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ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN


05551985       SOMONAUK CREEK AT SOMONAUK RD NR SANDWICH, IL

 

LOCATION.-- Lat 41°42'18", long 88°39'09" (NAD of 1927), in SE╝ SE╝ SW╝ sec.3, T.37N., R.5E., DeKalb County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 144 feet downstream of bridge at Somonauk Road.

 

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 37.0 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 barge or a backpack electroshocker with supplementary seine hauls and kicks. Fishes were identified by C. A. Taylor, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign. Reach A begins 144 feet upstream of Somonauk Road and continues upstream for 591 feet.



FISH
Order
Family Number
Scientific name Common name
individuals

  Reach A
7/13/2001
 

Cypriniformes
Catostomidae
Catostomus commersoniwhite sucker24
Hypentelium nigricansnorthern hog sucker11
Cyprinidae
Campostoma anomalumcentral stoneroller32
Cyprinella spilopteraspotfin shiner21
Luxilus cornutuscommon shiner68
Lythrurus umbratilisredfin shiner73
Nocomis biguttatushornyhead chub18
Notropis rubellusrosyface shiner12
Notropis stramineussand shiner40
Phoxinus erythrogastersouthern redbelly dace1
Pimephales notatusbluntnose minnow174
Rhinichthys atratulusblacknose dace1
Semotilus atromaculatuscreek chub2
Perciformes
Centrarchidae
Lepomis cyanellusgreen sunfish23
Lepomis macrochirus x Lepomis cyanellusbluegill x green sunfish1
Micropterus dolomieusmallmouth bass1
Percidae
Etheostoma flabellarefantail darter35
Etheostoma nigrumjohnny darter25
Siluriformes
Ictaluridae
Ameiurus natalisyellow bullhead12


Table of Contents

Introduction

Station Descriptions

Surface-Water Data

Ground-Water Data

Meteorological Data

Biological Data