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Illinois River - La Grange

River Mile 80-158
Updated August 18, 2008
La Grange

La Grange is used to describe the region of the Illinois River that is impounded by the La Grange Lock and Dam. It extends from La Grange Lock and Dam located south of Beardstown, Illinois, upstream to Peoria Lock and Dam located near Peoria, Illinois. The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) operates a field station on La Grange Pool through the Illinois Natural History Survey.

Additional data sets are also available through the National Atlas, U.S. Geological Survey's Seamless Data Server, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Data Gateway.

Image of the La Grange Reach

background information Aerial Photos (UMESC)

On occasion the Center will scan and register aerial photography for special projects. As these data sets are created they're also made available through Web site. For information on how to download these data and obtain a free viewer program or the required .dll files for your GIS program, activate the help button.

MrSid Image - z15n27MrSid Image - z15n83Metadata - 2000 La Grange Pool, georeferenced true color photo composite (55.6 MB z15n27 MrSid) (55.6 MB z15n83 MrSid)

background information Aquatic Areas (UMESC)

UNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16 n83Metadata - 1991 Aquatic Areas (2.2 MB UNIX) (2.2 MB NT) (3.3 MB z15n27 Shape) (3.3 MB z15n83 Shape) (3.5 MB z16n27 Shape) (3.6 MB z16n83 Shape)
UNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16 n83Metadata - 1991 Linear Aquatic Areas (225 KB UNIX) (258 KB NT) (223 KB z15n27 Shape) (223 KB z15n83 Shape) (229 KB z16n27) (229 KB z16n83 Shape) The linear file contains data for features too narrow to be mapped as polygons.

background information Bathymetry (UMESC)

The Center collects bathymetric (i.e., water depth) data in selected portions of the Mississippi River. Information on how to access these data are available through the help button, and information on how these data are collected and processed are contained in the help pages.

tar UNIX ArcInfo gridPC ArcInfo GridArcView Shapefile -  z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83Metadata - 1997 Bathymetry (3.6 MB UNIX Grid) (3.6 MB PC Grid) (4.3 MB z15n27 Shape) (8.8 MB z15n83 )

background information Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ)

Digital orthophoto quadrangles (DOQ) are georeferenced images of aerial photographs that have had camera orientation and terrain displacements removed.

These data are being compressed and redistributed through this Web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require data for areas outside the Mississippi River floodplain, data sets made from photographs from a different year, or the uncompressed files, contact the EROS Data Center. Project status information, photography dates, and ordering information are available online.

Quadrangle Name
Northwest
Southwest
Northeast
Southeast
Arnezville East - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Arnezville West - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Astoria - 24K quad
N/A
2.2 MB N/A 2.2 MB
Banner - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.3 MB
Bath - 24K quad 2.3 MB 2.2 MB 2.3 MB 2.9 MB
Beardstown - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Chandlerville - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Clear Lake - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Cooperstown - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Duck Island - 24K quad 2.3 MB 2.2 MB 2.2 MB 2.3 MB
Duncan Mills - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
2.3 MB
2.2 MB
Glasford - 24K quad 2.2 MB 2.2 MB 2.1 MB 2.2 MB
Havana - 24K quad 2.2 MB 2.2 MB 2.3 MB 2.9 MB
Kilbourne - 24K quad
2.2 MB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Manito - 24K quad
2.9 MB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Marquette Heights - 24K quad
2.3 MB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Pekin - 24K quad 2.3 MB 2.2 MB 2.3 MB 2.2 MB
Peoria East - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Peoria West - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.3 MB
Ray - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.3 MB
Rushville South - 24K quad
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Saint David - 24K quad
N/A
2.3 MB N/A 2.1 MB
Topeka - 24K quad
2.9 MB
N/A
N/A
N/A
Composite Image
DOQ 
La Grange - zone 15 image (Only Zone 15 images)
MrSid Image - z15n27
 46.2 MB
MrSid Image - z15n83 
 46.2 MB
La Grange - zone 16 image (Only Zone 16 images)
MrSid Image - z16n27
18.6 MB
MrSid Image - z15n83
18.6 MB
La Grange - entire reach (In Zone 15)
MrSid Image - z15n27
16.8 MB
MrSid Image - z15n83 
16.8 MB

background information Digital Raster Graphics (DRG)

Digital raster graphic (DRG) files are scanned and rectified images of USGS quadrangles.

These data are being compressed and redistributed through this Web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require data for additional areas, the help button access information on which files are available through this Web site, the USGS National Mapping Center in Rolla, Missouri keeps a listing of sites that distribute DRG files through the Internet, and copies of the data can be ordered from the EROS Data Center (for a duplication and distribution fee).

Quadrangle Name
Original Image
Overlapping Image
Galesburg - 100K quad 6.9 MB N/A
Lincoln - 100K quad 6.2 MB N/A
Macomb - 100K quad 8.6 MB N/A
Meredosia - 100K quad 8.6 MB N/A
Peoria - 100K quad 7.4 MB N/A
Arnezville East - 24K quad N/A 3.9 MB
Arnezville West - 24K quad N/A 2.9 MB
Astoria - 24K quad N/A 4.2 MB
Banner - 24K quad N/A 4.5 MB
Bath - 24K quad N/A 3.1 MB
Beardstown - 24K quad N/A 3.8 MB
Chandlerville - 24K quad N/A 3.2 MB
Clear Lake - 24K quad N/A 2.7 MB
Cooperstown - 24K quad N/A 4.3 MB
Duck Island - 24K quad N/A 4.4 MB
Duncan Mills - 24K quad N/A 4.4 MB
Glasford - 24K quad N/A 2.6 MB
Havana - 24K quad N/A 3.3 MB
Kilbourne - 24K quad N/A 2.0 MB
Manito - 24K quad N/A 2.4 MB
Marquette Heights - 24K quad N/A 3.1 MB
Pekin - 24K quad N/A 3.7 MB
Peoria East - 24K quad N/A 6.2 MB
Peoria West - 24K quad N/A 5.3 MB
Ray - 24K quad N/A 4.8 MB
Rushville South - 24K quad N/A 4.5 MB
Saint David - 24K quad N/A 4.1 MB
Topeka - 24K quad N/A 2.7 MB
Composite Image
100K Color
100K Gray Scale
La Grange Reach
z15n27
21.9 MB
z15n83
21.9 MB
z15n27
21.7 MB
z15n83
21.7 MB
z16n27
18.5 MB
z16n83
18.5 MB
z16n27
18.5 MB
z16n83
18.5 MB

background information Hydrology (UMESC)

These data were created from USGS - National Mapping Division hydrology data. The data were modified to display tributaries of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). If you require these data in their original format, contact the EROS Data Center. The files are available to download via. FTP, and regional CD-ROMs are also available.

ArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - Tributaries - Galesburg 100K Quadrangle (425 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - Tributaries - Lincoln 100K Quadrangle (274 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - Tributaries - Macomb 100K Quadrangle (374 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - Tributaries - Meredosia 100K Quadrangle (520 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - Tributaries - Peoria 100K Quadrangle (395 KB)

Land Cover/Use

Since 1989 the Upper Midwest Environmental Center through its association with the Long Term Resource Monitoring Program has been creating land cover/use data sets for the Upper Mississippi River system. For background information on how these data sets were created and are attributed, activate the help buttons. A link to a freeware GIS data viewer that can read the Shape files is also available.

background informationUNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16 n83MetaData - 2000 Land Cover/Use (5.8 MB UNIX) (13.0 MB NT) (12.0 MB z15n27 Shape) (12.2 MB z15n83 Shape) (12.8 MB z16n27 Shape) (12.8 MB z16n83 Shape)
background information
UNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16 n83MetaData - 1991 Land Cover/Use version 1 (8.6 MB UNIX) (8.7 MB NT) (10.1 MB z15n27 Shape) (10.3 MB z15n83 Shape) (10.5 MB z16n27 Shape) (10.5 MB z16n83 Shape)
background informationUNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - 1991 Linear Land Cover/Use (482 KB UNIX) (519 KB NT) (421 KB Shape) The linear file contains data for features too narrow to be mapped as polygons.
background informationUNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - 1989 Extension LCU (359 KB UNIX) (393 KB NT) (429 KB Shape)
background informationUNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16n83MetaData - 1989 Land Cover/Use version 1 (2.6 MB UNIX) (2.6 MB NT) (450 KB z15n27 Shape) (455 KB z15n83 Shape)
(458 KB z16n27 Shape) (458 KB z16n83 Shape)
background informationUNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - Z 15MetaData - 1989 Land Cover/Use - Satellite Data (1.1 MB UNIX) (1.1 MB NT) (774 KB Z15 Shape) (2.6 MB Z16 Shape)

background information Land/Water (UMESC)

Land/water is one of the classification attributes in the land cover/use data sets created by UMESC from aerial photography. These data are redistributed here as shape files with the boundaries of the region's 1:24,000-scale USGS quadrangles added to the data. This has been done because individuals working with ArcView have reported numerous problems if they attempt to perform a dissolve on the land cover/use data to create a land/water only shape file. Most printers cannot process the detailed land/water boundaries unless some form of a break line or lines are added.

ArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16n83MetaData - 2000 Land/Water (1.8 MB z15n27 Shape) (4.0 MB z15n83 Shape) (4.2 MB z16n27 Shape) (4.2 MB z16n83 Shape)
ArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16n83MetaData - 1991 Land/Water (3.1 MB z15n27 Shape) (3.1 MB z15n83 Shape)
(3.2 MB z16n27 Shape) (3.2 MB z16n83 Shape)
ArcView Shapefile - z15n27ArcView Shapefile - z15n83ArcView Shapefile - z16n27ArcView Shapefile - z16n83MetaData - 1989 Land/Water (160 KB z15n27 Shape) (165 KB z15n83 Shape) (172 KB z16n27 Shape) (172 KB z16n83 Shape)

Long Term Resource Monitoring Data

The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) is a joint program between the U.S. Corps of Engineers, the US Geological Survey, and the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Since 1989 the LTRMP has been collecting monitoring data within 6 study reaches on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. LTRMP monitoring data are available for the following topics.


background information Map Products (UMESC)

Graphical images of the Center's 3-4 foot tall wall maps and some standardized report figures area available as reference graphics.

gif - report figuregif - thumbnail - 2000 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 172 KB Gif) (20 KB thumbnail)
gif - report figuregif - thumbnail - 1991 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 168 KB Gif) (19 KB thumbnail)

gif - report figuregif - thumbnail - 1989 LW Report Figure (288 dpi. 000 KB Gif) (00 KB thumbnail)
gif - report figuregra file - 1991 LCU Wall Map (100 dpi. 601 KB Gif) (1.5 MB GRA)
gif - report figuregif - thumbnail - 2000 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 261KB Gif) (37 KB thumbnail)
gif - report figuregif - thumbnail - 1991 LCU Report Figure (288 dpi. 58 KB Gif) (9 KB thumbnail)
gif - report figuregif - thumbnail - 1989 LCU - Satellite Data Report Figure (288 dpi. 42 KB Gif) (8 KB thumbnail)


background information River Miles (UMESC and SAST)

   The US Army Corps of Engineers use a river mile measuring scheme to locate features on the Mississippi River. Two digital version of these data are available, one created by UMESC from stored on USGS quadrangles, and one created by the SAST project. The SAST data set differs from the UMESC data set in that some of the river mile markers were relocated by UMESC staff so they would fall within the navigation channel.

UNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - UMESC River Miles (50 KB UNIX) (80 KB NT) (44 KB Shape)
UNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - SAST River Miles (108 KB UNIX) (146 KB NT) (85 KB Shape)

SAST Data (SAST)

The Scientific Assessment and Strategy Team (SAST) project was created following the 1993 floods to collect and distribute data for the Upper Mississippi and Missouri river systems. Some of these data are redistributed through this web site as a service to program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. The data have been projected to UTM Zone 15, North American Datum 27 (NAD27), and the Clark 1866 ellipsoid. Most of the Missouri River levee data are not included in these files. If you require levee data for the Missouri River basin or would like to access or learn about the other SAST data sets, refer to the SAST home page.

background information UMRS Basin

UNIX format ASCII fileNT format ASCII fileArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - 1993 Levees (359 KB Shape)

background information Transportation (USGS-National Mapping Division)

USGS's 1:100,000-scale transportation data for the Upper Mississippi River floodplain are being redistributed through this web site as a service for program partners of the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center. If you require these data as UNIX format files, data for additional areas, or want to make sure you have the most recent version of the data, contact the EROS Data Center. EROS makes these data available to download via the Internet.

ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Miscellaneous Transportation - Galesburg 100K Quadrangle (19 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Miscellaneous Transportation - Lincoln 100K Quadrangle (20 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Miscellaneous Transportation - Macomb 100K Quadrangle (20 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Miscellaneous Transportation - Meredosia 100K Quadrangle (18 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Miscellaneous Transportation - Peoria 100K Quadrangle (21 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Railroads -Galesburg 100K Quadrangle (28 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Railroads -Lincoln 100K Quadrangle (26 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Railroads -Macomb 100K Quadrangle (28 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Railroads -Meredosia 100K Quadrangle (27 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Railroads -Peoria 100K Quadrangle (49 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Roads - Galesburg 100K Quadrangle (528 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata
- Roads - Lincoln 100K Quadrangle (504 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Roads - Macomb 100K Quadrangle (515 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata - Roads - Meredosia 100K Quadrangle (489 KB)
ArcView Shapefile - Z 15Metadata
- Roads - Peoria 100K Quadrangle (1 MB)

Other

Other UMESC pages or Web sites that may contain links to data sets for this area are:


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