Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve : Salt Creek

Wood Dale, Illinois, United States

Observed by
Tom Kubica
  • Observed on: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:33:00 -0600
  • Testers Tom Kubica
  • Associated with:
    Winter Chloride Watchers
  • Lat: 41.9546929
  • Lng: -87.988193

Observation report

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Water quality tests

✓ Quality checked by Water Rangers What's this?

Chloride ppm What's this? 328.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 1.2
Water temperature °C What's this? 4.2
Ice off What's this?

Since: 2024-01-10

Weather

Current weather What's this?
Complete overcast, winds at 15 MPH. Snow on ground from Tuesday.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
Wet snow and rain throughout most of the day. Windy and cloudy all day.

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Notes

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.