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Birch Creek at Big Indian NY - 013621955

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 2009-08-25 2024-01-10
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 2009-08-25 2014-08-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 2009-08-25 2014-08-20
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 2009-08-25 2014-08-20
Nutrient Water-quality 2009-08-25 2014-08-20
Organics, other Water-quality 2009-08-25 2014-08-20
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1998-09-30 2025-02-17
Sediment Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 2009-08-25 2023-07-27
n/a Peak Measurements 1999-09-16 2023-12-18
n/a Site Visits 1998-06-11 2025-01-07
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2005-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 013621955 is associated with a Stream in Ulster County, New York. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Turbidity are available. Water data back to 1998 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
013621955 n/a
Site name
BIRCH CREEK AT BIG INDIAN NY n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 420632 n/a
DMS longitude 0742707 n/a
Decimal latitude 42.10888889 n/a
Decimal longitude -74.4519444 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
Ulster County 111
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map SHANDAKEN, NY n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 1227.42 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .01 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Middle Hudson 02020006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site NNYNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
12.5 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

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