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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05532500       DES PLAINES RIVER AT RIVERSIDE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'20", long 87°49'15" (NAD of 1927), in SW1/4SW1/4 sec.36, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on Barry Point Road in Riverside, 500 ft downstream from Hoffman Dam, 4,000 ft downstream from Salt Creek, and at mile 44.3.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 630 mi2.

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

DISCHARGE: October 1943 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1308.

 

STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1914 to 1943, from Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

CHEMICAL: Water years 1987-92 and 1999 to 2004.

 

SEDIMENT: April 1979 to September 1982, January 2003 to current year.

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998; sediment concentration and particle size, water years 1998-2005.

BIOLOGICAL

 

ALGAE: Water years 1989-90, 1999, 2002-04.

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999, 2002-04.

 

FISH: Water years 1999-2000, 2002-04.

 

HABITAT: Water years 1999-2000, 2002-04.

 

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1174: 1944, 1948. WSP 1308: 1944(M). WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area.

 

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter, automatic water sampler, and rain gage, and concrete dam. Datum of gage is 594.68 ft above NGVD of 1929 (594.40 ft NAVD 1988). Prior to Nov. 27, 1946, nonrecording gage at bridge 400 ft upstream at same datum.

 

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by gates at Hoffman Dam.

 

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 9,770 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1987, gage height, 9.90 ft; no flow Aug. 22-24, 1962, and part of Sept. 5, 1968, Aug. 31, 1974, Oct. 7, 1974.

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS: Maximum daily mean, 297 mg/L Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily mean, 3 mg/L Jan. 24, Feb. 1, 3, 4, 1982

SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT LOADS: Maximum daily, 3,240 tons Apr. 12, 1979; minimum daily, 1.5 tons Feb. 3, 4, 1982.

 

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of Mar. 18, 1919, reached a discharge of 7,450 ft3/s, gage height, 9.43 ft., present datum, from information furnished by Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.

 

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 492 ft upstream of the Joliet Road bridge (1.48 mi downstream of gage) in Riverside, and continues upstream 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
8/11/2003
Chrysophyta
Achnanthidium sp. 10 NAWQA MP 2928.88049 208964.4822
Amphora montana Krasske 14644.52799 3149068.737
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 4393.3835 436974.7535
Aulacoseira granulata (Ehrenberg) Simonsen 5857.76099 2208725.09
Bacillaria paradoxa Gmelin 2928.88049 3426478.763
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 8786.76701 9317585.292
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2928.88049 158957.4034
Craticula submolesta (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 2928.88049 21969532.59
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 391011.1318 326182975.3
Cyclotella ocellata Pantocsek 2928.88049 556434.9716
Cylindrotheca gracilis (Brébisson) Grunow 2928.88049 1002566.713
Cymatopleura solea (Brébisson) Smith 1464.37748 30001089.91
Diatoma tenuis Agardh 2928.88049 652543.1779
Diatoma vulgaris Bory 1464.37748 4376735.847
Fallacia tenera (Hustedt) Mann 2928.88049 21969532.59
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 2928.88049 428051.5994
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 5857.76099 1874907.509
Kolbesia ploenensis (Hustedt) Kingston 5857.76099 1763186.057
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 2928.88049 94485.39891
Melosira varians Agardh 1464.37748 7225350.595
Navicula antonii Lange-Bertalot 2928.88049 415565.8703
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 1464.37748 146807.1606
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 5857.76099 1429930.621
Navicula erifuga Lange-Bertalot 52720.60204 22903454.29
Navicula germainii Wallace 4393.3835 1824010.358
Navicula gregaria Donkin 62971.74653 16677561.34
Navicula minima Grunow 2928.88049 118723.5256
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 8786.76701 4419582.532
Navicula rostellata Kützing 5857.76099 4576033.449
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 8786.76701 562617.9181
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 1464.37748 1373884.102
Navicula veneta Kützing 17573.53401 2901012.661
Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) Smith 1464.37748 265882.019
Nitzschia acidoclinata Lange-Bertalot 2928.88049 34308906.11
Nitzschia amphibia Grunow 13180.15051 2582754.895
Nitzschia archibaldii Lange-Bertalot 7322.264 453001.4
Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt 2928.88049 1072493.485
Nitzschia hantzschiana Rabenhorst 2928.88049 362345.4439
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 19037.9115 573917.4134
Nitzschia linearis (Agardh ex Smith) Smith 1464.37748 3997955.053
Nitzschia microcephala Grunow 2928.88049 280980.5138
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 65900.75255 17499949.92
Nitzschia pellucida Grunow 2928.88049 34308906.11
Nitzschia pusilla Grunow 2928.88049 362454.9194
Nitzschia reversa Smith 1464.37748 854567.5052
Nitzschia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg 1464.37748 4316838.841
Planothidium delicatulum (Kützing) Round et Bukhtiyarova 1464.37748 450777.4967
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 7322.264 544450.4192
Pseudostaurosira brevistriata (Grunow) Williams et Round 1464.37748 225329.7285
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 5857.76099 2375093.615
Staurosira construens var. venter (Ehrenberg) Hamilton 35147.06803 3156947.925
Stephanodiscus hantzschii Grunow 8786.76701 2827382.317
Stephanodiscus minutulus (Kützing) Cleve et Möller 8786.76701 2552836.642
Surirella angusta Kützing 2928.88049 3212083.598
Surirella minuta Brébisson 19037.9115 15913961.71
Surirella ovalis Brébisson 4393.3835 71105541.33
Tryblionella calida (Grunow) Mann 2928.88049 3170352.005
Tryblionella levidensis Smith 5857.76099 68617812.21
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
8/11/2003
Chrysophyta
Amphora pediculus (Kützing) Grunow 1458.84666 145099.8208
Cocconeis placentula var. lineata (Ehrenberg) Van Heurck 4862.82106 5156589.447
Craticula molestiformis (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 243.14054 13195.82333
Craticula submolesta (Hustedt) Lange-Bertalot 1945.12775 14590403.23
Cyclotella meneghiniana Kützing 33067.19035 27584776.13
Fragilaria capucina Desmazières 486.28109 94498.55944
Gomphonema kobayasii Kociolek et Kingston 1458.84666 213208.3049
Gomphonema olivaceum (Lyngbye) Kützing 486.28109 196569.7805
Gomphonema parvulum (Kützing) Kützing 486.28109 121218.6103
Gomphonema parvulum var. saprophilum Hustedt 486.28109 633137.9773
Hippodonta capitata (Ehrenberg) Lange-Bertalot, Metzeltin et Witkowski 486.28109 155645.146
Mayamaea atomus (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot 2188.26999 70593.37624
Navicula antonii Lange-Bertalot 243.14054 34498.13405
Navicula arvensis Hustedt 486.28109 32350.9253
Navicula cincta (Ehrenberg) Ralfs 486.28109 48750.78086
Navicula cryptotenella Lange-Bertalot ex Krammer et Lange-Bertalot 46926.23361 11455103.5
Navicula gregaria Donkin 486.28109 128787.6409
Navicula ingenua Hustedt 972.56387 42134.39305
Navicula lanceolata (Agardh) Ehrenberg 243.14054 363827.7072
Navicula minima Grunow 486.28109 19711.62885
Navicula recens Lange-Bertalot 2188.26999 1100659.64
Navicula subminuscula Manguin 8753.07995 560460.9311
Navicula submuralis Hustedt 486.28109 18168.87581
Navicula symmetrica Patrick 972.56387 476653.4295
Navicula tripunctata (Müller) Bory 2188.26999 2053042.593
Navicula veneta Kützing 13859.04325 2287830.092
Nitzschia elegantula Grunow 486.28109 5696296.671
Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow 5592.24439 168583.9561
Nitzschia palea (Kützing) Smith 1945.12775 516528.8231
Nitzschia sociabilis Hustedt 486.28109 111274.8005
Planothidium frequentissimum (Lange-Bertalot) Lange-Bertalot 243.14054 18078.83071
Rhoicosphenia abbreviata (Agardh) Lange-Bertalot 1701.9872 690089.4294
Sellaphora seminulum (Grunow) Mann 5349.10385 19461589.09
Simonsenia delognei (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot 486.28109 25919.4563
Staurosira construens var. venter (Ehrenberg) Hamilton 972.56387 87356.74621
Stephanodiscus hantzschii Grunow 729.42333 234711.8822
Stephanodiscus minutulus (Kützing) Cleve et Möller 972.56387 282560.8885
Thalassiosira bramaputrae (Ehrenberg) Håkansson 486.28109 664815.4392
Cyanophyta
Phormidium autumnale (CA Agardh) Gomont 33926.66647 1809007.08
Pseudanabaena sp. 10177.99994 21149.41611
Unknown Cyanophyte coccoid (3-5µ) 40711.99976 610769.5893
Unknown Cyanophyte filament 71245.99959 201627.5943


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