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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05548105       NIPPERSINK CREEK ABOVE WONDER LAKE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 42°23'07", long 88°22'10" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.13, T.45 N., R.7 E.,McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at downstream side of bridge on Thompson Road, at west edge of Wonder Lake and 1.1 mi east of Greenwood at mile 19.7.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 84.5 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: June 1994 to September 1997, October 1998 to September 2001 (discontinued).

 

STAGE: Water years 1994-1997;1999-2001.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1965 to 1977.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: July 1994 to September 1997. Water years 1999 to 2001 (discontinued).

 

SEDIMENT: June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued).

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water years 1998 and 2000; contaminants in fish tissue, water years 1998 and 1999; sediment particle size June 1994 to September 1997, March 1999 to July 2001 (discontinued); sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1996-2001.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1999-2001.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999-2001.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2001.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2001.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 798.00 ft above NGVD of 1929 (797.81 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to June 13, 1994, at datum 8.31 ft higher.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum gage height, 13.95 ft, present datum, June 11, 1967, discharge not determined; maximum discharge, 3,690 ft3/s, June 13, 1999, gage height, 11.63 ft; minimum discharge, 5.5 ft3/s, Sept. 12, 1995.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily, 808 mg/L, Aug. 17, 1995; minimum daily, 1 mg/L, Aug. 27, 1997.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 2,200 tons, June 13, 2000; minimum daily, 0.06 tons, Aug. 27, 1997.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum stage of 12.26 ft, present datum, occurred between Sept. 30, 1977 and June 13, 1994, from floodmark obtained from crest-stage gage, discharge not determined.

 

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 394 ft downstream of the Greenwood Road bridge (1.43 mi upstream of gaging station), and continues downstream for 525 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
8/7/2001
Chlorophyta
Scenedesmus ecornis (Ralfs) Chodat 38813.129 509413.003
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 60477.44545 2810567.113
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 196551.7113 19336136.25
Asterionella formosa Hassal 22679.03913 11245022.59
Aulacoseira alpigena (Grunow) Krammer 30238.71884 1708132.31
Caloneis amphisbaena (Bory) Cleve 22679.03913 184155801.9
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg 162533.1448 517965916.4
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 90716.17206 68403567.04
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 162533.1448 112155247.3
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 15119.35942 16521462.89
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 7559.67971 634079.6264
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 147413.7854 127381566.9
Cymbella hustedtii Krasske 7559.67971 1171391.951
Diatoma vulgaris Bory 7559.67971 29717931.75
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 7559.67971 1590464.383
Fragilaria nanana Lange-Bertalot 7559.67971 1671128.66
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 7559.67971 1260227.939
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 45358.08603 15110244.43
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 22679.03913 8859817.92
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 30238.71884 6575982.435
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 15119.35942 9426203.487
Melosira varians Agardh 83156.49235 421973465.9
Meridion circulare (Greville) Agardh 7559.67971 4801025.128
Navicula capitatoradiata Germain 37798.40632 21837741.23
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 7559.67971 1997347.512
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 192771.8715 65341687.52
Navicula germainii Wallace 7559.67971 3433261.425
Navicula gregaria Donkin 105835.5315 29522117.7
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 75596.81264 106801227.3
Navicula minima Grunow 7559.67971 303027.1153
Navicula rostellata Kützing 30238.71884 26803353.03
Navicula salinarum Grunow 7559.67971 6704685.68
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 15119.35942 1100997.196
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 79376.65249 86552548.74
Navicula viridula (Kützing) Kützing emend. Van Heurck 75596.81264 105901672.1
Navicula viridulacalcis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 68037.12516 92526516.17
Neidium ampliatum (Ehrenberg) Krammer 7559.67971 55336855.48
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 15119.35942 2828242.946
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 7559.67971 1408624.679
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 7559.67971 2988050.871
Nitzschia fonticola Grunow 7559.67971 731430.0066
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 15119.35942 744555.1225
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 7559.67971 261564.2376
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 7559.67971 22493360.09
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 90716.17206 27471916.76
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 15119.35942 2577886.765
Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) Peragallo 7559.67971 776314.093
Nitzschia pura Hustedt 7559.67971 2393898.6
Nitzschia supralitorea Lange-Bertalot 15119.35942 1341809.281
Nitzschia umbonata Lange-Bertalot 3779.83986 44277044.12
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 22679.03913 1812228.494
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 105835.5315 53959662.57
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 22679.03913 12750466.96
Sellaphora pupula var. rectangularis (Gregory) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 7559.67971 56705157.5
Stephanodiscus hantzschii Grunow 15119.35942 4923254.414
Stephanodiscus tenuis Hustedt 7559.67971 3442449.611
Surirella minuta Brébisson 7559.67971 6460736.933
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 22679.03913 20224532.31
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 15119.35942 33319145.75
Cyanophyta
Phormidium tenue (Agardh ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek 116439.387 19996168.53
Unknown Cyanophyte Oscillatoriaceae sp. 1 MSU 139727.2644 10933142.85
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
8/7/2001
Chlorophyta
Cladophora sp. 4140.06709 351905.7027
Scenedesmus abundans var. longicauda GM Smith 16560.26836 1407622.811
Scenedesmus ecornis (Ralfs) Chodat 33120.53672 434699.0955
Scenedesmus quadricauda (Turpin) Brébisson 33120.53672 1152985.831
Chrysophyta
Achnanthes sp. 2 ? 4064.53985 6068357.996
Achnanthidium minutissimum (Kützing) Czarnecki 48774.51955 2266697.272
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 117871.759 11595851.18
Cocconeis pediculus Ehrenberg 58935.87952 187818779.2
Cocconeis placentula Ehrenberg 58935.87952 44439974.64
Cocconeis placentula var. euglypta (Ehrenberg) Cleve 91452.22727 63106187.83
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 75194.05132 82167219.79
Cyclotella atomus Hustedt 20322.71579 1704598.677
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 85355.41129 73756372.27
Encyonema minutum (Hilse) Mann 8129.08383 1710260.063
Fragilaria vaucheriae (Kützing) Petersen 4064.53985 896072.1947
Gomphonema minutum (Agardh) Agardh 24387.25978 8124184.429
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 8129.08383 3175716.668
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 4064.53985 883911.2134
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 4064.53985 113987.622
Melosira varians Agardh 20322.71579 103126606
Meridion circulare (Greville) Agardh 4064.53985 2581320.731
Navicula antonii Lange-Bertalot 4064.53985 1352447.996
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 36580.8876 9665058.261
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 136162.2028 46153352.37
Navicula germainii Wallace 12193.62782 5537789.117
Navicula gregaria Donkin 44709.97557 12471550.36
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 8129.08383 11484559.99
Navicula minima Grunow 20322.71579 814628.9495
Navicula perminuta Grunow 4064.53985 284797.3079
Navicula reichardtiana Lange-Bertalot 12193.62782 1591691.062
Navicula rostellata Kützing 8129.08383 7205553.411
Navicula salinarum Grunow 8129.08383 7209690.627
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 12193.62782 887944.3676
Navicula tenelloides Hustedt 8129.08383 1344566.805
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 26419.53177 24674176.66
Navicula trivialis Lange-Bertalot 22354.98778 24375948.2
Navicula viridula (Kützing) Kützing emend. Van Heurck 4064.53985 5693911.571
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 4064.53985 757361.6026
Nitzschia aurariae Cholnoky 4064.53985 156274.1191
Nitzschia bacillum Hustedt 4064.53985 370127.1601
Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Grunow 4064.53985 1033308.741
Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow 8129.08383 400317.9526
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 8129.08383 281265.5689
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 48774.51955 14770569.68
Nitzschia palea var. debilis (Kützing) Grunow 16258.17181 2772056.988
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 4064.53985 930081.1345
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 8129.08383 649575.9042
Planothidium rostratum (Řstrup) Lange-Bertalot 4064.53985 326908.9485
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 46742.24756 23831277.37
Sellaphora pupula (Kützing) Meresckowsky 12193.62782 6855424.857
Sellaphora pupula var. rectangularis (Gregory) Lange-Bertalot et Metzeltin 4064.53985 30488113.41
Stauroneis smithii var. incisa Pantocsek 4064.53985 30488113.41
Stephanodiscus hantzschii Grunow 2032.26785 661758.9664
Surirella minuta Brébisson 8129.08383 6947367.368
Tabularia tabulata (Agardh) Snoeijs 4064.53985 4048281.691
Thalassiosira pseudonana Hasle et Heimdal 4064.53985 176998.4762
Thalassiosira weissflogii (Grunow) Fryxell et Hasle 12193.62782 10873935.99
Tryblionella apiculata Gregory 4064.53985 9920225.676
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 4064.53985 8957191.366
Euglenophyta
Euglena acus Ehrenberg 4140.06709 39412904.71


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