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ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description, water temperature

Erik Nichols

29 January 2025

Oakton College

1 parameter tested ▾

current weather

Tess Lesniak

29 January 2025

Dammrich Rowing Center

6 parameters tested ▾

air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description

Brooke Sprague

Date	Notes
30 January 2025 Kishwaukee River and Deerpass Road	Scott Kuykendall Deerpass Road bridge crossing over the main stem of the Kishwaukee River. Used this location with flowing water as an… 5 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs
30 January 2025 Bourbonnais Creek Upstream	ONU Earth & Space Sciences River Keepers Most snow has melted, lots of salt on ground, most of the creek is frozen, some areas are completely thawed. Quantab… 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs
30 January 2025 West Branch DuPage River	Janet Knight 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
30 January 2025 Dixie Creek at Gaslight Dr	Brad Andresen Ice covered, found open flowing water just inside the culvert opening. 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
30 January 2025 Ratt Creek at Hanson Rd	Brad Andresen Chloride level grater than 641ppm, but this was the limit of the test strip scale used for this test 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
30 January 2025 Woods Creek at Brookside Pedestrian Bridge	Brad Andresen 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
30 January 2025 DuPage River at Hammel Woods	Kaitlin Soto 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
29 January 2025 Blackberry Creek Forest Preserve	Ryan Kriz The majority of the creek was frozen over, but I was able to get a water sample using a cup attached to a rope and… 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
29 January 2025 North Aurora Riverfront Park	Maura Canzano There was ice along the riverbank, extending several feet into the river, at the normal collection spot so I walked… 4 parameters tested ▾ ice on, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
29 January 2025 Riverbank Neighbors - Berteau	Sean Carino 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
29 January 2025 River Park Canoe Launch	Sean Carino 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
29 January 2025 West Branch of the DuPage River	Shoshana Frank 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
29 January 2025 Spring Creek	Jeanne Golec 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, flow, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
29 January 2025 Trout Pond Outlet	Luke Baldwin Very icy snow fall January 14th that required lots of road salting, and freezing temperatures leading up to thaw. 5 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
29 January 2025 Powers Creek	Luke Baldwin Very icy snow fall January 14th that required lots of road salting, and freezing temperatures leading up to thaw. 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
29 January 2025 Tyler Creek Forest Preserve	Suzi Myers Creek was frozen over so I was unable to take a sample. 3 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
29 January 2025 Tyler Creek Forest Preserve	Suzi Myers
29 January 2025 Apple River in Apple River Canyon State Park	Erik Nichols Heavy ice has covered this area of the river for a few weeks. Sample taken through a small melt-hole at the shoreline… 8 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description, water temperature
29 January 2025 Oakton College	Tess Lesniak 1 parameter tested ▾ current weather
29 January 2025 Dammrich Rowing Center	Brooke Sprague 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description

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