LOCATION.-- Lat 41°38'38", long 87°40'48" (NAD of 1927), in SE╝ NE╝ sec.1, T.36N., R.13E., Cook County, Hydrologic Unit 07120003, 23 feet downstream of bridge at Dixie Hwy.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 19.8 mi▓.

PERIOD OF RECORD.--

SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE

PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962-1979; 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 23 feet downstream of Dixie Highway and continues downstream for 492 feet.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data