Английская Википедия:Coon Creek (Kishwaukee River tributary)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox river Шаблон:GeoGroup Coon Creek is a Шаблон:Convert[1] tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois.[2][3]
Course
Coon Creek flows north from DeKalb County, Illinois, into McHenry County.[4] The stream continues flowing northwest from the DeKalb County–McHenry County line until it empties into the Kishwaukee River in Boone County.[5] In terms of square miles drained, Coon Creek is the second-largest tributary of the Kishwaukee River, behind only the South Branch Kishwaukee River.[6]
Description
The DeKalb County and Boone–McHenry County portions of Coon Creek are different in character. While 72% of the watershed, Coon Creek and its tributaries, has had its stream beds channelized (ditched and straightened) only 42% of the Coon's main stem has been channelized.[5] In McHenry County, Coon Creek still features many of its natural features, such as pools and riffles.[5] In DeKalb County, further away from the Kishwaukee, the stream has been entirely channelized, only 6% of the Coon's tributaries in this area have not been channelized.[4] This portion of Coon Creek retains very few of the natural instream characteristics such as pools or riffles.[4]
Wildlife
The Coon Creek watershed (technically a subwatershed) is home to at least 34 different species of fish. Some of the species found in Coon Creek include bluegill, black crappie, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass and northern pike.[5] The blacknose shiner (Notropis heteropis) is an example of an endangered fish found in the creek.[5] The creek is also home to two species of reptile, the federally threatened Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) and the snapping turtle.[5]
Tributaries
Coon Creek has several tributaries. Among them are Harmony Creek, Hampshire Creek, and Burlington Creek.[5]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Шаблон:Webarchive, accessed May 19, 2011
- ↑ Kishwaukee River Watershed Шаблон:Webarchive, Watersheds of Illinois - 1996 Fact Sheets, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, 1996, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ↑ Шаблон:Gnis
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Upper Coon Creek Subwatershed Plan, Kishwaukee River Ecosystem Partnership, May 2005, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 5,2 5,3 5,4 5,5 5,6 Lower Coon Creek Subwatershed Plan, Kishwaukee River Ecosystem Partnership, May 2005, accessed January 22, 2011.
- ↑ Piscasaw Creek - Subwatershed plan Шаблон:Webarchive, Kishwaukee River Ecosystem Partnership, May 2005, p. 3, 8 - 10, accessed January 23, 2011.