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OAK ORCHARD CREEK NEAR KENYONVILLE NY (USGS-0422016550) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This stream site, maintained by the USGS New York Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NY), has the name "OAK ORCHARD CREEK NEAR KENYONVILLE NY" and has the identifier USGS-0422016550. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04130001. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 202 sq mi.

This site is located in Orleans County County, New York at 43.30100000000000 degrees latitude and -78.3104444000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from Digital MAP." and the accuracy is .1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 327.43 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .08 feet. The vertical coordinate reference system is NAVD88.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-0422016550" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Upstream and downstream locations

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When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria 2023 - 2023
Biological, Algae, Cyanobacteria, Photosynthetic,Phycocyanin 2018 - 2023
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 2018 - 2023
Information 2014 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1989 - 2023
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1989 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1989 - 2023
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2015 - 2023
Microbiological 1989 - 1990
Nutrient 1989 - 2023
Organics, Other 1989 - 2023
Organics, PCBs 1989 - 2014
Organics, PFAS 2023 - 2023
Organics, Pesticide 1989 - 2023
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2023 - 2023
PFOA, Perfluorooctanoic Acid 2023 - 2023
Physical 1989 - 2023
Radiochemical 2015 - 2019
Sediment 1989 - 2019
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NY
OrganizationFormalName USGS New York Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-0422016550
MonitoringLocationName OAK ORCHARD CREEK NEAR KENYONVILLE NY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04130001
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 202
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 43.30100000000000
LongitudeMeasure -78.3104444000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 327.43
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .08
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 073
ProviderName NWIS