LOCATION.-- Lat 40°46'05", long 89°04'30" (NAD of 1927), 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

BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water years 1996-1998.

FISH: Water years 1996-1998.

HABITAT: Water years 1996-1998.

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.

REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Fish community samples were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the lower Illinois River Basin. Collection methods followed Meador and others (1993) and were conducted with two passes of a barge electroshocker. Fishes were identified in the field by D. J. Sullivan, U.S. Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin. Reach A begins 66 feet upstream of the gage, and continues upstream for 459 feet. Reach B begins 492 feet downstream of gage, and continues downstream for 492 feet. Reach C begins 984 feet downstream of the gage and continues downstream for 492 feet.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data