LOCATION.-- Lat 42°18'52", long 87°57'44" (NAD of 1927), in SW╝ SW╝ SW╝ sec.4, T44N, R11E, Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 26 feet upstream of side of bridge on abandoned road in forest preserve off Milwaukee Ave. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 7.77 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. | |
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 26 feet upstream of the abandoned road in the forest preserve and continues upstream for 492 feet. | |
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).