What is a Watershed?
A Watershed = The land that water flows over and through
on its way to a stream, river or lake.
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Wherever you live, you are a part of a watershed.
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A large watershed, such as the Mississippi River, has
many subwatersheds where each subwatershed is the land
that drains to a specific waterbody.
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The Illinois River watershed is a subwatershed of the
Mississippi watershed.
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The Fox River watershed is a subwatershed of the
Illinois River watershed.
Brochures:
Welcome to your watershed
Your Watershed: Fox River |
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FREP focuses on the
Fox River Watershed in Illinois. However, the headwaters of
our Fox River actually start in Wisconsin.
The large Fox River watershed in Illinois includes
several subwatersheds.
Citizens in several of these subwatersheds have
organized associations to help protect and improve their
area. Information and Website links are provided below
for any existing groups, as well as information if a
management plan has been developed. |
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Below are the key subwatersheds of the Fox
River in Illinois.
We will continue to add information and subwatersheds
to make
this page as comprehensive as possible |
| If you have information about a subwatershed
group to include here -
please Email:
info@foxriverecosystem.org |
| Those subwatersheds currently working on
plans or with active groups are noted with an
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| Big Rock
Creek Watershed |
Location: Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, LaSalle
Counties.
194 square miles.
Brochure:
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| Blackberry
Creek Watershed
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Location: Kane,
Kendall Counties. 73 square miles. |
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Watershed Plan Completed 12/11
Weblink |
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| Boone
Creek Watershed |
Location: McHenry
County. 20 square miles.
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| Buck Creek
Watershed |
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| Chain
O'Lakes Watershed |
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Link to Fox Waterway Agency |
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Ferson Creek
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Location:
Kane County
Weblink |
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| Fish Lake
Drain Watershed |
Location: Lake
County, 8.5 square miles.
Location: Lake County, 8.5 square miles.
Contact: Lake County Stormwater Management
Commission
Watershed-Based Plan 2009
Webpage for Fish Lake Drain Watershed
For information and contacts, please visit their
Website |
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| Flint
Creek Watershed
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Location: Cook & Lake
Counties. 37 square miles.
Contact: Flint
Creek Watershed Partnership
Watershed Plan - December 2007
Website:
flintcreekwatershed.org
For information and contacts, please visit their
Website |
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Four Lakes Watershed
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Location: Lake &
McHenry Counties.
The 4 Lakes Watershed Initiative has organized
to do planning for the following lakes: Island,
Griswold, Slocum, Napa Suwe, Bangs; and their
associated tributaries: Bangs Lake Drain, Mutton
Creek and Cotton Creek. Included in the
Initiative is Port Barrington, bordered by the
Fox River and the Fox River Preserve.
Website |
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| Fox River
Watershed 2 |
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| Fox River
Watershed 3 |
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Fox River Watershed 4 |
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Fox River Watershed 5 |
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| Indian Creek Watershed |
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Jelkes Creek
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Location: Northern
Kane, portions of McHenry & Cook Counties.
Watershed Planning begun 10/10
Weblink |
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| Little Indian Creek Watershed |
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| Little Rock Creek Watershed |
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| Mill Creek Watershed |
| Location:
Kane County |
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| Nippersink Creek Watershed
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Location:
McHenry County. 137 square miles.
Contact: Nippersink
Creek Watershed Planning Committee
Watershed Plan
Website:
nippersink.org
For information and contacts, please visit their
Website |
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| Otter Creek Watershed
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Watershed Planning begun 9/10
Weblink |
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| Poplar Creek Watershed |
| Location:
Cook County. 39 square miles. |
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Watershed Plan |
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| Sequoit Creek Watershed |
Location:
Lake County. 15 square miles.
Contact: Lake
County Stormwater Management Commission
Watershed Management Plan 2006
Webpage for Sequoit Creek Watershed |
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| Silver Creek
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Watershed Plan Completed 12/11
Weblink
Plan combined with Sleepy Hollow Creek |
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| Sleepy Hollow
Creek
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Watershed Plan Completed 12/11
Weblink
Plan combined with Silver Creek |
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| Spring Creek
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| Location:
15,000 acres running through Hoffman Estates,
north through Barrington Township, Barrington
Hills, Dundee Township and four counties up to
Fox River Grove and the Fox River
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| Watershed Planning begun 9/10 -
Meeting bi-monthly |
Contact:
Nancy Schumm, Schumm Consulting LLC,
nburg719@aol.com
Website:
springcreekwatershed.info |
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| Squaw Creek
Watershed |
Location:
Lake County. 38 square miles.
Contact: Lake
County Stormwater Management Commission
Watershed Management Plan 2004
Webpage for Squaw Creek Watershed |
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| Tyler Creek
Watershed
* |
Location:
Kane County. 40 square miles.
For information please visit their
Webpages
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| Waubonsee Creek
Watershed |
| Location:
Kane, Kendall, Will and DuPage Counties. 30
square miles. |
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| Woods Creek
Watershed
* |
Location:
McHenry County; subwatershed to Crystal Creek
Contact:
Website |
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