Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 28 April 2024

    Glen Crest Creek at Willowbrook Forest Preserve by Mark Thomas

    Creek water level up; velocity appears to be up from last observation.

  • 28 April 2024

    East Branch DuPage River at Hidden Lake Forest Preserve by Mark Thomas

  • 27 April 2024

    Timber Trails Park pond by Michelle Besch

    Heard a lot of birds and frogs, felt very sticky, hot, and humid, smelled some blossoming nearby trees

  • 27 April 2024

    Wild Mile by Mac Austin

    Smell is pleasant. Lots of geese and people. Floating islands starting to green up.

  • 27 April 2024

    Kenyon Woods Forest Preserve by Michelle Besch

    Ground was moist, smelled damp, windy, and humid, heard lots of birds, geese in the wetland nearby

  • 27 April 2024

    DuPage River at Riverwalk South Covered Bridge by Shelley Birdsong

    Still construction just up river on Washington Bridge. Muggy.

  • 25 April 2024

    Fox River @ Route 14 by Justin Potter

    Second test strip used today 5/25/24 at 5:20pm. Also read 83ppm.

  • 25 April 2024

    Harms Woods/Glenview Woods by Mac Austin

    River very low, very clear, moving pretty slowly. Lots of animal prints in the mud where sample is taken. A few people + dogs on the trails.

  • 25 April 2024

    Ferson Creek at Randall Road bike trail bridge by Rod Allen

  • 25 April 2024

    Spring Brook south of Wallace Rd., Wheaton IL by Beth Bengtson

  • 24 April 2024

    Spring Creek by Ron Haimbaugh

    The water level was much lower than on my previous visit. There were small fish visible, they were probably carp. Also saw ducks. The water looked clear until the spill way under the bridge. There was water pouring out of a drainage pipe under the bridge. The water appeared very muddy. Not sure where it was coming from because we have not had rain for several days. This sampling was an extra one I did since the chloride monitoring is wrapping up at the end of the month. While I was there, I picked up trash just because I could. This will be something extra that I do every time from now on. I also found out that the creek name is Yeargin, not Spring as I mistakenly have identified it as. It was interesting that the chloride PPM was as high as it was. We have not had snow for months and I expected a much lower count.