Snapshot Day 10/18/11 Data
(Salt Front RM 35.7)
RIVER MILE 43
Riverfront Green, Peekskill, Westchester
Michael Billy & 3 adults from HS, Walter Panas High School - 11 students, 11/12th
graders
Latitude N 4117’12.85” Longitude W 7355’.53.67"
Location: Riverfront Green, Peekskill, Westchester County
Area: Grassy park area with beachfront
Surrounding Land Use: Grassy area for picnics, sandy beachfront
Sampling Site: beach, riprap, banks altered, dock, bulkhead, vegetation
Plants in area:
Water depth: 4 ft.
River Bottom – sandy, muddy, rocky.
SAMPLING TIMES: 11AM to 12:30 PM
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Physical
Comments
68 F
Air Temperature
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water Surface
Water
Temperature –
Turbidity – longsite tube
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
(drop kits)
pH
Salinity meter
Alkalinity
Nitrates
Phosphate
Fish CatchNoon
10 ft net X 4ft–
0-5 knots
none
Clear, no precipitation
Partly cloudy last 3 days
Calm
12:00
64F
noon
22.4cm
19.2 cm
18.6 cm
1.0
Northwest
12:00 PM
64.33F
82.4%
Species
Length
Seine
Spottail
Shiner
Striped Bass
Gizzard Shad
Tessalated
Darter
Water height
Cm/60 sec
312/60 cm
Rare
7 cm
#1
11 cm
10 cm
5 cm
#2
Core –
Traffic
Other Items
20 cm
7.72
0.13 psu
Number
Caught
5
1
1
1
Tides
Currents
7.73
In direct sun
TIME
Time
Noon
TIME
Rise/Fall
Cm/sec
5.2 cm/sec
Common
Direction
flood
Abundant