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
Celia Cuomo, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Deanna Rizzo, Kingston High School APES 12th graders – 20 students, 4 adults
GPS 42N - 7356 ‘W
Location: Swimming beach, Sojourner Truth/Ulster Landing Park, Town of Ulster,
Ulster County
Area: Forested, fishing, swimming beach, has a building with restrooms
Surrounding Land Use: Beach 25%; Forested area 75%; parkland with grass and picnic
area
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
9:39 AM
21.9C
71 F
20C
69 F
3 Beaufort
11:31 PM
21C
70F
10:17 AM
Wind Speed
10:42 AM
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather
recently
Water
Temperature
11:40 AM
Mostly cloudy
Rain – light drizzle
Mostly clear, humid
Water Surface
Turbidity long
sight tube
Calm
10:50 AM
55 cm
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO – meter
*not working
9:53 AM
0.3
10:00 AM
10:31 AM
11:37 AM
*mg/L
*mg/L
10:09 AM
18.73C
66F
Anemometer SE
8 mph
51-75%
Mostly
cloudy but
calm
18.6C
20C
18.48 C
% saturated
pH -
Time
Salinity –LR
quantabs
10:01 AM
11:41 AM
10:30 AM
9:30 AM
10:04 AM
10:36 AM
Species
Color Match
Test
Not read
8
8
40 ppm Cl43 ppm Cl36 mg/L ClNumber
11
21
0
10
2
1
Diversity 4
Time
9:25AM
9:48 AM
10:04 AM
10:18 AM
Spottail Shiner
Common Shiner
0
Herring
Spottail Shiner
Striped Bass
Total Catch 45
Depth
25 cm
21 cm
19 cm
17.5 cm
10:28 AM
39 cm
10:40 AM
10:50 AM
11:32 AM
37 cm
35 cm
24 cm
Time
Cm/Sec
2 cm/12 min
2 cm/10 min
11 cm/42
min
Cm/Sec
9:48 AM
9:55 AM
10:28 AM
11:32 AM
128 cm/30 sec
127 cm/30 sec
4.3 cm/sec
4.2 cm/sec
N/S
E/F/Still
Ebb
Ebb
Ebb
Ebb
Color
Red/Black/White
N/S
North
Loaded/Light
Loaded
Red/Black/White
Red/Black/White
North
North
Loaded
Loaded
Fish Catch
27.5’seine X
3.5 X/1/8 inch
mesh
9:45 AM #1
10:15 AM #2
11:45 AM #3
Grand Total
Tides
Currents
Traffic Commercial
Time
9:15 AM
9:41 AM
11:51 AM
Recreational
Name
Mobile Pearl
(Barge)
Bouchard
Barge & Tug
Meter Test
Average
7.14
8
7
72 ppm TS
78 ppm TS
65 ppm TS
Length of
largest
7.14
8
7.5
72 ppm total
salinity
average
Seine #
Diversity 2
Total 32
Diversity 3
Total 13
Rate
Set
4 cm/23 min
2 cm/16 min
1.5 cm/14
min
Falling/Rising
Falling
Falling
Falling
Stick fell and
reset
Falling
Falling
Falling
11:38 AM
Other Items
Core
Sailboat
White
South
People flying
Canadian flag
Bricks on beach, cowheads (water chestnut seeds), wood,
seaweed (water celery), shell fragments, bugs on beach,
deckweed, leaves, foam, crows
Length
Rare
Common
Abundant
11 cm
Mud
Sand