Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve : Salt Creek

Wood Dale, Illinois, United States

Observed by
Tom Kubica
  • Observed on: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:04:00 -0500
  • Testers Tom Kubica
  • Associated with:
    Winter Chloride Watchers
  • Lat: 41.9546929
  • Lng: -87.988193

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Water quality tests

✓ Quality checked by Water Rangers What's this?

Chloride ppm What's this? 210.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 25.5
Water temperature °C What's this? 15.2
Ice on What's this?

Since: 2024-04-10

Weather

Current weather What's this?
Blue skies with some scattered clouds. A bit windy. Ground not as wet as last week. Creek water receding from height of last week but still higher than normal.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
15 degrees Celsius. Partly cloudy.

Latest photos

Notes

Very nice day. Water still higher by the bridge and flowing faster than normal. Surrounding land is not underwater .
Saw 3 Red-bellied woodpeckers, 1 Hairy woodpecker, 2 Northern Flickers, 1 Blue jay, 1 Brown creeper, 6 American robin, 4 Song sparrows, 1 Red-winged blackbird, 2 Northern cardinal. Heard Chorus frogs. Insects are now out as well.
1 Squirrel.