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Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1978-07-18 1981-09-03
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1978-03-29 1979-08-15
Nutrient Water-quality 1978-03-29 1978-11-16
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-03-29 1981-09-03
Organics, other Water-quality 1978-03-29 1979-08-15
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1978-03-29 1979-08-15
Physical Water-quality 1978-03-29 1980-08-25
Sediment Water-quality 1978-03-29 1981-09-03
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01359802 is associated with an Estuary in Rensselaer County, New York. Water data back to 1978 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01359802 n/a
Site name
HUDSON RIVER BELOW CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON NY n/a
Site type
Estuary
ES
DMS latitude 423107 n/a
DMS longitude 0734600 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.518692 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.766233 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1927 NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Rensselaer County 083
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map DELMAR, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined n/a
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Middle Hudson 02020006
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 NNNNNNNN 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