Snapshot Day 10/20/15 Data
RIVER MILE 39.5
George’s Island County Park, Montrose
Alethea Lynch, Fox Meadow Elementary
80 – 3rd grade students, 10 adults
Latitude 41°14’N Longitude 73°56’40”W
Location: Waterfront park in Westchester County Park
Area: Shoreline is rocky with brick pieces, forested, grassy with parking area
Surrounding Land Use: Park picnic area & boat launch – Park 70%,
Industrial/Commercial 30%
Sampling Site: Beach, Rip Rap and Concrete Bulkhead
Plants in area: none listed
Water depth:
River Bottom – muddy
ITEM
Physical
Air Temperature
10:20 AM
10:40 AM
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
12:28 PM
12:52 PM
1:09 PM
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Water Surface
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
Turbidity - Time
Group 1-10:30AM
Group 2-10:49AM
Group 3-11:17AM
Time
Reading 2
Comments
Reading 1° F Reading 1° C
68
21
70
23
70
25
68
20
70
23
71
24
71
24
Time
Beaufort #
10:20 AM
1
10:40 AM
1/2
11:07 AM
2
11:20 AM
2
11:40 AM
2
12:00 PM
2
12:55 PM
2
1:09 PM
3
0-25% all day - cirrus
NR
No rain
Cold temps.
NR
20°C
19
Reading 1
Reading 2
37
37
35
35
33
33.5
Reading 2° F
66
68
69
69
71
74
74
Anenometer
0.9 MPH
0 MPH
2.1 MPH
5 MPH
4 MPH
1.8 MPH
3.2 MPH
7 MPH
Reading 2° C
18
20
22
18
22
23
25
Direction
SW
S
S
SW
S
SE
SE
SE
Reading 3
37
35
33.5
Average cm
37 cm
35 cm
33.3 cm
Group 4-11:33AM
Group 5-11:56AM
Group 6-12:38PM
Group 7- 1:22PM
Chemical
DO
(drop count kit)
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
pH – No times
listed Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Salinity Fish Catch
Total Catch
Macros
Total Catch
Tides – set stick Start time
10:19 AM
10:41 AM
11:00 AM
11:26 AM
11:47 AM
12:28 PM
27.5
27
47
54
27
26
46
54
33
26
NR
54
29.2 cm
26.3 cm
46.5 cm
54 cm
Time
Temp °C
ppm
% saturated
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
7.5
20°C
8
13
17
12
9
11
9
11
11
8
oversaturated
oversaturated
oversaturated
100%
oversaturated
95%
oversaturated
oversaturated
Average 7.8
8
8
7.5
8
8
8
7.5
NR
Number
Caught
4
3
7.5
7.5
7.0
8
8
7.8
8
8
7.5
7.5
8
8
8
8
Average 7.8
Average 7.6
Average 7.33
Average 8
Average 8
Average 7.9
Average 7.8
Species
Size
13
17
3
40
23
26
49
Height
inch
26
27
26.5
26
24
18
19°C
Striped Bass
Banded
Killifish
White Perch
Atl. Silversides
American Eel
Diversity
Blue Crab
Shrimp
Diversity
End time
5
10:30
11:00
2
Height
inches
25.5
27
12:40 PM
17
Rise/Fall/
Unchanged
fall
Unchanged
Falling
falling
falling
falling
12:52 AM
Currents
Traffic
Commercial
Traffic
Recreational
Other Items
Observed
19
10:20 AM
10:40
11:00 AM
11:20 AM
12:40 AM
10:00 AM
rising
ebb
Ebb
Ebb
11:17 AM
Barge named
Foxy the Fox
Large Barge
11:26 AM
Tugboat
12:40 PM
Barge with tug
Flood
Flood
Green &
Black
White &
Green
White &
Black
Red
11:25 AM
Motorboat/Gas
White
Northbound
Full
Northbound
Northbound
Southbound Empty
Northbound
11:28 AM
Motorboat/Gas White
Northbound
1:25 PM
Motorboat/Gas White
Northbound
Three trains
18 crows, sparrow, heron, geese, 4 gull, 1 eagle, 1 blackbird