Klein Creek
West Chicago, Illinois, United States
The spot where the creek flows under the Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch
- Lat: 41.8907312
- Lng: -88.1563424
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: UTC
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View all photosMost of the creek was flowing. More ice than last time covered the side areas, even some on the main body of the creek. There was some new driftwood in the middle of the creek with a couple of fishing lines attached.
A muskrat swam to the stream bank and cleaned itself for several minutes.
On the smaller streams that fed into the creek, there was some ice on the edges of the water.
I forgot to pour out a couple of vial-fulls to clean the vial this time before testing a sample.
On the test strip there was a small pale patch above the 3.6 line, but there seemed to be a gap under it, so I didn't count it in the reading.
Duplicate test strip: 3.4 Quantab = 119 PPM.
I smelled the same watery smell as last time. I heard cicadas.
I smelled a faint scent of flowers and whatever aroma I associate with fresh water.
This is a nice spot to hear the creek babbling. The water has just enough turbulence.
The ground was muddy.
At least two ducks were swimming 50-100 feet upstream from the bridge.
There was no ice.