Fox River Watershed Investigation Project: Phase II
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Fox River Watershed Investigation: Stratton Dam to the Illinois River PHASE II Hydrologic and Water Quality Simulation Models DELINEATION OF TRIBUTARY WATERSHEDS Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign IL The study area includes a major part of the Fox River watershed in Illinois, from Stratton Dam to the confluence of the Fox River with the Illinois River. The study area has been divided into 31 tributary watersheds and the directly contributing watershed along the main stem of the Fox River. The delineation of the tributary watersheds and their division into subwatersheds for the water quality model Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN Version 12, HSPF, is illustrated in a series of maps. This work, including the development of the customized spatial datasets, was performed for the Fox River Study Group and represents one of the deliverables for the project Fox River Watershed Investigation–Stratton Dam to the Illinois, River, Phase II Part 6. The enclosed maps show the following features: tributary watershed boundary, boundaries of subwatersheds within the tributary watershed, corresponding outlets and reaches, water quality stations, climate stations, and USGS gage stations. The stations displayed provide data for calibration of HSPF models. The model outlets identified for each watershed represent points for which flow and water quality results can be output and reviewed. The locations of these points were determined in consultation with the FRSG. Initially, model output will only be considered where there are data to compare the results. The creation of other outlet points provides an option for further development of the model. It is important to understand that the accuracy and reliability of the simulated values at any given outlet depends upon whether or not monitoring data is available for calibration at that point. The framework for the models has been created using BASINS (Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources, version 3.0), a multipurpose environmental analysis system developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Details about the model development can be found in Bartosova et al., Fox River Watershed Investigation: Stratton Dam to the Illinois River, PHASE II, Part 1: Methodology and Procedures, currently under review). During the model development, the following spatial datasets have been developed and documented for each tributary watershed: o Subwatershed outlets (generated by BASINS, shape file format) o Watershed boundary (generated by BASINS, shape file format) o Subwatershed boundary (generated by BASINS, shape file format) o Stream segments (generated by BASINS, shape file format) o Elevation (10-meter NED, raster format) o Land use/land cover distribution over the watersheds (Land Cover of Illinois 1999-2000, raster format) o Hydrologic soil group distribution over the watersheds (STATSGO, SSURGO when available, raster format) Bibliography Bicknell, B.R., J.C. Imhoff, J.L. Kittle, Jr., T.H. Jobes, and A.S. Donigian, Jr. 2001. Hydrological Simulation Program – FORTRAN, Version 12, User’s Manual. National Exposure Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA. Illinois Department of Agriculture. 2003. Illinois Land Cover 1999-2000. (http://www.agr.state. il.us/gis/ landcover99-00.html, accessed August 18, 2003). Natural Resource Conservation Service. 2003a. National STATSGO Database, Data Access (http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/stat_data.html, accessed August 26, 2003). Natural Resource Conservation Service. 2003b. National SSURGO Database, Data Access (http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/ssur_data.html, accessed August 26, 2003). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 2001a. A Better Assessment Science Integrating Point and Nonpoint Sources (BASINS) Version 3.0. Office of Water, USEPA, EPA-823-8-01-001, Washington, DC. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 2004. National Hydrography Dataset home page (http://nhd.usgs.gov/, accessed September 30, 2004). U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 2005. National Elevation Dataset, NED, National Center for Earth Resources Observations and Science (EROS), USGS (http://ned.usgs.gov/) Accessed Mar-Jun 2005. Fox River Watershed Stream (NHD 24K) Watershed boundary Watershed Miles above Drainage area number on map mouth at Ottawa Stream name (sq. mi.) 1 8.5 Buck Creek 42.4 2 9.4 Indian Creek 177.5 3 Little Indian Creek 88.8 4 12.8 Brumbach Creek 11.9 5 15.8 Mission Creek 15.5 6 20.1 Somonauk Creek 81.4 7 21.0 Roods Creek 16.2 8 25.4 Clear Creek 6.6 9 29.5 Hollenback Creek 13.8 30 31 10 Little Rock Creek 75.1 11 31.0 Big Rock Creek 118.7 28 12 31.3 Rob Roy Creek 20.8 29 27 13 35.6 Blackberry Creek* 74.6 14 37.8 Morgan Creek 19.7 24 15 42.7 Waubonsie Creek 30.0 16 49.0 Indian Creek 13.8 26 17 53.0 Mill Creek* 31.2 18 60.9 Ferson Creek* 54.0 25 19 62.4 Norton Creek 11.7 20 65.9 Brewster Creek* 16.2 21 68.8 Poplar Creek* 43.4 23 22 72.2 Tyler Creek* 40.5 22 23 74.6 Jelkes Creek 6.8 24 81.6 Crystal Lake Outlet 25.9 25 85.3 Spring Creek 26.5 21 26 89.4 Flint Creek* 36.3 27 89.6 Tower Lake Outlet 5.8 18 28 92.6 Silver Lake Outlet 1.9 20 29 92.3 Unnamed Tributary 6.6 30 96.9 Sleepy Hollow Creek 15.5 19 31 94.3 Cotton Creek 20.5 Notes: 17 * Continuous gaging station discharge data available. 11 13 16 10 15 6 12 14 3 2 9 8 7 5 1 0 10 20 Miles 4 Big Rock Creek Watershed DeKalb, COOP Daily Station Elburn Elburn, COOP 1 2 3 Daily Station 15 4 5 7 9 Hinckley Aurora, Airport 6 Hourly Station 8 12 10 11 16 FoxDB Station 18 KANE 17 KENDALL B L A K FoxDB Station 578 E D 14 13 City/village Plano, COOP Daily Station Yorkville Subwatershed outlet Weather station Water quality station Stream Subwatershed 0 3 6 County boundary Miles Blackberry Creek Watershed St. Charles 1 St. Charles, ICN Elburn Hourly Station 2 3 4 5 7 6 8 13 9 11 10 12 21 14 17 15 18 16 22 Aurora, COOP 19 Daily Station 23 20 26 Aurora Blackberry Creek near Montgomery KANE 28 KENDALL 27 25 Blackberry Creek FoxDB Station 15 near Yorkville City/Village 24 FoxDB Station 28 Subwatershed outlet Weather station Yorkville Water quality station USGS gage station Stream Subwatershed 0 2.5 5 County boundary Miles Brewster Creek Watershed Streamwood, COOP Daily Station Elgin 1 3 2 COOK 14 5 13 4 9 Brewster Creek 6 at Valley View 10 11 7 12 8 E G A E P N U A D K DuPage, Airport Hourly Station City Subwatershed outlet USGS gage station Stream Subwatershed 0 1 2 County boundary Miles Brumbach Creek Watershed 5 1 2 6 3 4 Dayton River, COOP Daily Station Subwatershed outlet Weather station Stream Subwatershed 0 1 2 This watershed completely lies within LaSalle County Miles Buck Creek Watershed Earlville, COOP Daily Station 9 6 3 1 FoxDB Station 22 8 5 7 2 4 Ottawa, COOP Daily Station (10 miles from the outlet) Dayton River, COOP Daily Station Subwatershed outlet Weather station Water quality station Stream Subwatershed 0 2 4 This watershed completely lies within LaSalle County Miles Clear Creek Watershed L E L L A L D A N S E A K L 3 1 2 Newark 4 Newark, COOP Daily Station 5 Village Subwatershed outlet Weather station Stream Subwatershed 0 1 2 County boundary Miles Cotton Creek Watershed Y R N E E H K C A M L 3 1 7 Mchenry, COOP Daily Station (3.6 miles from the outlet) 5 4 8 15 2 14 9 6 11 18 13 10 16 17 12 Mundelein, COOP Daily Station Wauconda 19 Village Subwatershed outlet Stream Subwatershed 0 1 2 County boundary Miles Crystal Lake Watershed Crystal Lake, COOP Daily Station 12 Crystal Lake 10 11 1 9 6 8 4 3 2 7 5 Algonquin FoxDB Station 271 MCHENRY KANE 13 Elgin, COOP Daily Station City/village (6.85 miles from the outlet) Subwatershed outlet Weather station Water quality station Stream Subwatershed 0 2 4 County boundary Miles Ferson Creek Watershed Elgin, COOP Daily Station Hampshire 8 SE, COOP Daily Station 25 1 4 5 Elgin 7 2 10 3 8 6 26 9 12 11 13 14 St. Charles, COOP 15 Daily Station 17 16 18 23 21 22 FoxDB Station 14 20 19 Ferson Creek near St. Charles 24 FoxDB Station 79 St. Charles City Elburn, COOP St. Charles, ICN Subwatershed outlet Daily Station Hourly Station (8.6 miles from the outlet) Weather station Water quality station USGS gage station Stream Subwatershed 0 2 4 This watershed completely lies within Kane County Miles Flint Creek Watershed Y R N E E K H A C L M Wauconda Mundelein, COOP Daily Station 1 Flint Creek near Fox River Grove 15 4 18 FoxDB Station 4 6 2 16 17 5 7 3 8 19 9 21 23 11 10 14 12 FoxDB Station 890 FoxDB Station 891 20 Barrington COOK 13 24 22 Barrington, COOP Daily Station Village Subwatershed outlet Weather station Water quality station USGS gage station Stream Subwatershed 0 2 4 County boundary Miles Hollenback Creek Watershed Plano, COOP Daily Station Yorkville Yorkville, COOP 3 Daily Station 2 1 4 5 Newark Newark, COOP Daily Station City/village Subwatershed outlet Weather station Stream Subwatershed 0 1 2 This watershed completely lies within Kendall County Miles Indian Creek Watershed (Kane County and DuPage County) 9 1 2 8 Aurora, COOP Daily Station 5 3 7 6 FoxDB Station 894 4 E G E Aurora A N P A U K D City Subwatershed outlet Weather station Water quality station Stream Subwatershed 0 1 2 County boundary Miles Indian Creek Watershed (LaSalle County, DeKalb County, Lee County) Shabbona 26 24 Paw Paw, COOP Shabbona, COOP Daily Station Daily Station 1 2 Compton, COOP Daily Station 23 25 7 8 4 9 5 LEE 3 DEKALB 11 LASALLE 12 10 6 Leland 14 13 22 21 Earlville, COOP Daily Station 15 16 20 FoxDB Station 21 18 Village Subwatershed outlet 17 Weather station Water quality station 19 Stream Dayton River, COOP Daily Station