Skip to main content

Important for you to know:

  • New to WDFN: see current water conditions throughout the state using the new State Pages. Visit the Louisiana page for an example. Filter by continuous data type and age of data, view latest values, and link to graphing options to explore the data further. You can update the state name in the URL to visit your State Page or read our announcement on the Water Data for the Nation blog to find links to all the state and territory pages.
Important Inventory Page

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1973-08-08 1973-08-08
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1973-08-08 1973-08-08
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1973-08-08 1978-08-02
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1978-06-21 1978-06-21
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1973-08-08 1978-06-21
Microbiological Water-quality 1978-04-25 1978-08-02
Nutrient Water-quality 1973-08-08 1973-08-08
Organics, PCBs Water-quality 1978-06-21 1978-06-21
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1978-06-21 1978-06-21
Physical Daily Values, Water-quality 1973-08-08 1981-09-29
Sediment Water-quality 1978-06-21 1978-06-21
n/a Peak Measurements 1979-03-07 1981-02-11
n/a Site Visits 1978-06-05 1981-08-13
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01359918 is associated with a Stream in Albany County, New York. Water data back to 1973 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01359918 n/a
Site name
SILVER CREEK AT DORMANSVILLE NY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 422917 n/a
DMS longitude 0735854 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.48805556 n/a
Decimal longitude -73.9816667 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 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
New York 36
State
New York 36
County
Albany County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map ALCOVE, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 720 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from topographic map. M
Altitude accuracy 5 feet n/a
Altitude datum
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 NGVD29
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
2.90 square miles 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