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Available Parameters
00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
62619 Elevation, ocean/est, NGVD29(Mean,Tid.,Tid.,Tid.,Tid.)  
63680 Turbidity, Form Neph(Min.,Mean,Max.)  
72137 Discharge,tide fltrd(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
90860 Salinity, at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
99409 Susp sediment,wu,est(Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
01311875 ROCKAWAY INLET NEAR FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, NY
LOCATION - Lat 40°34'25", long 73°53'08" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Kings County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02030202, at Metropolitan Transportation Authority Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, near Floyd Bennett Field.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Elevation October 2002 to current year. Discharge November 2014 to March 2019. Velocity records for November 2014 to March 2019 are unpublished and available in files of the Geological Survey.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929. November 2014 to March 2019, acoustic velocity meter at current location.
REMARKS -

Satellite and telephone elevation, velocity, and velocity-sensor depth telemeters at station. Gaps in elevation record caused by equipment malfunctions are filled with estimated data from nearby gage 01311850 Jamaica Bay at Inwood NY.

Flow at this site is affected significantly by astronomical tides. Discharge computed with a sidelooking acoustic velocity meter. Blanks in discharge tables are due to interruption of record. By convention, the U.S. Geological Survey has established ebb (seaward) flows as positive flows and flood (landward) flows as negative flows. Unfiltered 6-minute stage, velocity, and discharge data are available upon request.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Storm tide of Dec. 11, 1992, reached an elevation of 8.9 ft, from high-water mark at site 0.5 mi south-southeast.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

Maximum daily discharge, 47,400 ft³/s, Apr. 28, 2018, but may have been higher during period of missing record; maximum elevation, 11.75 ft, Oct. 29, 2012; minimum daily discharge, -22,400 ft³/s, Oct. 27, 2018, but may have been lower during period of missing record; minimum elevation, -5.23 ft, Mar. 9, 2005. 

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - November 2014 to March 2019. Sampling depth records from November 2014 to March 2019 are unpublished and available in files of the Geological Survey.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: November 2014 to March 2019.

SALINITY: November 2014 to March 2019.

TURBIDITY: November 2014 to March 2019.

INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor provides 6-minute-interval readings collected near mid-water depth. Salinity record computed from specific-conductance readings.
REMARKS - Satellite and telephone telemeter for water temperature, specific conductance, turbidity, and sampling depth at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum 28.2 °C Aug. 14, 2016; Minimum -1.7 °C several times throughout the period of record.

SALINITY: Maximum 38.2 psu Feb. 22, 2016; Minimum 22.2 psu Nov. 17, 2018.

TURBIDITY: Maximum 59 FNU Sept. 14, 2016; Minimum <0.1 FNU several times throughout the period of record.