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ILA03
FLINT CREEK
- Location:
- Cuba Twp. T43N, R9E, Sec. 10,15
Size: 2 miles
- Natural Resources
- Communities:
- Low gradient creek (B)
- IBI = 42 (1996 IDNR fish survey of lower reach)
- 16 species with 2 intolerants
- Rare Plants:
- none
- Rare Animals:
- none
Other Significant Features:
Protection Status:
- Part protected (Lake Co. FPD)
- Part unprotected
Management Problems:
- Impoundment separates high quality reach from degraded upstream reach
- Run-off from roads and streets
- Bank erosion
- Carp
- Sedimentation during Fox River back-flooding
