Day in the Life of the Hudson River 10/16/14 Data
(Above the Troy Dam and the Head of Tide)
RIVER MILE 154
Peebles Island State Park, Waterford, NY
Becky Zimmerman, Zipporah Galimore and Angela Jones
Pine Hills Elementary School
53 students – 4th grade, 19 adults total
4247.051’N and 7340.706 W
Peebles Sampling Area
Location: Pebbles Island Park at the
confluence of the Hudson River and the
Mohawk River, Waterford, NY
Area: park just north of the Troy dam at
the pavilion, grassy embankment
Surrounding Land Use: 75% grassy,
25% riprap
Sampling Site: Park area
Shoreline: riprap
Plants in area: none
Water depth: 12 inches
River Bottom description: muddy
Physical
Air
Temperature
Wind Speed
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
9:54 AM
12:55 PM
9:54 AM
10:39 AM
12:02 PM
12:55 PM
72F
72F
3.5 kts
5.8 kts
18.3 kts
18.3 kts
23C
23C
1
2
5
5
Direction:
South
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather
recently
Water surface
Water
Temperature
Turbidity –
long site tube
averages
Chemical
DO - drop
count
Mostly cloudy
Overcast, barest sprinkles for about 10 minutes
Heavy rain previous evening and heavy rain further up the
Mohawk river earlier today.
Calm early
Choppy later
9:43 AM
*C based on
18C
65F
10:30 AM
reported F
16
60
11:55 AM
temperatures
20
68
12:42 AM
as they had
19
67
disagreed
9:30 AM
31.7 cm
7 readings
10:20 AM
21.7 cm
3 readings
12:00 PM
61.9 cm
2 readings
12:30 PM
38.6 cm
4 readings
Time
Water
ppm
saturation
Temp
9:43 AM 5.5 ppm
60%
21.5C
12:42
pH – indicator
solution
12:42 PM
Water Level
9:54 AM
10:39 AM
12:02 PM
12:55 PM
1:45 PM
33.02 cm
34.29
33.02
36.83
45.72
Velocity
9:54 AM
10:39 AM
12:02 PM
12:55 PM
Number
7.8 cm/sec
still
2.4 cm/sec
still
Species
146
Banded
killifish
Spottail
shiner
Largemouth
bass
Herring
Shiner
Small
Fish Catch –
10 ft. net
10 m pull/ ½
cm mesh9 seines –
9:58 AM –
12:56 PM
Boat Traffic
11
1
2
1
10:15 AM
7.5ppm
Average 7.8
7.5
8
8
This is above the head of tide.
Water level changes have to
do with releases that occur
from hydro plant that empties
into the river below Cohoes
Falls.
Southerly winds
Size largest
Diversity
113 mm
Diversity 5
Totals 161
85 mm
142 mm
75 mm
122 mm
North
recreational
1:10 PM
Other
1 bald eagle
1 decomposing
bird on
embankment
fishing boat
Medium
fishing boat
Seagulls
South
Commercial
Canadian
geese
crows