St. Joseph's Creek

In the picture of the details, I have QU labeled at 3.8, but after reviewing the picture it is actually 4.0, so I reflected that in the details above as 158 PPM.

There was an actionable snow event the week prior.

Creek has been froze over for the past 2-3 weeks with frigid temperatures. There were multiple snow events 1/21-1/23 that did not accumulate into much snow, but did entail winter chloride operations but local entities.

Lots of ducks churning up the water.
Westmont Public Works has not dropped road salt at this point, though DuPage County has on at least two separate occasions, and Downers Grove PW has dropped a ridiculous amount of salt unnecessarily on two recent occasions.

Hadn't had rain in a couple days, but it has been a rainy spring (4.5 inches this May). This reading is higher than last month's reading by 0.2 Qu or 13 PPM, which is odd, but that's pretty close, so maybe it was just the reading.

Recent rainfall had the creek water level high. Observed ducks, as well as carp in the water.

Had about three quarters of an inch of rain two days ago. No snow events for two weeks. Above average temps all winter.

This is the second observation for this site. Chlorides came in slightly lower (~0.2 Qu or 26 PPM).

Had about three quarters of an inch of rain two days ago. No snow events for two weeks. Above average temps all winter.

Mild Feb so far, with little precipitation. Mostly cloudy to sunny, on and off. Highs in the 40s-50s, lows in the mid 20s-high 30s. No precip for almost a week (2/8), and no actionable snow/ice event in over three weeks (1/22). Frost events have been consistent for the past 3 weeks. Site was again stirred up by ducks.

The date I wrote on the report sheet is inaccurate. It was done on 1/10, not 1/9.