Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 26 February 2025

    Bensenville at Irving by Tom Kubica

    Reading above what Chart convertor could interpret. No wildlife.

  • 26 February 2025

    Oakton College by Tess Lesniak

    No odor noticed, water is clear

  • 26 February 2025

    Creek at Merry Meadows by James Weiss

    Less than 32 ppm chloride. Water is moving and clear.

  • 26 February 2025

    Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve by Tom Kubica

    Overcast. Rained overnight. Creek high and flowing faster than normal. Wildlife observed: Dead skunk, 6 Canadian Geese, 1 Red-bellied woodpecker, 1 Blue Jay, 1 Black Capped chickadee, 2 Northern cardinals.

  • 26 February 2025

    West Branch of the Dupage River - Weigand Riverfront Park Canoe Launch by Susan Goreczny

  • 25 February 2025

    West DuPage Woods by Ruth Gauss

    It was a lovely day for a walk on our closest forest preserve trails. There was a lot of standing water on the trail, but the mud at the riverside was still frozen so I didn't get as muddy as I usually do, so that was nice.

  • 25 February 2025

    Silver Creek @ Charles Rd, north of Woodstock, IL by Cindy Skrukrud

    The quantab reading was 7.8 which exceeds the maximum reading on our card which is 7.6 or 641 ppm. I would say the ppm Cl is > 650.

  • 25 February 2025

    Newman Creek @ N Queen Anne Rd by Cindy Skrukrud

    sampled at the downstream side of the bridge

  • 25 February 2025

    Nippersink Creek @ N Queen Anne Rd by Cindy Skrukrud

    sampled at the upstream side of bridge

  • 25 February 2025

    Schoenberger Creek at West Belleville Bikeway by David Laslie

  • 25 February 2025

    Springbrook Creek @ N Circle Ave, Bloomingdale by Elizabeth Bolivar

  • 25 February 2025

    Glen Crest Creek - Lincoln Hill by Richard Whitney

    This time, I took two samples. Results were very close to each other. Each was 433 on the card.

  • 25 February 2025

    Winfield Creek at Emerson School by Maureen Keil

    Water is running the width of the creek, but ice is still in large chunks underneath the surface.

  • 25 February 2025

    Nippersink Creek @ Rte 12 (west of State Park Rd intersection) by Cindy Skrukrud

    No sample as creek was completely frozen over

  • 25 February 2025

    Klein Creek at Fountain View Recreation Center by Brianna Garza