Timber Ridge Forest Preserve

Klein Creek

West Chicago, Illinois, United States

The spot where the creek flows under the Illinois Prairie Path Elgin Branch

Location created by
Andy Culbertson
  • Lat: 41.8907312
  • Lng: -88.1563424
  • Waterbody Type: Creek
  • Timezone: UTC

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Most 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.

04 Jan 20:01 by Andy Culbertson

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.

08 Dec 19:16 by Andy Culbertson

Duplicate test strip: 3.4 Quantab = 119 PPM.

02 Nov 20:17 by Andy Culbertson

I smelled the same watery smell as last time. I heard cicadas.

25 May 19:17 by Andy Culbertson

I smelled a faint scent of flowers and whatever aroma I associate with fresh water.

11 May 21:31 by Andy Culbertson

This is a nice spot to hear the creek babbling. The water has just enough turbulence.

17 Mar 16:55 by Andy Culbertson

The ground was muddy.

03 Feb 15:41 by Andy Culbertson

At least two ducks were swimming 50-100 feet upstream from the bridge.

07 Jan 21:44 by Andy Culbertson

There was no ice.

17 Dec 21:43 by Andy Culbertson