LOCATION.-- Lat 40°37'48", long 87°43'26" (NAD of 1927), in NW1/4NE1/4 sec.16, T.25 N., R.12 W., Iroquois County, Hydrologic Unit 07120002, on pier at downstream side of bridge on County Highway 9,200 ft downstream from Mud Creek, 1 mi west of Milford, and at mile 23.9. | |
DRAINAGE AREA.-- 446 mi2. | |
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE | |
DISCHARGE: July 1948 to current year. | |
STAGE: Water years 1994 to current year. | |
SURFACE-WATER QUALITY | |
CHEMICAL: Water years 1978-91, and 1999 to current year. | |
MISCELLANEOUS: Contaminants in streambed sediments, August 1999; contaminants in fish tissue, August 1999. | |
BIOLOGICAL | |
BENTHIC MACROINVERTEBRATES: Water year 1999, and 2002. | |
FISH: Water years 1999, and 2002-03. | |
HABITAT: Water years 1999, and 2002-03. | |
REVISED RECORDS.-- WDR IL-75-1: Drainage area. | |
GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and phone telemeter. Datum of gage is 622.00 ft above NGVD of 1929. Prior to July 23, 1970, nonrecording gage at same site and datum. | |
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.-- | |
SURFACE-WATER DISCHARGE AND STAGE: Maximum discharge, 22,900 ft3/s, Feb. 21, 1951, gage height, 20.90 ft, from rating curve extended above 8,200 ft3/s; maximum gage height, 28.16 ft, Apr. 12, 1994, discharge, 19,400 ft3/s; minimum discharge, 2.0 ft3/s, Sept. 1, 2, 7, 1972, Oct. 8, 1994. | |
REMARKS FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Physical and geomorphic habitat data were collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program (NAWQA) in the upper Illinois River Basin. The measures were collected according to Fitzpatrick and others, 1998. Reach A begins 512 ft. upstream of a Bridge 1100N, and continues downstream 820 ft. | |
The following links list up to five tab-delimited text files containing
habitat data collected at this site. 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).