Snapshot Day 10/12/06 Data
(Salt Front RM 52.5)
RIVER MILE 96.5
Ulster Landing State Park, Town of Ulster, Ulster Co.
Latitude 42N, Longitude 7356’W
Rick Fritschler of Lower Esopus River Watch
Dixon Onderdonk, Kingston High School 11-12th graders
Location: Swimming beach, Ulster Landing Park, Town of Ulster, Ulster County
Area: fishing, swimming beach, has a building with restrooms
Surrounding Land Use: Beach 95%; Wooded lawn picnic area 5%
Sampling Site: beach, sandy, altered bank with bulkhead with metal plates holding shore
in place, somw driftwood, Piping entering the river north of site ~ 5-10 ft.
Plants in area: no plants evident
Water depth: 56 cm
River Bottom : sandy bottom
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Physical
Air Temperature
10:15 AM
17C
62 F
SW
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather today
Weather recently
Water
Temperature
Reading 2
1-3 on
Water calm
beaufort
overcast
No rain
Clearing around 11:30 AM
M & T sunny; W (yesterday) rainy overnight
9:30 AM
17C
17C
62 F
62 F
10:12 AM 16C
16C
60 F
60 F
Comments
17C
62 F
16C
60 F
Turbidity
turbidimeter
10:25 AM
5.61 NTU
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
(Hach DR-890)
pH
Phosphate
Nitrate
Alkalinity
Salinity
10:00
0.3
10:25 Am
11.8 mg/L
10:25
10:30 AM
10:27 AM
10:30 AM
10:23 Am
Fish Catch
27.5’seine
Number
Caught
1
23
3
1
8.0 X 3 tests
0.08 mg/L
1.9 mg/L
50 mg/L
64 mg/L X 3
tests
Species
Seine #1
Seine #2
Seine #3
Seine #4
Tides
3
15
6
11:30 AM
11:45 Am
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
Golden Shiner
Spottail Shiner
Striped Bass
Tesselated
Darter
White Perch
Blue Crab
Amphipods
7 fish
1 fish
12 fish
11 fish
5.57 NTU
5.89 NTU
17C
120% saturated
Indicator sol.
0.04 mg/L
60 mg/L
CPUE
60 mg/L
Lamotte
titration kit
Seine
11 cm
11 cm
5.5 cm
5.5 cm
15 cm
0.01
0.002
0.014
0.007
Ebb
Ebb
Ebb
Rising
Rising
75 ft. pull
75 ft. pull
100 ft. pull
200 ft. pull
Currents
Traffic
9:05 AM
9:43 AM
9:52 Am
10:11 AM
10:12 AM
10:12 AM
11:45 AM
12:15 PM
12:36 PM
Other Items
Canadian Pleasure Boat
Sailboat with 2 people
Sailboat with 3 people - Andren
Large boat with raft – 3 people
Small speed boat 2/liferaft
Medium speedboat with 1
person
Sailboat 2 people with lifeboat
Large Barge – red
Large barge blue
Southbound
Southbound
Southbound
Southbound
Southbound
Northbound
Southbound
Southbound
Northbound
Core
Water depth 50 cm
Slightly oxidized top
No H2S smell or oil
Mainly sand with rare bits of mud and clay
Few brick pieces
Mostly dark brown – some light on top layer