What is a Watershed?
A Watershed = The land that water flows over and through
on its way to a stream, river or lake.
Wherever you live, you are a part of a watershed.
A large watershed, such as the Mississippi River, has
many subwatersheds where each subwatershed is the land
that drains to a specific waterbody.
The Illinois River watershed is a subwatershed of the
Mississippi watershed.
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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If you have information about a subwatershed
group you'd like us to include here -
please Email:
info@foxriverecosystem.org |
| Big Rock
Creek Watershed |
Location: Kane, Kendall, DeKalb, LaSalle
Counties.
194 square miles. |
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| Blackberry
Creek Watershed |
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Location: Kane,
Kendall Counties. 73 square miles. |
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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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| 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 |
Location: Lake
County. 37 square miles.
Contact: Flint
Creek Watershed Partnership
Watershed Plan - December 2009
Website:
flintcreekwatershed.org
For information and contacts, please visit their
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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| Little Indian Creek Watershed |
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| Little Rock Creek Watershed |
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| Mill Creek Watershed |
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| Nippersink Creek Watershed |
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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| Poplar Creek Watershed |
| Location:
Cook County. 39 square miles. |
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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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| 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.
Website:
tylercreek.org
For information and contacts, please visit their
Website
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| Waubonsee Creek
Watershed |
| Location:
Kane, Kendall, Will and DuPage Counties. 30
square miles. |
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