Vulnerability of Illinois Nature Preserves to Potential Ground-Water
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Contract Report 612A Vulnerability of Illinois Nature Preserves to Potential Ground-Water Contamination Volume II: Selected Site Data from Vulnerability Assessments and Sensitivity Classifications by Randall A. Locke II Illinois State Water Survey Richard C. Berg Illinois State Geological Survey Mary J. Mushrush Illinois State Geological Survey Prepared for the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission November 1997 Illinois State Water Survey Hydrology Division Champaign, Illinois A Division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Vulnerability of Illinois Nature Preserves to Potential Ground-Water Contamination Volume II: Selected Site Data from Vulnerability Assessments and Sensitivity Classifications by Randall A. Locke II, ISWS Richard C. Berg, ISGS Mary Mushrush, ISGS with contributions from H. Allen Wehrmann, ISWS Michael V. Miller, ISGS Daniel C. Barnstable, ISGS Madalene Tierney Cartwright, ISGS Scott C. Meyer, ISWS Final report prepared for the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission November 1997 CONTENTS Page VOLUME II: Selected Site Data from Vulnerability Assessments and Sensitivity Classifications APPENDICES H. GIS Analysis of Sensitivities of Nature Preserves Where Vulnerability Assessments Were Not Made 1 I. Output of Vulnerability Assessment Data from the GROVA Database and Representative Geologic Columns 11 Almond Marsh 18 Armin Krueger Speleological 22 Baker's Lake 26 Barber Fen 30 Barrington Bog 36 Bates Fen 40 Bennett's Terraqueous Gardens 45 Bluff Springs 50 Bonnie's Prairie 54 Braidwood Dunes and Savanna 58 Calamus Lake 64 Cedar Lake Bog : 68 Chauncey Marsh 74 Churchill Prairie 79 Cotton Creek Marsh 83 Cranberry Slough 88 Cretaceous Hills 92 Dean Hills 96 Elizabeth Lake 101 Exner Marsh 107 Farm Trails North 112 Ferson's Creek 117 Fogelpole Cave 121 Forest Glen Seep 125 Fox River Fen 130 Franklin Creek 135 Gavin Bog and Prairie 140 i Page APPENDICES (continued) I. Output of Vulnerability Assessment Data from the GROVA Database and Representative Geologic Columns (continued) Gensburg-Markham Prairie 147 George B. Fell 151 Glacial Park 157 Gladstone Fen 162 Goose Lake Prairie 168 Hanover Bluff 174 Heron Pond-Little Black Slough 179 Horseshoe Bottom 183 Horseshoe Lake 187 Howard's Hollow Seep 191 Illinois Beach 196 Julia M. and Royce L. Parker Fen 200 Kettle Moraine 205 Kinnikinnick Creek 211 Kishwaukee Fen 216 Lake in the Hills Fen 221 Lake Renwick Heron Rookery 227 La Rue Swamp 233 Lockport Prairie 237 Long Run Seep 242 Lyon's Prairie and Marsh 247 Maramech Woods 253 Massac Forest 258 Matanzas Prairie 262 Mermet Swamp 267 Miller Shrub Swamp 271 Miller-Anderson Woods 275 Momence Wetlands 281 Nelson Lake Marsh 285 North Dunes 289 Oakwood Hills Fen 293 Palos Fen 299 Pecatonica Bottoms 303 Pine Rock 308 ii Page APPENDICES (concluded) I. Output of Vulnerability Assessment Data from the GROVA Database and Representative Geologic Columns (concluded) Pistakee Bog 313 Rockton Bog 320 Romeoville Prairie 325 Sand Ridge 331 Searls Park Prairie 335 Section 8 Woods 340 Shick Shack Sand Pond 344 Skokie River 348 Spring Bay Fen 352 Spring Bluff 356 Spring Grove Fen 360 Spring Lake 365 Thornton-Lansing Road 369 Trout Park 374 Tucker-Millington Fen 379 Turner Lake Fen 384 Volo Bog 389 Wadsworth Prairie 394 Wauconda Bog 398 Weingart Road Sedge Meadow 403 Wilkinson-Renwick Marsh 409 Wilmington Shrub Prairie 414 Windfall Prairie 420 Wolf Road Prairie 424 iii APPENDIX H: GIS Analysis of Sensitivities of Nature Preserves Where Vulnerability Assessments Were Not Made (grouped by preserve sensitivity) 1 Maps of Illinois delineating soil associations and geologic materials in the upper 50 feet were used to produce a composite map (Figure 2 in Volume I). The composite map, which is described in detail in Volume I, shows the sensitivity of shallow ground water to contamination and was used to predict the sensitivity of individual preserves and surrounding areas. This was accomplished by overlaying the sensitivity map with maps of the nature preserve boundaries and the boundaries of surrounding areas. GIS analyses of 85 preserves and surrounding areas are presented in Appendix A (Volume I). At these sites, local geology, hydrology and land use were assessed to determine the site vulnerability to surface and ground-water contamination. GIS analyses presented in this appendix are for sites that were on the nature preserve boundary map, but were not visited by a field crew for a vulnerability assessment. The sensitivity map is an appropriate tool for: 1) statewide or regional prioritization efforts and 2) screening evaluations of individual locations (e.g., nature preserves). One use of this information would be to determine which sites should undergo vulnerability assessments next. In any situations that require highly accurate predictions of preserve sensitivity, additional site-specific soils and geologic information should be collected and used. 2 INPC Nature Preserve Name Preserve Sensitivity Sensitivity of Surrounding Area No. (percent of total area*) (percent of total area*) VH H M L DL sw VH H M L DL SW SL 44 Beach Cemetery Prairie 100 100 178 Berryville Shale Glade 100 97 3 118 Brookville Lutheran Cemetery 100 100 Prairie 179 Brown Barrens 100 100 201 Carl & Claire Marie Sands - Main 100 86 14 St. Prairie 90 Cary (Junior High) Prairie 100 64 Freeport Prairie 100 81 19 30 Fults Hill Prairie 100 67 Grant Creek Prairie 100 100 94 Hartley Memorial 100 100 29 Henry Allan Gleason 100 100 101 Julius J. Knobeloch Woods 100 81 19 15 Kanakakee River 100 100 95 Laona Heights 100 72 9 19 176 Long Branch Sand Prairie 100 87 13 41 Mississippi River Sand Hills 100 87 13 52 Ozark Hills 100 100 *Percent of total area: VH = Very High, H = High, M = Moderate, L= Limited, DL = Disturbed Land, SW = Surface Water, SL = Slivers INPC Nature Preserve Name Preserve Sensitivity Sensitivity of Surrounding Area No. (percent of total area*) (percent of total area*) VH H M L DL SW VH H M L DL SW SL 74 Pere Marquette 100 91 5 3 45 Revis Hill Prairie 100 100 121 Sagawau Canyon 100 54 46 22 Sand Prairie-Scrub Oak 100 91 9 140 Stemler Cave Woods 100 69 31 154 Tomlin Timber 100 100 116 Wirth Prairie 100 100 143 Meredosia Hill Prairie 98 2 61 39 8 Salt Creek Woods 96 4 63 14 23 99 Lloyd's Woods 95 5 52 32 15 174 Harper-Rector Woods 92 8 63 37 87 William & Emma Bohm 88 12 37 28 33 1 Memorial 180 McClure Shale Glade 87 13 56 44 192 John M. Olin 85 15 71 28 2 69 Carpenter Park 82 18 67 33 109 Wier Hill Prairie 79 21 43 57 200 Sentinel 74 13 12 31 35 34 *Percent of total area: VH = Very High, H = High, M = Moderate, L= Limited, DL = Disturbed Land, SW = Surface Water, SL = Slivers INPC Nature Preserve Name Preserve Sensitivity Sensitivity of Surrounding Area No. (percent of total area*) (percent of total area*) VH H M L DL SW VH H M L DL SW SL 86 Douglas A. Wade Prairie 61 39 32 28 33 7 18 Starved Rock 53 39 3 3 2 37 36 12 3 11 82 Macarthur Woods 52 30 18 27 42 31 40 Edward L. Ryerson 50 32 18 55 16 28 124 Pecumsaugan Creek/Blackball 50 50 45 55 Mine 125 Black Hawk Forest 100 24 60 14 3 169 Forest Park South 100 19 62 20 160 Green Lee Cemetery Prairie 100 61 39 182 Grubb Hollow Prairie 100 1 71 24 4 46 Harlem Hills 100 28 72 112 Munson Township Cemetery 100 100 Prairie 63 Myer Woods 100 100 68 Norris 100 40 41 19 149 Plum Grove 100 100 170 Robinson Park Hill Prairies 100 1 91 8 144 Witter's Bob Town Hill Prairie 100 100 13 Forest Park 2 98 *Percent of total area: VH = Very High, H = High, M = Moderate, L= Limited, DL = Disturbed Land, SW = Surface Water, SL = Slivers INPC Nature Preserve Name Preserve Sensitivity Sensitivity of Surrounding Area No. (percent of total area*) (percent of total area*) VH H M L DL SW VH H M L DL SW SL 17 George S. Park Memorial Woods 95 5 65 35 100 Harper's Woods 88 12 29 45 26 145 Burton Cave 66 34 5 41 55 3 Busse Forest 46 54 46 53 1 97 Severson Dells 46 54 70 20 11 49 Baber Woods 100 2 98 75 Belmont Prairie 100 95 5 92 Brownlee Cemetery Prairie 100 100 159 Byler Cemetery Savanna 100 34 45 21 157 Bystricky Prairie 100 66 34 191 Carl Flierman's River 100 100 104 Cave Creek Glade 100 43 57 62 Colored Sands Bluff 100 33 67 85 CreveCoeur 100 1 96 3 147 Denby Prairie 100 21 79 142 Fairchild Cemetery Savanna 100 2 85 13 162 Foley Sand Prairie 100 3 97 136 Funks Grove 100 77 23 *Percent of total area: VH = Very High, H = High, M = Moderate, L= Limited, DL = Disturbed Land, SW = Surface Water, SL = Slivers INPC Nature Preserve Name Preserve Sensitivity Sensitivity of Surrounding Area No. (percent of total area*) (percent of total area*) VH H M L DL sw VH H M L DL SW SL 139 Glenbrook No. High School 100 100 Prairie 175 Gooseberry Island 100 85 15 55 Halesia 100 10 82 9 141 Hooper Branch Savanna 100 3 97 137 Manito Prairie 100 100 60 Margery C. Carlson 100 88 10 2 39 Marion Co. Prairie Chicken 100 100 Sanctuary 114 Massasauga Prairie 100 100 171 Mehl's Bluff 100 28 72 73 Morton Grove Prairie 100 100 187 Parklands 100 5 95 172 Racoon Grove 100 100 79 Reed-Turner Woodland 100 100 152 Roberts Cemetery Prairie 100 82 18 48 Round Bluff 100 100 33 Russell M.