Snapshot Day 10/18/11 Data
SCHOHARIE RIVER SITE RIVER MILE
Middleburgh, NY
Mollie Burgett, Middleburgh High School & students
Location: On the Schoharie Creek by the Bridge Into Middleburgh
ITEM
Physical
Air Temperature
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
Turbidity
Site tube
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
pH –
FLOW (not
current)
Fish
Time
Reading 1
1:00 PM
19.88C
#2 Beaufort
Comments
Mostly Clear,
few clouds
No rain
Cold mornings, slight rain, recent events include Hurricane’s
Irene and Lee
1:00 PM
12.52C
8.31 cm
0.4
1:00 PM
70% saturated
4.0
24.93 cm/sec
1 minnow
1 small
crayfish
No Macros
Observations
Reading 2
*Normally find hundreds but
the turbidity was so low
couldn’t see the bottom
*Probably due to the lack of
leaf litter
bluejay
2 monarch butterfly's
1 yellow jacket
crows,
pigeons
* Result of
Irene & Lee