Observation

Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve

Salt Creek

River or stream

February 25, 2026 at 10:49 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Blue skys with some clouds.

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Partly cloudy NNW winds 11.3 km/h 0.00 degrees C

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Cloudy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Cloudy

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    other

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None, Litter

Physical tests

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low

  • Ice presence

    Community scientist interpretation

    Ice off

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Unspecified equipment (air temperature)

    1.3 °C

  • Water temperature

    Unspecified equipment (water temperature)

    5.5 °C

  • Chloride

    Unspecified equipment (chloride)

    384 ppm

Notes

Wildlife: 2 Red-bellied woodpeckers, 1 Northern cardinal, 1 Eastern cottontail rabbit.