAD of 1927), in SE1/4 sec.3, T.46 N., R.11 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on right bank at upstream side of Russell Road bridge, 0.3 mi west of Russell, 7.2 mi upstream from Mill Creek, and at mile 109.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 123 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: July 1967 to current year.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1960 to 1966. Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1961-63, and annual maximum, water years 1960-67.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-1991 and 1999 to 2001. Additional chemical data for water years 1959-60, 1964-69, 1971-77 are published in Water-Resources Investigations 78-22 and 79-23 as site G 08.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water years 1999-2000; contaminants in streambed sediment, Water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, Water year 1998.

PRECIPITATION: October 1999 to current year.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1999-2001.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-76-1: 1960-68(M), 1973(M).

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, raingage, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 662.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (661.74 ft NAVD 1988). Oct. 17, 1961 to June 29, 1967, crest-stage gage at left downstream side of bridge at datum 4.29 ft higher.

 

REMARKS.-- Collection, computation, and publication of precipitation data do not necessarily conform to standards used by the National Weather Service. Precipitation data could be subject to error for days with freezing and/or thawing of precipitation.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,500 ft3/s, May 23, 2004, gage height, 11.09 ft, no flow, at times in most years.

PRECIPITATION: Maximum daily total, 3.55 in., June 12, 2000.

 

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 is located 295 ft upstream of the Russell Road bridge, and continues upstream for 656 ft. Reach B is 1444 ft upstream of Russell Road bridge, and continues upstream for 656 ft. Reach C is located 843 ft downstream of the Russell Road bridge and continues downstream for 984 ft.

PERIPHYTON ALGAE, QUANTITATIVE, DTH (Depositional-targeted habitat)
[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
8/8/2001
Chlorophyta
Microspora elegans (Hansgirg) Hazen 205497.8757 17467319.43
Pediastrum duplex var. clathratum (Braun) Lagerheim 142267.7601 56853753.63
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 10538.3526 366859.1284
Chrysophyta
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 10294.89031 17218630.56
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 5147.44516 506389.3889
Bacillaria paradoxa Gmelin 5147.44516 6026218.027
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 15442.3381 11644131.2
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 23163.50715 15983871.33
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 10294.89031 11249593.55
Craticula citrus (Krasske) Reichardt 5147.44516 1694010.51
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 30884.6762 2590499.161
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 204610.9838 176806176.2
Cymatopleura solea (Brébisson) Smith 3860.58321 79092792.17
Diadesmis confervacea Kützing 70777.38339 35778547.68
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 2573.72126 400170.752
Fragilaria capucina var. mesolepta Rabenhorst 2573.72126 874362.0363
Gomphonema acuminatum var. brebessonii (Kützing) Cleve 2573.72126 3350985.081
Gomphonema angustatum (Kützing) Rabenhorst 2573.72126 807807.715
Gomphonema gracile Ehrenberg emend Van Heurck 2573.72126 2096506.291
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 7721.16905 2572170.959
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 2573.72126 1005452.727
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 15442.3381 3358229.052
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 7721.16905 4813782.688
Melosira varians Agardh 12868.6142 65301139.84
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 28310.9523 9596241.322
Navicula germainii Wallace 2573.72126 1168866.706
Navicula gregaria Donkin 12868.6142 3589614.355
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 15442.3381 21816537.01
Navicula minima Grunow 2573.72126 103166.7159
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 7721.16905 1296265.841
Navicula rhynchocephala Kützing 2573.72126 1841661.765
Navicula salinarum Grunow 5147.44516 4565273.024
Navicula schroeterii Meister 2573.72126 4335981.073
Navicula tantula Hustedt 2573.72126 138587.143
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 10294.89031 11225580.41
Navicula viridula (Kützing) Kützing emend. Van Heurck 2573.72126 3605461.333
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 7721.16905 1444329.835
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 5147.44516 516564.4467
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 15442.3381 2877431.238
Nitzschia angustata (Smith) Grunow 10294.89031 54147283.76
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 10294.89031 3806357.385
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 5147.44516 2034587.255
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 15442.33546 784480.6409
Nitzschia levidensis var. salinarum Grunow 2573.72126 30148570.84
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 37318.9833 11301446.91
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 28310.9523 4827084.747
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 2573.72126 588939.8745
Nitzschia solita Hustedt 2573.72126 686585.8039
Nitzschia sublinearis Hustedt 5147.44516 13474189.23
Nitzschia supralitorea Lange-Bertalot 2573.72126 228411.9967
Nitzschia tropica Hustedt 28310.9523 6029870.743
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 5147.44516 411320.1948
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 7721.16905 4340947.174
Sellaphora pupula var. capitata Skvortzvow et Mayer 5147.44516 2011739.96
Sellaphora pupula var. rectangularis (Gregory) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 2573.72126 19305483.17
Skeletonema potamos (Weber) Hasle 10294.89031 539449.3697
Staurosira construens (Ehrenberg) Williams et Round 2573.72126 819374.7904
Staurosira construens var. venter (Ehrenberg) Hamilton 2573.72126 238436.4866
Surirella brebissonii var. kuetzingii Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 5147.44516 5264328.352
Surirella minuta Brébisson 2573.72126 2199582.077
Tabularia tabulata (Agardh) Snoeijs 2573.72126 2563426.375
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 2573.72126 6281620.225
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 12868.6142 28359087.19
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
8/8/2001
Chlorophyta
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 5417.9184 188607.5459
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 665.95224 30948.78513
Amphora copulata (Kützing) Schoeman et Archibald 665.95224 1113832.712
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 3995.71482 393085.7975
Caloneis bacillum (Grunow) Cleve 1331.90449 572436.2739
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 1664.88095 1255385.816
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 5327.61931 3676299.145
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 5993.57223 502719.981
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 65929.29453 56970091.49
Cyclotella ocellata Pantocsek 665.95224 126519.0317
Diadesmis confervacea Kützing 6659.52447 3366444.228
Diadesmis contenta (Grunow ex Van Heurck) Mann 665.95224 30400.98614
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 665.95224 111016.8223
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 665.95224 221850.2147
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 2663.80965 579295.8876
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 665.95224 415189.6355
Melosira varians Agardh 5327.61931 27034738.02
Navicula canalis Patrick 665.95224 53329.189
Navicula cryptocephala Kützing 665.95224 225362.0672
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 665.95224 175951.6409
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 3662.73836 1241516.74
Navicula germainii Wallace 665.95224 302445.1067
Navicula gregaria Donkin 1331.90449 371525.9003
Navicula ingenua Hustedt 665.95224 28851.05555
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 665.95224 940840.1498
Navicula minima Grunow 1997.85741 80083.41503
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 7325.47672 3740121.4
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 2663.80965 447212.7774
Navicula schroeterii Meister 1997.85741 3365815.891
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 3329.7619 242474.4603
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 1997.85741 2178469.933
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 1997.85741 373721.2649
Nitzschia agnita Hustedt 1997.85741 200492.1035
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 6659.52447 1240895.233
Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bertalot 1997.85741 738673.1745
Nitzschia bacillum Hustedt 1997.85741 181929.8904
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 1331.90449 526450.6598
Nitzschia communis Rabenhorst 665.95224 123675.8352
Nitzschia fonticola Grunow 665.95224 64433.60962
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 2663.80965 131179.7058
Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch ex Rabenhorst 665.95224 265583.5248
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 1997.85741 69125.68658
Nitzschia lacuum Lange-Bertalot 665.95224 7800964.539
Nitzschia nana Grunow ex Van Heurck 1331.90449 177795.7972
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 6659.52447 2016728.635
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 9323.33413 1589650.659
Nitzschia paleacea Grunow ex Van Heurck 665.95224 31224.30955
Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) Peragallo 1997.85741 205162.7744
Nitzschia pseudofonticola Hustedt 665.95224 7800964.539
Nitzschia reversa Smith 665.95224 409641.9271
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 665.95224 152388.6191
Nitzschia sp. 1? 665.95224 1029862.681
Nitzschia supralitorea Lange-Bertalot 665.95224 59101.76957
Nitzschia thermaloides Hustedt 665.95224 907166.5478
Nitzschia tropica Hustedt 5993.57223 1276554.227
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 1331.90449 106429.3445
Planothidium lanceolatum (Brébisson ex Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 665.95224 188531.7518
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 1331.90449 679064.1654
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 1331.90449 748814.978
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 1331.90449 74714.461
Skeletonema potamos (Weber) Hasle 3329.7619 174478.5912
Synedra ulna vars. (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 665.95224 5741174.261
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 2663.80965 6501496.814
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 1331.90449 2935171.96
Tryblionella victoriae Grunow 665.95224 576143.1529
Cyanophyta
Chroococcus limneticus Lemmermann 1354.4796 158578.1779
Homoeothrix janthina (Bornet et Flahault) Starmach 24380.6328 184450.4584
Leptolyngbya lagerheimii (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 14899.2756 226802.8819
Merismopedia tenuissima Lemmermann 10835.8368 12823.77942


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