Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 4 November 2025

    North side Bemis road by Lance Lambert

    duplicate for test strip was 64ppm

  • 4 November 2025

    St. Joseph's Creek @ 59th & Williams Street by Jon Yeater

    No rain since 10/21 (14 days), and drought conditions. Low seasonal rainfall. No snow at this point yet this year.

  • 4 November 2025

    Spring Brook in St. James Farm Forest Preserve by Jay Gilbert

    The water level was higher and the stream was flowing slower because of a beaver dam 200 yards downstream.

  • 4 November 2025

    Arbor Lake at Morton Arb by Linda Heuser

    Arbor Lake site and results

  • 4 November 2025

    Schulenberg Prairie-Willoway Brook by Linda Heuser

    Willoway Brook on Schulenberg Prairie, site & results

  • 2 November 2025

    Thunderbird Trail Crossing of Kline Creek by David Bohnsack

    Water levels are low. 77% Humidity 30.23 in Hg E 2 mph Mostly Sunny Includes duplicate labeled "Sample #2" with the same 143 ppm reading

  • 2 November 2025

    Lies Road Crossing of Kline Creek by David Bohnsack

    Water levels are low. 80% Humidity 30.24 in Hg WSW 8 mph Mostly Sunny Includes duplicate labeled "Sample #2" with the same 157 ppm reading

  • 30 October 2025

    Ron Haimbaugh by Ron Haimbaugh

    We are experiencing drought conditions so the water level was very low, but it was still flowing. No critters because it's been close to freezing at night. The water was much clearer than normal.

  • 22 October 2025

    Ewing Park II Sugar Creek Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

  • 22 October 2025

    Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District (BNWRD) Sugar Creek Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

  • 22 October 2025

    Fairview Park Sugar Creek Stewards Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

  • 6 October 2025

    Farmdale Reservoir by Robert Rowe

    chemical tests were made on October 6, 2025; Low water, relatively dry month preceding. Conductivity was over 2000; (literally off the scale of my hach meter. Chloride seems very high for early fall. Nitrate and phosphate tests were done with WiseH2O test strips: phosphate reading was approx. 500 ppb; Nitrate was 2.0 ppm Biological survey and data on flow rate was done on September 15th; (waiting on confirmation of biological data with RiverWatch. Stream goes through forested park area, but is down stream from suburban and agricultural areas.

  • 1 October 2025

    Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District (BNWRD) Sugar Creek Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

  • 1 October 2025

    Fairview Park Sugar Creek Stewards Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

  • 1 October 2025

    Ewing Park II Sugar Creek Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler