Salt Creek
Wood Dale, Illinois, United States
Located at the Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve in Wood Dale, Illinois
Typically slow moving creek
Samples taken from the bridge over the Salt Creek just East of Addison Road.
- Group: National Great Rivers : Winter Chloride Watch
- Lat: 41.9546929
- Lng: -87.988193
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: America/Chicago
Latest photos
View all photosNice blue skies, cloud free. Mild winds. Wet ground with some mud in spots.
Creek was very clear. Could see to bottom.
Saw 6 squirrels, 1 Blue jay, 1 American Robin, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker.
Bright but completely overcast skies.
Creek lower than last week.
Saw 4 Squirrels, 3 Blue jays, 1 Canadian goose. Saw 1 small brown mammal swimming along the creek show by the bridge.
Cloudy and windy. Creek was very high overflowing the bank near the bridge in a few spots.
Wildlife: 3 Red Tail hawks, 3 Red-bellied woodpeckers, 1 Blue jay, 1 Black capped chickadee, 5 Canadian geese.
2 Squirrels.
Reading was over the range for the test strip so gave a reading of 620. Should be 620 +.
River flow was visually faster than previously seen.
Animals sited: 2 Blue jays, 2 Red-Bellied Woodpeckers, 1- Downy Woodpecker.
Partly cloudy, windy and cold. Crusty snow.
!8 Canadian geese and 12 Mallard ducks on Creek near bridge monitoring site. 1 Red-Bellied Woodpecker nearby.
Took a resample today as recommended to do occasionally. Same reading. Calling it a "6" on both test strips.
Took a photo of the Test site.
Wildlife:
2 squirrels, deer tracks but no deer sited.
2 Blue jays, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 48 Canadian geese(9 in the Creek, the rest in fly bys overhead), 4 Mourning Doves.
Cloudy and overcast. Very chilly feeling with the wind and b no sun.
Had to take the water sample about 30.5 meters downstream of norm al spot on bridge due to some maintenance workers there.
Saw 2 squirrels, 3 Blue jays, 1 Red bellied woodpecker, 1- Northern cardinal, 2 -mourning doves.
Quiet day for the most part. Overcast. High water in Creek. No frozen areas in grass.
Spotted 2 Blue jays, 8 Canadian geese, 2 Red Bellied woodpeckers, 3 squirrels.
Clear skies, low winds.
3 Red-bellied woodpeckers, 8 Canadian geese, 3 Blue jays. Saw deer tracks.
5 squirrels.
Recorded 36 Canadian geese, 2 Blue jays, 3 Red-bellied woodpeckers and 4 Slate colored Juncos.
6 squirrels.