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Assessment Data for the State of Illinois Year 2002

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Total Assessed Waters for the State of Illinois

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Size Of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles)
Total Assessed Waters 15,894.47 150,706.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Estimated Total Water Size in IL 87,110.00 309,340.00 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable 63.00 Unavailable
Percent of Waters Assessed 18.25 48.72 Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable Unavailable .00 Unavailable

Assessed Waters of Illinois by Watershed

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Watershed Size of Water
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Water (Square Miles)
APPLE-PLUM 285.69 1,605.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BEAR-WYACONDA 104.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
BIG MUDDY 801.96 35,255.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CACHE 125.02 1,960.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CAHOKIA-JOACHIM 303.41 3,197.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHICAGO 214.60 580.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COPPERAS-DUCK 148.78 167.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DES PLAINES 521.16 3,404.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
EMBARRAS 800.40 815.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLINT-HENDERSON 435.11 387.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GREEN 232.06 126.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IROQUOIS 315.98 125.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
KANKAKEE 250.45 1,405.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
KISHWAUKEE 383.39 207.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LA MOINE 426.37 434.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE CALUMET-GALIEN 7.34 2,054.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LITTLE WABASH 576.93 4,660.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER FOX 420.62 714.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER ILLINOIS 428.11 2,798.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER ILLINOIS-LAKE CHAUTAUQUA 293.65 4,894.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER ILLINOIS-SENACHWINE LAKE 476.09 772.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER KASKASKIA 501.66 2,569.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER OHIO 201.93 628.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER OHIO-BAY 247.47 243.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER ROCK 602.06 237.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER SANGAMON 191.17 220.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOWER WABASH 178.83 48.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MACKINAW 374.25 1,378.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MACOUPIN 171.88 1,558.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE KASKASKIA 518.88 26,781.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-BUSSERON 197.31 1,175.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MIDDLE WABASH-LITTLE VERMILION 41.10 46.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PECATONICA 296.82 39.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PERUQUE-PIASA 102.68 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PIKE-ROOT 9.50 57.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALINE 370.09 2,958.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALT 375.19 5,074.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SHOAL 258.57 4,487.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SKILLET 199.77 719.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOUTH FORK SANGAMON 268.61 7,408.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SPOON 644.96 1,137.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SUGAR 33.99 285.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
THE SNY 334.12 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER FOX 165.06 11,708.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER ILLINOIS 223.11 273.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER KASKASKIA 412.60 11,219.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER MISSISSIPPI-CAPE GIRARDEAU 341.67 91.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER ROCK 5.33 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPPER SANGAMON 310.08 3,277.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
VERMILION 480.37 834.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
VERMILION 455.88 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
Name Not Reported 2.66 685.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00


Illinois Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Rivers and Streams

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State Designated Use Total Miles Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
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Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation 15,520.83 63.96 .35 35.69 color.gifcolor.gifcolor.gif
Recreation Recreation 3,282.28 30.79 .00 69.21 color.gifcolor.gif
Public Water Supply Public Water Supply 1,029.10 70.03 .00 29.97 color.gifcolor.gif
Aquatic Life Harvesting Aquatic Life Harvesting 6,143.40 58.11 .00 41.89 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 15,894.47 miles of rivers and streams, or 18.25% of 87,110.00 total miles.

Illinois Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Rivers and Streams

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Attainment Status Miles Percent of Assessed
Good 7,424.00 46.71
Threatened 31.54 .20
Impaired 8,438.93 53.09
Total Miles Assessed 15,894.47 100.00

Illinois Top Causes of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

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# State Cause Name Total
Miles
Impaired
1 NUTRIENTS 3,158.45
2 ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 2,960.68
3 OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 2,769.57
4 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 2,434.54
5 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 1,989.75
6 PHOSPHORUS, ELEMENTAL 1,855.31
7 TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 1,737.05
8 NITROGEN, AMMONIA (TOTAL AMMONIA) 1,608.16
9 METALS 1,262.44
10 NITRATES 1,056.69

Illinois Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Rivers and Streams

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# State Source Name Total Miles Impaired by Source
1 AGRICULTURE 3,921.89
2 SOURCE UNKNOWN 3,267.89
3 NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 2,770.70
4 CHANNELIZATION 2,020.23
5 CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 1,794.06
6 MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 1,543.44
7 MUNICIPAL (URBANIZED HIGH DENSITY AREA) 992.50
8 HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 762.08
9 HYDROMODIFICATION 742.39
10 PASTURE GRAZING - RIPARIAN AND/OR UPLAND 611.88

Illinois Assessed Waters
Individual Use Support for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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State Designated Use Total Acres Assessed Percent Good Percent Threatened Percent Impaired color.gif% Good
color.gif% Threatened
color.gif% Impaired
Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation Fish, Shellfish, and Wildlife Protection and Propagation 148,133.90 58.57 .00 41.43 color.gifcolor.gif
Recreation Recreation 146,533.90 7.67 .00 92.33 color.gifcolor.gif
Public Water Supply Public Water Supply 75,185.60 87.06 .00 12.94 color.gifcolor.gif
Aquatic Life Harvesting Aquatic Life Harvesting 114,380.10 73.72 .00 26.28 color.gifcolor.gif
The state assessed 150,706.80 acres of lakes, ponds and reservoirs, or 48.72% of 309,340.00 total acres.

Illinois Assessed Waters
Water Quality Attainment for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

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Attainment Status Acres Percent of Assessed
Good 11,063.00 7.34
Threatened .00 .00
Impaired 139,643.80 92.66
Total Acres Assessed 150,706.80 100.00

Illinois Top Causes of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
# State Cause Name Total
Acres
Impaired
1 NUTRIENTS 114,903.30
2 SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 98,523.20
3 TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 84,634.50
4 SUSPENDED ALGAE 83,873.80
5 ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 80,135.30
6 PHOSPHORUS, ELEMENTAL 71,550.40
7 NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS 46,580.30
8 NITROGEN, AMMONIA (TOTAL AMMONIA) 39,985.40
9 LOW DO 31,329.10
10 POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 23,667.70

Illinois Top Probable Sources of Impairments
for Lakes, Ponds and Reservoirs

Description of this table
# State Source Name Total Acres Impaired by Source
1 CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 128,453.30
2 AGRICULTURE 128,436.40
3 NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 126,480.70
4 HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 104,818.60
5 STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 103,959.60
6 FOREST/GRASSLAND/PARKLAND 74,919.20
7 RECREATION AND TOURISM ACTIVITIES (OTHER THAN BOATING - SEE 7900) 73,591.30
8 CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 53,834.60
9 MUNICIPAL (URBANIZED HIGH DENSITY AREA) 37,158.50
10 MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 28,824.70

Illinois

Causes of Impairment

Description of this table
State Cause Name Size of Assessed Waters with Listed Causes of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Squar Miles)
ZINC 51.55 108.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOW DO 360.65 31,329.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ARSENIC 9.96 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLORIDES 22.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CAUSE UNKNOWN 187.10 2,431.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PRIORITY ORGANICS 753.49 21,546.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS (TSS) 1,737.05 84,634.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
METALS 1,262.44 10,609.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NITRATES 1,056.69 17,973.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PATHOGENS 768.35 4,787.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SUSPENDED ALGAE 58.54 83,873.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER INORGANICS 29.72 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SULFATES 414.08 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INORGANIC-N: NITRATES 181.10 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AMMONIA (UNIONIZED) - TOXIN 71.60 3,557.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LEAD 11.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHROMIUM (TOTAL) 51.38 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TDS(CONDUCTIVITY) 261.87 590.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TEMPERATURE, WATER 9.44 1,038.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT/LOW DO 2,960.68 80,135.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS 2,434.54 23,667.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CYANIDE 110.31 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MERCURY 728.46 5,361.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ATRAZINE 68.68 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-NATIVE FISH/SHELLFISH/ZOOPLANKTON SPECIES .00 1,668.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CADMIUM 93.56 65.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHLORINE 14.32 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OIL AND GREASE 19.75 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW ALTERATION 539.91 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NONPRIORITY ORGANICS 68.23 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NUTRIENTS 3,158.45 114,903.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PHOSPHORUS, ELEMENTAL 1,855.31 71,550.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENTATION/SILTATION 1,989.75 98,523.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL-N: NITRATES & TKN .00 7,290.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-NATIVE AQUATIC PLANTS .00 46,580.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PESTICIDES 1/2LIFE <=90 D 68.68 2,258.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PH 684.74 18,238.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COPPER 226.81 349.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SALINITY 652.75 638.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ORGANIC ENRICHMENT 11.72 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OTHER HABITAT ALTERATIONS 2,769.57 2,396.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NITROGEN, AMMONIA (TOTAL AMMONIA) 1,608.16 39,985.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

Illinois

Probable Sources Contributing to Impairment

Description of this table
State Source Name Size of Assessed Waters with Probable Sources of Impairment
Rivers, Streams, Creeks (Miles) Lakes, Ponds, Reservoir (Acres) Bays, Estuaries (Square Miles) Coastal Shorelines (Miles) Oceans, Near Coastal Waters (Square Miles) Wetlands (Acres) Great Lakes Shoreline (Miles) Great Lakes Open Waters (Square Miles)
OTHER 111.82 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LAND DISPOSAL 19.08 22,502.80 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RESOURCE EXTRACTION 469.71 82.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS 335.40 53,834.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NON-IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 2,770.70 126,480.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HABITAT MODIFICATION (OTHER THAN HYDROMODIFICATION) 762.08 104,818.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS (COLLECTION SYSTEM FAILURES) 25.75 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RECREATION AND TOURISM ACTIVITIES (OTHER THAN BOATING - SEE 7900) .00 73,591.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HERBICIDE/ALGICIDE APPLICATION .00 864.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
TOTAL RETENTION DOMESTIC SEWAGE LAGOONS .00 168.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LAND APPLICATION OF WASTEWATER (NON-AGRICULTURAL) 4.72 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SITE CLEARANCE (LAND DEVELOPMENT OR REDEVELOPMENT) 234.51 3,998.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
UPSTREAM IMPOUNDMENTS (E.G., PL-566 NRCS STRUCTURES) 72.59 393.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AQUACULTURE 4.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CONSTRUCTION 211.06 6,492.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SILVICULTURE .00 10.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WILDCAT SEWER 17.55 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LOSS OF RIPARIAN HABITAT 536.74 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
IRRIGATED CROP PRODUCTION 21.92 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITON - TOXICS 6.79 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SURFACE MINING 549.48 24.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ABANDONED MINING 16.42 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SUBSURFACE MINING 31.94 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INTENSIVE ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS 225.73 767.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CROP PRODUCTION (CROP LAND OR DRY LAND) 1,794.06 128,453.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL (URBANIZED HIGH DENSITY AREA) 992.50 37,158.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
STREAMBANK MODIFICATIONS/DESTABLIZATION 514.76 103,959.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LANDFILLS 5.41 172.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
AGRICULTURE 3,921.89 128,436.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MINE TAILINGS 100.44 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
CHANNELIZATION 2,020.23 150.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MAJOR MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE 28.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FLOW ALTERATIONS FROM WATER DIVERSIONS 432.77 23,330.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PASTURE GRAZING - RIPARIAN AND/OR UPLAND 611.88 2,522.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DISCHARGES FROM BIOSOLIDS (SLUDGE) STORAGE, APPLICATION OR DISPOSAL .00 57.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
NATURAL SOURCES 126.79 5,816.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LAKE FERTILIZATION .00 424.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION 15.55 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS 368.38 250.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL LAND TREATMENT 3.53 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAY/ROAD/BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION 26.54 149.60 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DRAINAGE/FILLING/LOSS OF WETLANDS .00 1,786.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MUNICIPAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGES 1,543.44 28,824.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
LIVESTOCK (GRAZING OR FEEDING OPERATIONS) 173.90 2,942.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HIGHWAY/ROAD/BRIDGE RUNOFF (NON-CONSTRUCTION RELATED) 52.33 5,614.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
PETROLEUM/NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES (PERMITTED) 444.55 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ON-SITE TREATMENT SYSTEMS (SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND SIMILAR DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS) 14.36 14,229.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
MARINAS .00 18,278.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SPILLS FROM TRUCKS OR TRAINS .00 40.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DAM CONSTRUCTION (OTHER THAN UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS) 35.89 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
WATERFOWL .00 5,485.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SOURCE UNKNOWN 3,267.89 10,131.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
HYDROMODIFICATION 742.39 25,029.70 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
ACID MINE DRAINAGE 88.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
GROUNDWATER LOADINGS .00 4.90 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
FOREST/GRASSLAND/PARKLAND .00 74,919.20 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
RCRA HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES .00 6,965.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
SPECIALITY CROP PRODUCTION 12.68 296.30 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
INDUSTRIAL POINT SOURCE DISCHARGE 348.25 14,816.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
OFF-FARM ANIMAL HOLDING/MANAGEMENT AREA 533.34 23.40 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00
DREDGING (E.G., FOR NAVIGATION CHANNELS) 45.67 1,488.00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00 .00

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