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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05530510       WILLOW CREEK AT DES PLAINES R. RD. NR ROSEMONT, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°59'24", long 87°51'36" (NAD of 1927), in NW╝ SE╝ NW╝ sec.3, T.40N., R.12E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 113 feet upstream of first bridge upstream of River Road.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 21.7 mi▓.

 

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 113 feet upstream of the first bridge upstream of River Road and continues upstream for 630 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/12/2001
 

Atheriniformes
Cyprinodontidae
Fundulus notatusblackstripe topminnow3
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Cyprinella spilopteraspotfin shiner2
Notropis dorsalisbigmouth shiner23
Notropis stramineussand shiner13
Pimephales notatusbluntnose minnow3
Pimephales promelasfathead minnow1
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellusgreen sunfish35
Pomoxis nigromaculatusblack crappie1
Percidae
Etheostoma nigrumjohnny darter2
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus natalisyellow bullhead11


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Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data