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Date	Notes
9 January 2025 Turnmill Pond - Smythe Settlement	Steve Slivka About 3 inches of ice on pond. 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
9 January 2025 Army Trail West Pond - Smythe Settlement	Steve Slivka About 3 inches ice cover. 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
9 January 2025 Trinity South Pond - Smythe Settlement	Steve Slivka About 3 inches of ice on pond 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
9 January 2025 Otter Creek	Annette Marshall Partial ice coverage. Chloride <32 mg/L 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
8 January 2025 Brainard's Branch, Grand Ave bridge between 19th and 20th Sts	Pamela Moriearty 6" snowfall 1/6 - 1/7/25. max temp 1/6 - 1/8 = -3C. Roads salted 1/7/25 7 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, conductivity, current weather, ph, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
8 January 2025 Unnamed Creek on Rock Island Greenway	Robert Rowe 5 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
8 January 2025 Kickapoo Creek at Leslie Rutherford Park	Robert Rowe 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
8 January 2025 Kickapoo Creek Park, 2000 N. Jefferson St., Lincoln, IL pedestrian bridge on park road	Pamela Moriearty 6" snowfall 1/6 - 1/7/25. max temp 1/6 - 1/8 = -3C. Roads salted 1/7/25 7 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, conductivity, current weather, ph, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
7 January 2025 Bourbonnais Creek Upstream	ONU Earth & Space Sciences River Keepers Quantab units maxed out; about 9.3. ppm higher than 619. 3 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, weather in the past 24hrs description
7 January 2025 Woods Creek at Brookside Pedestrian Bridge	Brad Andresen 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
7 January 2025 Ratt Creek at Hanson Rd	Brad Andresen chloride greater than 641ppm. New beaver activity on site. Sample taken just downstream of beaver dam. 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
7 January 2025 Dixie Creek at Gaslight Dr	Brad Andresen 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
7 January 2025 Fabyan Forest Preserve	Maureen Huey Photo added of back of test strip to better see the reading on the scale. 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
7 January 2025 Harms Woods/Glenview Woods	Mac Austin Still many ducks. 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description, water temperature
7 January 2025 Wild Mile	Mac Austin 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description, water temperature
6 January 2025 Big Hollow Creek in Iris Park	Robert Rowe 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description, water temperature
6 January 2025 Dry Run Creek in Lower Bradley Park	Robert Rowe cold weather with light snow fall. Roads in city have been treated with brine on previous day 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description, water temperature
6 January 2025 Kickapoo Creek at Vicary Bottom Park	Robert Rowe 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description, water temperature
4 January 2025 Timber Ridge Forest Preserve	Andy Culbertson Most of the creek was flowing. More ice than last time covered the side areas, even some on the main body of the creek.… 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
4 January 2025 Salt Creek S Elmhurst canoe launch	Andrea Studzinski 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs

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