Snapshot Day 10/8/09 Data
(Salt Front RM 60.3)
RIVER MILE 25E
Village of Irvington
Deborah Ottaviano and Cristina Sclafani and Irvington’s 5th grade Main Street
School (155 students)
Ben Kwiatkowski and Irvington High School Science Club (15 students)
N 41°, W 73°
Location: Matthiessen Park, Village of
Irvington, Westchester County
Area: Beach in the park, covered with
vegetation, mostly grassy, picnic area
Surrounding Land Use: Forested 80%,
Beach 20%
Sampling Site: Beach, covered with
vegetation, banks altered, riprap on shore,
collected wood & debris in area
Plants in area: Trees, many grasses, some
bushes, no flowering plants
Water depth:
River Bottom – rocky bottom, water choppy
ITEM
Time
Physical
Air Temperature
9:53 AM
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
Turbidity
Chlorophyll
Chemical
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
15C
58F
Beaufort# 5
South
19-24 km/hr
Clear
No rain
Clear and cool and windy
Yesterday had super strong winds but was sunny, Tuesday was
beautiful
10:35
68F
10:09AM
40 cm
Long site tube
DO (estuary kit)
pH
Phosphate
Nitrate
Ammonia
Salinity
Fish Catch
15ft. long seine/4
ft wide
Tides
Currents
Traffic
Other
10:09AM
11 PPM
11:00 AM
11:40 AM
10:24 AM
10:09 AM
11:00 AM
11:40 AM
10:09 AM
11:00 AM
11:40 AM
10:09 AM
11:00 AM
11:40 AM
10:21 AM
11:00 AM
11:40 AM
Number
Caught
9
11 PPM
8 PPM
6.5
< 1ppm
< 1ppm
< 1ppm
< 5 ppm
< 5 ppm
< 5 ppm
0 ppm
0 ppm
0 ppm
5 ppt
8 ppt
5 ppt
Species
1
3
Mummichog
Striped Bass
1
9:45AM
10:15 AM
9:45 AM
Pipefish
10 cm
17 cm
Flood
Fishing
boat
Many,
many
geese
gray
Atlantic
Silversides
Nitrite
< 0.2 ppm
< 0.2 ppm
< 0.2 ppm
Size ( in mm)
TOTAL
CATCH
14 Fish
65,
73, 79,79,
83, 83, 96,
102, 104,
49 mm
57 mm
100 mm
115 mm
~ 70 mm
Rising
There was a
strong wind
full