05531500 DATA: SW_QUAL_TBL

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05531500 SALT CREEK AT WESTERN SPRINGS, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 41°49'33", long 87°54'02" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4SE1/4 sec.31, T.39 N., R.12 E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, on left pier at upstream side of bridge on Wolf Road, in Cook County Forest Preserve, 0.5 mi north of Western Springs, and at mile 8.8.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 115 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1945 to current year.
	STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year.
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY
	CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91 and 1999 to current year.
	MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1998; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1998.
BIOLOGICAL
	ALGAE: Water years 1989, 1990, and 2002-03.
	BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1999 and 2002.
	FISH: Water years 1999-2000 and 2002-04.
	HABITAT: Water years 1999 and 2002-04.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WSP 1915: Drainage area. WRD IL-87-2: Drainage area. WRD IL-97-2: July 21 - Sept. 26, 1996.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, phone telemeter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 624.93 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 26, 1946, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.

REMARKS.-- Occasional regulation by sewage treatment plants upstream from station. Since May 28, 1996, some flow temporarily diverted for flood control to Elmhurst Quarry Flood Control Reservoir 12.3 miles upstream from gage.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 3,540 ft³/s, Aug. 17, 1987, gage height, 10.54 ft; minimum, no flow, May 27, 1998, due to bridge construction.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Sampled as part of the Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA).

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

												Alka-	Bicar-
							Dis-	pH,	Specif.			linity,	bonate,
		Agency	Agency		Instan-		solved	water,	conduc-			wat flt	wat flt
		col-	ana-		taneous	Dis-	oxygen,	unfltrd	tance,	Temper-	Temper-	inc tit	incrm.
		lecting	lyzing	Gage	dis-	solved	percent	field,	wat unf	ature,	ature,	field,	titr.,
Date	Time	sample,	sample,	height,	charge,	oxygen,	of sat-	std	uS/cm	air,	water,	mg/L as	field,
		code	code	feet	cfs	mg/L	uration	units	25 degC	deg C	deg C	CaCO₃	mg/L
		(00027)	(00028)	(00065)	(00061)	(00300)	(00301)	(00400)	(00095)	(00020)	(00010)	(39086)	(00453)
OCT 2003
20...	1250	81700	80020	1.93	84	9.8	98	7.3	965	28.5	15.3	115	139
NOV
13...	1130	81700	80020	1.95	60	10.7	92	8.0	952	3.5	8.6	130	158
DEC
11...	1210	81700	80020	5.55	684	13.6	108	7.8	864	-3.0	5.5	140	E171
JAN 2004
20...	1140	81700	80020	1.86	50	24.0	165	8.0	1850	-10.0	.0	172	E209
FEB
04...	1155	81700	80020	2.14	87	18.6	128	8.1	2890	-6.0	.0	158	E192
APR
12...	1300	81700	80020	1.92	86	16.1	148	8.8	1470	6.0	11.4	175	208
MAY
18...	1245	81700	80020	3.38	299	7.9	86	7.8	1390	13.5	19.0	144	E174
JUN
17...	1400	81700	80020	2.61	188	6.4	77	7.8	1020	28.0	24.5	152	184
JUL
13...	1300	81700	80020	2.37	154	7.5	91	7.7	995	26.5	25.7	148	179
AUG
18...	1250	81700	80020	2.56	182	9.1	104	7.8	975	24.0	21.9	123	E149

	Carbon-				Nitrite		Ortho-		Total	2,6-Di-
	ate,				+		phos-		nitro-	ethyl-
	wat flt	Chlor-		Ammonia	nitrate	Nitrite	phate,	Phos-	gen,	aniline		Aceto-	Ala-
	incrm.	ide,	Sulfate	water,	water	water,	water,	phorus,	wat unf	water	CIAT,	chlor,	chlor,
	titr.,	water,	water,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,	water,	by anal	fltrd	water,	water,	water,
Date	field,	fltrd,	fltrd,	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	unfltrd	ysis,	0.7u GF	fltrd,	fltrd,	fltrd,
	mg/L	mg/L	mg/L	as N	as N	as N	as P	mg/L	mg/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L
	(00452)	(00940)	(00945)	(00608)	(00631)	(00613)	(00671)	(00665)	(62855)	(82660)	(04040)	(49260)	(46342)
OCT 2003
20...	<1	158	81.6	E.03	8.88	.085	1.71	1.96	10.2	<.006	E.012	<.006	<.004
NOV
13...	<1	147	75.0	.09	8.01	.043	1.34	1.49	8.54	--	--	--	--
DEC
11...	<1	138	66.6	.11	2.22	.038	.253	.50	3.29	--	--	--	--
JAN 2004
20...	<1	376	100	.23	9.88	.160	2.02	2.15	11.3	<.006	E.011	<.006	<.005
FEB
04...	<1	--	--	.28	11.3	.331	2.54	2.70	11.8	<.006	E.018	<.006	<.005
APR
12...	3	287	99.5	<.04	6.81	.023	1.30	1.45	8.10	<.006	E.012	<.006	<.005
MAY
18...	<1	304	66.5	E.02	2.80	.101	.603	.93	4.28	<.006	E.051	.097	.016
JUN
17...	<1	166	69.4	E.03	3.49	.039	.550	.038	4.11	<.006	E.039	<.006	<.005
JUL
13...	1	166	67.8	.16	3.64	.068	1.01	1.13	4.45	<.006	E.019	<.006	<.005
AUG
18...	<1	145	86.2	<.04	8.79	.059	2.20	2.39	9.62	<.006	E.018	<.010	<.005

Azin-

Ben-

cis-

phos-

flur-

Car-

Carbo-

Per-

alpha-

Atra-

methyl,

alin,

Butyl-

baryl,

furan,

Chlor-

methrin

Cyana-

DCPA,

Diazi-

Diel-

HCH,

zine,

water,

ate,

water,

pyrifos

water

zine,

water

non,

drin,

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

Date

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

ug/L

(34253)

(39632)

(82686)

(82673)

(04028)

(82680)

(82674)

(38933)

(82687)

(04041)

(82682)

(39572)

(39381)

OCT 2003

20...

<.005

.029

<.050

<.010

<.002

E.009

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.007

<.005

NOV

13...

DEC

11...

JAN 2004

20...

<.005

.027

<.050

<.010

<.004

E.010

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

.010

<.009

FEB

04...

<.005

.036

<.050

<.010

<.004

E.018

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

.032

<.009

APR

12...

<.005

.031

<.050

<.010

<.004

E.025

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.015

<.009

MAY

18...

<.005

.258

<.050

<.010

<.004

E.017

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.005

<.009

JUN

17...

<.005

.155

<.050

<.010

<.004

E.163

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

.019

<.009

JUL

13...

<.005

.069

<.050

<.010

<.004

<.041

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

<.010

<.009

AUG

18...

<.005

.045

<.050

<.010

<.004

E.035

<.020

<.005

<.006

<.018

<.003

.125

<.009

Ethal-

Methyl

Disul-

flur-

Etho-

para-

Moli-

Naprop-

foton,

EPTC,

alin,

prop,

Linuron

Mala-

thion,

Metola-

Metri-

nate,

amide,

water,

Fonofos

Lindane

water

thion,

water,

chlor,

buzin,

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

Date

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

(82677)

(82668)

(82663)

(82672)

(04095)

(39341)

(82666)

(39532)

(82667)

(39415)

(82630)

(82671)

(82684)

OCT 2003

20...

<.02

<.002

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.006

E.007

<.006

<.002

<.007

NOV

13...

DEC

11...

JAN 2004

20...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

E.006

<.006

<.003

<.007

FEB

04...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

<.013

<.006

<.003

<.007

APR

12...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

E.009

<.006

<.003

<.007

MAY

18...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.076

<.006

<.003

<.007

JUN

17...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

.023

<.006

<.003

<.007

JUL

13...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

E.010

<.006

<.003

<.007

AUG

18...

<.02

<.004

<.009

<.005

<.003

<.004

<.035

<.027

<.015

E.010

<.006

<.003

<.007

Pendi-

Peb-

meth-

Propy-

Pro-

Propar-

Tebu-

Terba-

p,p'-

Para-

ulate,

alin,

Phorate

Prome-

zamide,

Propa-

panil,

gite,

Sima-

thiuron

cil,

DDE,

thion,

water,

water

ton,

water,

chlor,

water,

zine,

water

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

water,

fltrd

Date

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

fltrd,

0.7u GF

ug/L

(34653)

(39542)

(82669)

(82683)

(82664)

(04037)

(82676)

(04024)

(82679)

(82685)

(04035)

(82670)

(82665)

OCT 2003

20...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.02

<.004

<.010

<.011

<.02

.009

<.02

<.075

NOV

13...

DEC

11...

JAN 2004

20...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.007

<.02

<.034

FEB

04...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

<.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.007

<.02

<.034

APR

12...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.01

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.008

<.02

<.034

MAY

18...

<.003

<.010

<.004

E.019

<.011

.02

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.005

<.02

<.034

JUN

17...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.03

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

.006

<.02

<.034

JUL

13...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.03

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.010

<.02

<.034

AUG

18...

<.003

<.010

<.004

<.022

<.011

.02

<.004

<.025

<.011

<.02

<.010

<.02

<.034

				Tri-	Sus-
	Terbu-	Thio-	Tri-	flur-	pended
	fos,	bencarb	allate,	alin,	sedi-
	water,	water	water,	water,	ment
	fltrd	fltrd	fltrd	fltrd	concen-
Date	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	0.7u GF	tration
	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	ug/L	mg/L
	(82675)	(82681)	(82678)	(82661)	(80154)
OCT 2003
20...	<.02	<.005	<.002	<.009	152
NOV
13...	--	--	--	--	87
DEC
11...	--	--	--	--	141
JAN 2004
20...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	123
FEB
04...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	288
APR
12...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	118
MAY
18...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	164
JUN
17...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	134
JUL
13...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	108
AUG
18...	<.02	<.010	<.002	<.009	96

Remark codes used in this table: < -- Less than
E -- Estimated value