A Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/10/13 Data
(Salt Front RM 69.3)
RIVER MILE 102
Saugerties Light House, Town of Saugerties, Ulster Co.
Mary Henry, Woodstock Day School
Grades 5th, 12 students and 3 adults
Location: Saugerties Light house @ northern bank of peninsula
Area: Pier of sorts, boating, fishing, swimming beach, picnics, has a building with
restrooms
Surrounding Land Use: Forested 90%, Beach 10%
Sampling Site: beach, bulkhead altered banks years ago, covered with vegetation,
collected wood/debris in area, shoreline riprap at lighthouse, shoreline is sandy & muddy
Water depth:
River Bottom : Sandy
Plants in area:
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Physical
Air Temperature
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
Taken in direct
sun within 100 ft.
of lighthouse
Water Calm or
Choppy
Turbidity
secchi
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
(ampules)
pH – color match
kit
Salinity –
55F
12.78C
55F
12.78C
54 F
12.22C
Beaufort #1
11:30 AM
1-3 mph
overcast
Drizzle/light rain occasional
Rain, sunny and warmer than usual
11:00 AM
17C
North
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
2 ft. water
2 ft. water
15C
16C
2 ft. water
calm
12:40 PM 75 cm
11:00 AM
0.7
Water seemed
‘cloudy’
11:15 AM
8 mg/L
17C
85%
12:30 PM
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
N/R
8 mg/L
8.0
8.0
16C
80%
Quantabs Fish Catch –30
ft. net
11:30 AM
Tides
Currents
Core
Number
Caught NO
CATCH!!
Time
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
Time
Species –
diversity
Length of
largest
Height
42 cm
28
29
16
12
Cm/60 secs
Falling/Rising
N/R
Description Rare
Oil
appearance
Ships
12:30 PM
Other
cormorants
Barge
Falling
Falling
Falling
Falling
Cm/sec
Common
Mud
Sand
Gravel
Slag
Black
Seining data
N/S and
E/F/S
Abundant
Clay
Pebbles
Southbound/
Light