March, 1963 



Larimore & Smith: Fishes of Champaign County 



349 



West Branch. — Although Forbes & 

 Richardson found a variety of fishes in 

 the West Branch of the Salt Fork during 

 their survey, this creek has subsequently 

 undergone drastic reduction in both va- 



riety of species and abundance of indi- 

 viduals. The West Branch is divisible 

 into three sections: Section 1, the 4 miles 

 of creek above the Urbana-Champaign 

 disposal plant; Section 2, the creek from 



;^=D 



K^ Modified water temperature 

 Excessive siltotion 

 Chemical sampling station 



Fig. 14. — Distribution of pollution in Champaign County and location of seven stations at 

 which chemical analyses were made in 1960. Severe pollution was found in Copper Slough and 

 Phinney Branch west of Champaign-Urbana (city near center of map), the Boneyard in 

 Champaign-Urbana; the West Branch of the Salt Fork east of Champaign-Urbana, the East 

 Branch of the Salt Fork east of Rantoul (upper center of map), and the small stream from 

 Chanute Field south of Rantoul. 



