05549850 DATA: Habitat, 2000

Station list Available data
ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

05549850 FLINT CREEK NEAR FOX RIVER GROVE, IL


LOCATION.-- Lat 42°12'40", long 88°10'23" (NAD of 1927), in NE1/4NW1/4 sec.15, T.43 N., R.9 E., Lake County, Hydrologic Unit 07120006, on left bank at upstream side of bridge on Kelsey Road, 2.5 mi northeast of Fox River Grove, and at mile 1.1.

DRAINAGE AREA.-- 37.0 mi².

PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE
	DISCHARGE: October 1989 to September 1996.
	STAGE: Water years 1994-1996.
	PARTIAL RECORD: Annual maximum, water years 1962 to 1976; 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.

REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-77-1: 1972-76(M).

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 738.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1989, crest-stage gage at datum 3.44 ft higher.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 690 ft³/s, May 21, 1996, gage height, 5.88 ft; minimum discharge, 1.1 ft³/s, Sept. 19-21, Oct. 30,31, 1994.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Flood of April 1960 reached a stage of 6.36 ft, present datum, discharge, 492 ft³/s.

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 47 feet upstream of Kelsey Road and continues upstream 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.

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).