LOCATION.-- Lat 42°27'53", long 88°18'00" (NAD of 1927), at NE╝ SE╝ sec.16, T.46N., R.8E., McHenry County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, 27 feet downstream of Hill Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 66.10 mi▓. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1961-1963; 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 27 feet downstream of Hill Road and continues downstream for 787 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).