Observation

Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve

Salt Creek

River or stream

May 19, 2026 at 11:12 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
    • Windy

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Overcast windy and gusty with chance of rain. Got overcast more during the reading.

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
    • Windy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Very windy, cloudy with some afternoon heavy short lived thunderstorm

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Opaque

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Ice presence

    Community scientist interpretation

    Ice off

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Unspecified equipment (air temperature)

    26.4 °C

  • Water temperature

    Unspecified equipment (water temperature)

    21.1 °C

  • Water temperature

    Other multimeter (temperature)

    21.1 °C

  • Chloride

    Unspecified equipment (chloride)

    219 ppm

Notes

Windy with rain likely. No mosquitos due to high wind so nice walk in the woods. 3 - Red-bellied woodpeckers, 1- Northern flicker, 1 - Red-eyed vireo, 1 - American robin, 2 - Red-winged blackbirds, 1 - Brown-headed cowbird, 1 - Northern yellow warbler. No squirrels. Very surprising for this location.