LOCATION.-- Lat 40°46'24", long 89°04'37" (NAD of 1983), in SE1/4NW1/4 sec.26, T.27 N., R.1 E., Woodford County, Hydrologic Unit 07130004, on right bank on downstream side of bridge on county road just downstream from East Branch Panther Creek, 2 mi upstream from West Branch, 3.8 mi northwest of El Paso, and at mi 12.9.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 93.9 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

DISCHARGE: October 1949 to September 1960, October 1996- September 1998.

STAGE: Water years 1997-1998.

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water yars 1961-96.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

CHEMICAL: October 1997 to September 1998.

MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1996; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1996; streambank sediment size, October 1997; streambed sediment size, October 1997.

BIOLOGICAL

ALGAE: Water years 1996-98.

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-98.

FISH: Water years 1996-98.

HABITAT: Water years 1996-98, 2003.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. WDR IL-92-2: 1988 (M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 658.86 ft above NGVD of 1929 (658.69 ft NAVD 1988).

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). The qualitative periphyton sample is a composite of all samples collected from all periphyton microhabitats present within the sampling reach. Reach A begins 66 ft upstream of the gage, and continues upstream for 459 ft. Reach D is located 154 ft downstream of the road 2325 bridge (2.8 mi downstream of gage), and continues downstream for 492 ft.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data