Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/4/12 Data
RIVER MILE 90
George Freer Memorial Park, Port Ewen, Ulster County
Meg Meisch, Rondout Valley High School
150 students 9th-10th graders, 15 adult helpers
GPS Latitude 41907 N Longitude 73978 W
Location: George Freer Memorial Park, Town of Ulster, Ulster, NY
Area: Park space with grassy area, used for picnics, fishing and boating
Surrounding Land Use: 30% urban/residential; 20% forested; 40%
industrial/commercial
Sampling Site: Shore is beach, muddy and rocky along the water, banks have been
altered with piping noted entering the river
Plants in area: no
Water depth:
River Bottom : muddy, rocky
Plants in sampling area: water chestnut 35% of the area, pickerel weed 5% of the
sample area, dotted smartweed 2% of the sample area.
About the site: area has bricks and brick pieces, water chestnut seeds, goose droppings.
Any possible impacts to the data you are collecting? Rain may have impacted the data
ITEM
Physical
Air
Temperature
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather
recently
Water
Temperature
Water calm
Turbidity long
Site tube
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
Test tabs
Time
Reading 1
10:40 AM
22C
None reported
Reading 2
Comments
East (direction noted but no
beaufort)
Overcast,
foggy
Rain, drizzle to heavy at times
Monday sunny, Tuesday and Wednesday rainy
10:39 AM
12:50 PM
1:00 PM
yes
10:00 AM
19 C
20 C
20 C
10:10AM
46 cm
54 cm
50 cm
0.01
10:39 AM
19 C
Average 50
cm
8 ppm
85%
saturated
pH –
Salinity Quantab
Fish Catch
30’seine X 4 ft.
12:50 PM
20 C
8 ppm
1:00 PM
20 C
8 ppm
1.2 scale
28 ppm Cl-
Number
Caught-
Species -
Converts to 51
ppm total salinity
Largest Size
6
4
1
20
1
1
Eels
Sunfish
Darter
Herring
Pumpkinseed
blue crab
Zebra
mussels
34 cm
40 cm
50 cm
54 cm
213 cm/60
sec
Barge-red
6 cm
16 cm
North
0.07 knots Ebb
Loaded
Tug-blue
Train – silver
Sailboat –
white
Sailboat
White
Kayak –
yellow
Rare
Gravel
North
North
North
Light
Loaded
Light
South
Light
South
Light
Common
Sand, Coal
Abundant
Brick
Also collected
Tides
Currents
Commercial
Traffic
Recreational
Traffic
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
12:30 PM
12:50 PM
12:30 PM
11:24 AM
11:59 AM
11:55 AM
11:54 AM
12:17 PM
1:05 PM
Core –
10:00 AM
Other Items
Length
6 inches – no
oxidized top
seagulls,
cranes
90%
saturated
90%
saturated
Diversity &
Totals
Div = 6
Totals = 33
3-5 cm
rising
Rising
rising
rising
3.55 c/sec