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ONONDAGA CREEK NEAR CARDIFF NY (USGS-04237962) 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 "ONONDAGA CREEK NEAR CARDIFF NY" and has the identifier USGS-04237962. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)04140201. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 35.3 sq mi.

This site is located in Onondaga County County, New York at 42.90000000000000 degrees latitude and -76.1691667000000 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "Interpolated from MAP." and the accuracy is 1 seconds. The source map scale is 1:24000. This site is at an elevation of 486.62 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System" is .01 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-04237962" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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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*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1967 - 2001
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1967 - 2001
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1997 - 2001
Nutrient 1967 - 2008
Physical 1967 - 2010
Sediment 1997 - 2008
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NY
OrganizationFormalName USGS New York Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-04237962
MonitoringLocationName ONONDAGA CREEK NEAR CARDIFF NY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 04140201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 35.3
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 42.90000000000000
LongitudeMeasure -76.1691667000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 486.62
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 067
ProviderName NWIS