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.

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	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		_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
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