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Land and Water Reserve Area
6
County
Piatt
Location
The site is in the City of Monticello in Piatt County. It is about 3 miles northeast of Robert Allerton Park, 1 mile north of the Upper Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve, and 2 miles southwest of Lodge Park County Forest Preserve.
Description
Monticello’s Sangamon River Land and Water Reserve protects an approximately 0.7-mile segment of the Sangamon River. This river is recognized by the Illinois Natural Areas Inventory as a biologically significant stream (INAI #1449) with outstanding aquatic resources. Monticello’s Sangamon River protects forest that contributes to the high natural quality by reducing runoff and sediments entering the river. The forested corridor essentially functions as a buffer for the river. The forest community is made up of second growth floodplain and upland forest. The predominant vegetation type is wet-mesic and wet floodplain forest which occur in the floodplain along the Sangamon River.
Ownership
City of Monticello
Natural Division
Grand Prairie Section of the Grand Prairie Natural Division (#4a)
Registered
October 2005
Size
153 acres
Access
The site is closed to the public.
Topographic Quad
Monticello
For Further Information
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, IL 62702
217-785-8686
DNR.INPC@illinois.gov