05527675 DATA: Habitat, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05527675 BRIGHTON CREEK AT STATE HIGHWAY 45 NR BRISTOL, WI


LOCATION.-- Lat 42°34'42", long 88°02'56" (NAD of 1927), in SW╝ NW╝ sec.5 T.39N. R.21E., Kenosha County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 66 feet downstream of Hwy 45 Bridge.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 25.5 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.--Habitat measurements, including physical and geomorphic, were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. The measurements were collected according to Fitzpatrick and others (1998). Reach A begins 66 feet downstream of Highway 45 and continues downstream for 492 feet.

Tabular-Text Files of Habitat Data for Water Year 2000

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.

Geomorphic Channel Unit (GCU) -- Fluvial geomorphic descriptors of channel shape and stream velocity (for example pool, riffle, or run).

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

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