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IKA01
BIG ROCK CREEK (Kane Co.)
- Location:
- T38N, R6E, Sec. 36,35,26,27,28,21
Size: 6 miles (8 more miles in Kendall Co.)
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Low gradient creek (B)
- IBI = 50, based on 1996 INDR survey
- 18 species with 8 intolerants recorded
- Exposed bedrock stream beds and long runs with coarse sand and gravel bottom
- Cold-water influence from streamside springs and fens
- 1996 flood connected 50-ft. deep limestone quarry to creek
- Rare Plants:
- none
- Rare Animals:
- Elliptio dilatata/Spike (T)
- Venustaconcha ellipsiformis/Ellipse (W - SC)
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Part protected (Kane Co. FPD)
- Majority unprotected
Management Problems:
- Bank erosion
- Siltation
- Small man-made impoundments
- Agricultural run-off
