LOCATION.-- Lat. 41°51'30", long. 88°11'37" (NAD of 1927), SW╝ SW╝ SE╝ sec.15, T.39N, R.9E., Du Page County, Hydrologic Unit 07120004, 66 feet downstream of Gary's Mill Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 60.6mi▓ | |
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 66 feet downstream of Gary's Mill Road and continues downstream for 984 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).