LOCATION.-- Lat 41°26'12", long 88°48'14" (NAD of 1927), at NW╝ SW╝ NW╝ sec.8, T.34N., R.4E., La Salle County, Hydrologic Unit 07120007, 492 feet downstream of bridge at 19th Road. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 39.93 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 492 feet downstream of 19th Road and continues downstream 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.
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).