Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/16/14 Data
(Salt Front RM 65.9)
RIVER MILE 97
Sojourner Truth/Ulster Landing State Park, Town of Ulster, Ulster Co.
Latitude 42N, Longitude 7356’W
Deanna Rizzo, Duane Wolff Kingston High School APES 11-12th graders – 35
students, Dixon Onderdonk, retired teacher, 2 additional adults (5 total)
GPS 420’18” N - 7356’38” W
Location: Swimming beach, Sojourner Truth/Ulster Landing Park, Town of Ulster,
Ulster County
Area: Forested, fishing pier, swimming beach, has a building with restrooms
Surrounding Land Use: Beach 50%; Forested area 50%; parkland with grass and picnic
area
Shoreline: 80% sandy, 20% rocky
Sampling Site: beach, altered bank with concrete bulkhead, Rip rap, brick pieces in the
area, slag in the area, drainage from bulkhead north of site immediately
Plants in water area: no plants
Water depth: N/R
River Bottom: sandy, muddy
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Physical
Air Temperature 9:22 AM
10:15 AM
11:31 PM
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather
recently
Water
Temperature
9:22AM
9:38 AM
N/R
Water Surface
Turbidity meter
choppy
NR
Chemical
DO – meter
pH -
8C
46 F
10C
50F
12C
54F
4 Beaufort
Mostly cloudy
S/SW
51-75%
NR
N/R
Time
9:30 AM
13.9 NTU
13.7
13.1
11.76 mg/L
Color Match
Test
7
13.6 NTU
average
Meter Test
Average
7.55
10:30 AM
11:30 AM
N/R
8
7.6
36 ppm Cl-
Species
Number
Length of
largest
Seine #
4
1
25
Spottail Shiner
Herring
Herring
10 cm
10 cm
NR
#4
27
1
2
1
20
Herring
Yellow Perch
Banded Killifish
Mummichog
Herring
6.5 cm
7.5 cm
5 cm
3 cm
3.5 cm
Diversity 2
Total 5
Diversity 1
Total 25
Diversity 4
Total 31
#5
9
Herring
N/R
# 6- sm net
1
1
1
3
1
12
3
1
8
1
1
1
Diversity 7
Time
9:30AM
9:50 AM
Herring
Striped Bass
Spottail Shiner
Spottail Shiner
Herring
Herring
Spottail Shiner
Spottail Shiner
Herring
Striped Bass
Herring
White Perch
Total Catch 124
Depth
39 cm
29 cm
7 cm
9 cm
11 cm
11 cm
7 cm
15 cm
10 cm
9 cm
7 cm
7 cm
5 cm
14 cm
Currents
10:20 AM
Time
* N/R 2015
Traffic Commercial
Time
10:04 AM
10:45 AM
Name
B260
N/R
Salinity –LR
quantabs
Fish Catch
27.5’seine X 3.5
X/1/8 inch mesh
#1
#2
#3
Large net
# 7–sm net
Large net
#8
Grand Total
Tides
65 ppm TS
Diversity 1
Total 20
Diversity 1
Total 9
Diversity 3
Total 7
Diversity 3
Total 25
Diversity 2
Total 2
Falling/Rising
20 cm
Cm/Sec
Rate
Set
10 cm/20
min
9 cm/30 min
Cm/Sec
Color
Red/Black
White
N/S
South
South
Loaded/Light
Loaded
Light
Falling
Falling
N/S
E/F/Still
10:40 AM
Recreational
11:30 AM
Other Items
Core
9:42 AM –
water 1 ft. deep
N/R
White
North
Light
N/R
White
South
Light
Devil’s heads, black walnut, seaweed, duckweed, bricks, birds,
fish
Length
Rare
Common
Abundant
H2S smell
Gravel
Clay
Mud
Oxidized top Shells
Leaves
Sand
Mussels
Wood
Zebra mussel
Brick
Coal
slag
Living vegetation