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Site 22 - Esopus Creek near Big Indian- ESPBGIND - IMAGE Gallery Watershed Characteristics - Nutrient Chemistry - Molecular Tracers - Macroinvertebrates

Watershed Land Use/Land Cover Characteristics - Data Methodology Description Latitude(dd): 42.097677 Longitude(dd): -74.449279 Watershed Area: 76.7km2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ West of Hudson Land Use/Cover Map Impervious Agriculture Forest Water Wetland 0.00% 2.48% 97.46% 0.06% 0.57% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   1990 2000 Total Population 252 244 Population Density (ind./km2) 3.29 3.18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   2000 2001 2002 # of SPDES Dischargers 0 0 0 Total Annual Volume (normalized for watershed area) 0.00 cm 0.00 cm 0.00 cm Ions, Nutrients, DOC/BDOC, and Particulates - click here for abbreviations/units Sampling Dates and Discharge (Q) - Realtime Flow Monitoring   Ions/Nutr & DOC/BDOC Organic Particles Date Q - m3/s Date Q - m3/s 2000 07AUG00 0.9079 07AUG00 0.9079 2001 11JUL01 0.4206 11JUL01 0.4206 2002 26JUN02 1.0038 26JUN02 1.0038 Data Table - Methodology   2000 QUAL 2001 QUAL 2002 QUAL pH 7.2   6.2   6.9   ALKL 10   10   9.3   COND 36   40   37   CA 3.6   .   .   MG 0.9   1   0.9   NA 1.7   1.7   1.4 B K 0.3 B 0.3   0.3 B CL 2   2   1.6   SO4 4.5   4.3   5.5   NH4N 0.007 B 0.004 B 0.009 B NO3N 0.04   0.09   0.05   ORGN 0.017   0.019   0 N SKN 0.02 B 0.02   0.006 B TKN 0.06 B 0.08   0.04 B SRP 0.004   0.004   0.003   TDP 0.005 B 0.003 B 0.004 B TP 0.005 B 0.004 B 0.004 B DOC 832   643   886   BDOC .   . V 155   TSS 3   0.8 B 0.9 B TSS05 1.7   0.7   0.5 B TSS10 1.2   0.3   0.1 B TSS20 0.1   0.3 B 0.3 B VSS 0.9   0.2 B 0.4   VSS05 0.5   0.2 B 0.2 B VSS10 0.4   0.06   0.05 B VSS20 0.03   0.1 B 0.1     Molecular Tracer Analysis - click here for abbreviations/units Sampling Dates and Discharges (Q) - Realtime Flow Monitoring   Summer Baseflow Winter Baseflow Date Q - m3/s Date Q - m3/s 2000 07AUG00 0.9079 2001 13JUL01 0.3605 20FEB01 1.3671 2002 24JUN02 1.2813 13FEB02 2.0728 2003     28JAN03 . Data Table - Methodology   2000(SB) QUAL 2001(WB) QUAL 2001(SB) QUAL 2002(WB) QUAL 2002(SB) QUAL 2003(WB) QUAL FLU 0.0004 E 0.0005 E 0.0004 E 0.0019 E 0.0005 E 0.009 E PHE 0.0019   0.0012 E 0.0014 E 0.004 E 0.0005 E 0.007 E ANT 0 NE 0.0002 E 0.0008 E 0.0007 E 0.0006 E 0.005 E 2MP 0.0011 E 0.0008 E 0.0013 E 0.002 E 0.0004 E 0.006 E 1MP 0.0006 E 0.0002 E 0.0003 E 0.0005 E 0.0003 E 0.005 E FLR 0.00013 E 0.0005 E 0.0009 E 0.0014 E 0.003 E 0.004 E PYR 0.0004 E 0.0004 E 0.0004 E 0.0008 E 0.0003 E 0.004 E BAA 0 NE 0.00014 E 0.0004 E 0.001 E 0.0005 E 0.005 E CHR 0.0005 E 0.00015 E 0.00019 E 0.0005 E 0.0003 E 0.004 E BBF 0.0007 E 0 NE 0.0002 E 0.0008 E 0.0006 E 0.007 E BKF 0.0004 E 0 NE 0.00005 E 0.0008 E 0.0007 E 0.005 E BAP 0 NE 0 NE 0.00011 E 0.0005 E 0.0006 E 0.007 E HHCB 0.0018 E 0.003   0.004 E 0.004 E 0.003 E 0.005 E AHTN 0.012   0.008 E 0.0018 E 0.003 E 0.004 E 0.007 E CAF 0 NE 0.0006 E 0.0004 E 0.0018 E 0.005 E 0.015   bCOP 0.004 E 0.003   0.002 E 0.0002 E 0.004 E 0.008 E EPI 0.009 E 0.0018 E 0 NE 0.009 E 0.0011 E 0.01 E CHO 0.2   0.05   0.1   0.08   0.2   0.07   aCOP 0.03 E 0.006   0.018   0.04   0.03   0.02   aONE 0.002 E 0 NE 0.002 E 0.0011 E 0.004 E 0 NE bONE 0.004 E 0.009   0.006 E 0.002 E 0.004 E 0.02   SNOL 0.03 E 0.008 E 0.015   0.1   0.02   0.02     Benthic Macroinvertebrates - Methodology Water Quality Score - WQS Definition