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USGS 01304000 NISSEQUOGUE RIVER NEAR SMITHTOWN NY

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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NOTICE (07/05/2022) -- This site will be discontinued on September 30, 2022. 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 streamgage 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.--Lat 40°50'59.7", long 73°13'27.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Suffolk County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02030201, on left bank 0.5 mi downstream from New Mill Pond, 1.0 mi southwest of Smithtown, and 1.5 mi southwest of Village of Smithtown Branch.
DRAINAGE AREA.--27 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1943 to September 2019, October 2020 to October 2022 (discontinued).
REVISIONS HISTORY.--WSP 1141: Drainage area.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 9.59 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 8.52 ft above NAVD of 1988 (VERTCON).
REMARKS.--Occasional regulation caused by cleaning of fish screens and trash racks at outlet of New Mill Pond on main stream and ponds on tributaries above station.
Water Years 2014-19, 2021-22: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are fair.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 952 ft³/s, Jan. 22, 1979, gage height, 3.22 ft, result of dam failure; minimum discharge, 16 ft³/s, June 5, 6, 1967; minimum gage height, 0.46 ft, Feb. 9, 1951.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD1.--WATER TEMPERATURE: April 2021 to October 2022. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: April 2021 to October 2022. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: April 2021 to October 2022.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD1.--

WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 27.2°C, June 30, 2021; minimum 0.1°C, Jan. 15, 2022. 

 SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 430 uS/cm @ 25°C, Feb. 10, 2022; minimum, 120 uS/cm @ 25°C, Sept. 2, 2021.

 DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 14.9 mg/L, Jan. 16, 2022 ; minimum, 6.3 mg/L Sept. 22, 2022. 


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This station managed by the NY Water Science Center Coram.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2021-04-28  2022-10-04
2007-10-01  2022-10-04
2007-10-01  2022-10-04
2021-04-28  2022-10-04
2021-04-28  2022-10-04







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Instantaneous-data availability statement
*** There are no data available on the Waterdata system for the time period specified,
    although data may be available in the files of the local USGS office operating the station.