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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05536176       PLUM CREEK AT RICHTON RD NR SAUK VILLAGE, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°27'24", long 87°33'00" (NAD of 1927), at NW¼ NE¼ NW¼ sec.7, T34N, R10W, Will County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, 85 feet upstream from bridge at Old Post Road.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 32.8 mi².

 

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

 

PARTIAL RECORD: Miscellaneous discharge measurements, water year 2000.

SURFACE-WATER QUALITY

 

MISCELLANEOUS: Water year 2000; contaminants in streambed sediments, water year 2000.

BIOLOGICAL

 

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 2000.

 

FISH: Water year 2001.

 

HABITAT: Water year 2000.

 

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Fish community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. Collections were made with a single pass of the entire reach with a backpack electroshocker with supplementary seine hauls and kicks. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A begins at 85 feet upstream of Old Post Road and continues downstream for 591 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/18/2001
 

Clupeiformes
Clupeidae
Dorosoma cepedianumgizzard shad2
Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoniwhite sucker66
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalumcentral stoneroller14
Cyprinus carpiocommon carp5
Luxilus cornutuscommon shiner4
Nocomis biguttatushornyhead chub9
Notropis buccatussilverjaw minnow2
Notropis stramineussand shiner1
Pimephales notatusbluntnose minnow10
Semotilus atromaculatuscreek chub44
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellusgreen sunfish5
Micropterus salmoideslargemouth bass1
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrumjohnny darter168
Percina maculatablackside darter4
Salmoniformes
Esocidae
Esox americanus vermiculatusgrass pickerel2


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