Great South Bay at West Sayville NY - 01306402
This site was discontinued on February 14, 2025. Although historic data will remain accessible, no new data will be collected after this date unless one or more new funding partners are found. Users who are willing to contribute funding to continue operation of this gage should contact Rob Breault of the USGS New York Water Science Center at 518-285-5600 or dc_ny@usgs.gov.
Location details and information
Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
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Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
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01306402 | n/a |
Site name
|
GREAT SOUTH BAY AT WEST SAYVILLE NY | n/a |
Site type
|
Estuary
|
ES |
DMS latitude | 404315.8 | n/a |
DMS longitude | 0730528.5 | n/a |
Decimal latitude | 40.72105556 | n/a |
Decimal longitude | -73.09125 | n/a |
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from Digital MAP. | N |
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). | 1 |
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
District
|
New York | 36 |
State
|
New York | 36 |
County
|
Suffolk County | 103 |
Country | US | n/a |
Land net location description | n/a | |
Name of location map | SAYVILLE, NY | n/a |
Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
Altitude of Gage/land surface | 0 feet | n/a |
Method altitude determined | Interpolated from topographic map. | M |
Altitude accuracy | 1 feet | n/a |
Altitude datum
|
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 | NGVD29 |
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Southern Long Island | 02030202 |
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
Flags for instruments at site | NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
Drainage area
|
n/a | |
Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
Time Zone abbreviation | EST | n/a |
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
N | n/a |
Data reliability
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n/a | |
Data-other GW files | n/a | |
National aquifer | n/a | |
Local aquifer | n/a | |
Local aquifer type
|
n/a | |
Well depth | n/a | |
Hole depth
|
n/a | |
Source of depth data | n/a | |
Project number | n/a |