Rush Creek | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | McHenry County southeast of Harvard, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°23′18″N88°34′07″W / 42.3883333°N 88.5686111°W |
• elevation | 1,015 ft (309 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with the Kishwaukee east of Belvidere, Illinois |
• coordinates | 42°15′23″N88°42′10″W / 42.2563889°N 88.7027778°W Coordinates: 42°15′23″N88°42′10″W / 42.2563889°N 88.7027778°W |
• elevation | 774 ft (236 m) |
Length | 15 mi (24 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rush Creek → Kishwaukee → Rock → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico |
GNIS ID | 417053 |
Rush Creek is a 14.9-mile-long (24.0 km) [1] tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois. [2] [3]
There is another Rush Creek that is a tributary of the Mississippi River in Carroll County. [4]
Rush Creek's origin is in a complex of wetlands near Harvard, Illinois, two miles southeast. [5] The stream then flows southwest until it empties into the main stem of the Kishwaukee River one mile east of Garden Prairie. [5]
Approximately 65% of the main stem of Rush Creek has been channelized (ditched and straighten), however 50% of those areas are showing signs of recovery. [5] Despite the channelization and encroachment from agriculture many of the stream's features such as riffles can still be seen. [5]
Twenty-nine species of fish have been identified within Rush Creek and its tributaries, two of those species have not been seen in the watershed since 1965 - the northern pike and the largescale stoneroller. [5] Three animal species are on state or federal endangered or threatened lists - river otter, and two mussels, Elliptio dilatata (Spike) and Alasmidonta viridis (Slippershell). [5]
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