05567000 DATA: Habitat, 1997

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05567000 PANTHER CREEK NEAR EL PASO, IL


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.--Habitat measurements, including physical and geomorphic, were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the lower Illinois River Basin. The measurements were collected according to Meador and others (1993). Reach A begins 66 ft upstream of the gage and continues upstream for 459 ft.

Tabular-Text Files of Habitat Data for Water Year 1997

The following links list up to five tab-delimited text files containing habitat data collected at several sites. An explanation of column headers in these files can be accessed at this link.

Reach -- General description of the sampled reach.

Transect -- Channel and bank measurements made along transects (cross sections) within each reach.

Channel features -- Measurements of bars, shelves, and islands at each transect (cross section).

Transect Points -- Channel and substrate measurements and observations at points along a transect (cross section).