Illinois Administrative Code › Title 17 - CONSERVATION › Part 3704 - REGULATION OF PUBLIC WATERS › Appendix A - Public Bodies of Water

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) The following public bodies of water were navigable in their
				natural condition or were improved for navigation and opened to public use. The
				entire length and surface area in Illinois, including all backwater lakes and
				sloughs open to the main channel or body of water at normal flows or stages,
				are open to the public unless limited to a head of navigation as stated. Head
				of navigation descriptions use the U.S. rectangular survey system and these
				abbreviations: T = township, R = range, PM = principle meridian, Sec. =
				section, 1/4 = quarter section, N = north, E = east, S = south, W = west, USGS
				= U.S. Geological Survey.
1) Lake Michigan;
2) Chicago River: Main Branch;
3) Chicago River: North Branch to North Shore
				Channel;
4) Chicago River: South Branch;
5) Chicago River: South Fork of South Branch;
6) Chicago River: East and West Arms of South Fork
				of South Branch;
7) Chicago River: West Fork of South Branch to
				Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal;
8) Calumet River;
9) Lake Calumet and entrance channel to Calumet
				River;
10) Grand Calumet River;
11) Little Calumet River;
12) Wolf Lake (Cook County);
13) Mississippi River (including all backwater lakes
				such as Frentress Lake in Jo Daviess County, Boston Bay in Mercer County and
				Quincy Bay in Adams County);
14) Sinsiniwa River to North Line of Sec. 9, T28N,
				R1W, 4th PM in Jo Daviess County, which is located
				approximately two-thirds mile downstream from the U.S. Highway 20 bridge. This
				area is shown on the Galena, Ill.-Iowa, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
15) Galena River to East Line of Sec. 16, T28N, R1E,
				4th PM in Jo Daviess County, which is located
				approximately one-half mile upstream from the County Highway 3 (West Stagecoach
				Trail) bridge. This area is shown on the Galena, Ill.-Iowa, 7.5 minute USGS
				quadrangle map;
16) Apple River to North Line of Sec. 35, T26N, R2E,
				4th PM in Jo Daviess County;
17) Plum River to North Line, T24N, R3E,
				4th PM in Carroll County, which is located
				approximately one and one-half miles upstream from the U.S. Highway 52 bridge.
				This area is shown on the Savanna, Ill., 15 minute USGS quadrangle map;
18) Rock River;
19) Pecatonica River;
20) Sugar River (Winnebago County);
21) Stillman Creek to South Line, T25N, R11E, 4 
				th PM in Ogle County, which is located
				approximately one-third mile downstream from the Illinois Highway 72 bridge.
				This area is shown on the Stillman Valley, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle
				map;
22) Henderson Creek (new channel) to East Line, SW
				1/4, Sec. 6, T10N, R5W, 4 
				th PM in Henderson County. The river has
				been relocated and the old channel abandoned;
23) The Sny in Adams, Pike and Calhoun Counties. The
				area has been drained with levees and ditches and it is uncertain that any
				descendent body of water exists;
24) Bay Creek to West Line, Sec. 29, T8S, R3W, 4 
				th PM in Calhoun County. The head of
				navigation is the limit of meanders on the official plat of survey; but it is
				uncertain that any descendent body of water exists;
25) Illinois River (including all backwater lakes
				such as Peoria Lake in Peoria, Tazewell and Woodford Counties; Matanzas Bay in
				Mason County; and Meredosia Lake in Cass and Morgan Counties);
26) Des Plaines River to Hoffman Dam in Cook County,
				which is located one-half mile downstream from the junction with Salt Creek.
				This area is shown on the Berwyn, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
27) Kankakee River;
28) Iroquois River to South Line, SW 1/4, Sec. 30,
				T27N, R12W, 2nd PM in Iroquois County, which is
				located approximately one mile downstream from the junction with Sugar Creek.
				This area is shown on the Gilman, 15 minute USGS quadrangle;
29) Fox River (Illinois River Basin);
30) Griswold Lake (McHenry County);
31) Fox Chain-O-Lakes (Lake and McHenry Counties):
				Bluff Lake, Lake Catherine, Channel Lake, Fox Lake, Grass Lake, Lake Marie,
				Nippersink Lake, Dunns Lake, Pistakee Lake, Lake Jerilyn, Lac Louette, Redhead
				Lake;
32) Vermilion River (Illinois River Basin) to
				approximately one-half mile above the mouth near Oglesby in LaSalle
				County;
33) Spring Lake (Tazewell County);
34) Spoon River to North Line, Sec. 24, T6N, R1E, 4 
				th PM in Fulton County, which is located
				approximately one-half mile upstream from the Illinois Highway 95 bridge. This
				area is shown on the Smithfield, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
35) Sangamon River to South Line, NE 1/4, Sec. 1,
				T15N, R4W, 3rd PM in Sangamon County, which is
				located approximately one mile south of the Mechanicsburg Road bridge. This
				area is shown on the Mechanicsburg, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
36) Sangamon River: South Fork to South Line, Sec.
				33, T16N, R4W, 3rd PM in Sangamon County, which is
				located approximately two miles upstream from the mouth. This area is shown on
				the Springfield-East, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
37) Macoupin Creek to East Line, Sec. 25, T9N, R13W,
				3rd PM in Green and Jersey Counties, which is located approximately one mile
				downstream from the junction with Boyer Creek. This area is shown on the Boyer
				Creek, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
38) Otter Creek to East Line of Sec. 3, T7N, R13W,
				3rd PM in Jersey County, which is located
				approximately two miles east of the Illinois Highway 100 bridge. This area is
				shown on the Nutwood, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
39) Kaskaskia River to East Line, SW 1/4, Sec. 31,
				T8N, R2E, 3rd PM, which is located nine miles south
				and two miles west of Herrick. This area is shown on the Vera, 7.5 minute USGS
				quadrangle map;
40) Big Muddy River to East Line T8S, R2W,
				3rd PM in Jackson County, which is located
				approximately one mile northwest of the Southern Illinois Airport. This area is
				shown on the Murphysboro, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle map;
41) Ohio River;
42) Wabash River;
43) Vermilion River (Wabash River Basin) to West
				Line, T19N, R11W, 2nd PM in Vermilion County, which
				is located approximately one mile upstream from the junction with the North
				Fork. This area is shown on the Danville, SW, 7.5 minute USGS quadrangle
				map;
44) Little Wabash River to the Illinois Highway 1
				bridge in Carmi in White County;
45) Saline River to junction of North Fork and South
				Fork;
46) Saline River: North Fork to North Line, Sec. 5,
				T8S, R8E, 3rd PM in Gallatin County, which is
				located approximately three miles south of the junction of Illinois Highway 141
				and U.S. Highway 45. This area is shown on the Ridgway, 7.5 minute USGS
				quadrangle map;
47) Saline River: South Fork to West Line, T9S, R8E,
				3rd PM in Gallatin County, which is located at the
				Gallatin-Saline County line. This area is shown on the Equality, 7.5 minute
				USGS quadrangle map;
48) Horseshoe Lake (Alexander County).
b) The following public bodies of water are primarily
				artificial navigable waters that were opened to public use.
1) Illinois and Michigan Canal;
2) Illinois and Mississippi (Hennepin) Canal and
				Canal Feeder;
3) North Shore Channel (Cook County);
4) North Branch Canal of North Branch Chicago River
				(Cook County);
5) Relocated South Branch Chicago River (Cook
				County);
6) Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal;
7) Calumet Sag Channel;
8) Marseilles Canal (LaSalle County);
9) Chain of Rocks Canal (Madison County);
10) Relocated Kaskaskia River.
c) The following public bodies of water are navigable waters
				that were dedicated to public use. This list is incomplete. It is believed
				there are numerous channels and slips in subdivisions on the margins of public
				bodies of water which have been dedicated by plat. Additional channels and
				slips have been dedicated by common law.
Petit Lake, Spring Lake and connecting channels
				between Bluff Lake and Fox Lake in Lake County.