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NORMANS KILL AT ALBANY NY (USGS-01359528) site data in the Water Quality Portal

Data Provider: NWIS (Learn more about Water Quality Portal Data Providers)

This stream site, maintained by the USGS New York Water Science Center (identifier USGS-NY), has the name "NORMANS KILL AT ALBANY NY" and has the identifier USGS-01359528. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02020006. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 168 sq mi.

This site is located in Albany County County, New York at 42.63363889000000 degrees latitude and -73.8042777800000 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 85.86 feet and the accuracy of the elevation measurement, collected using the method "GNSS2 - Level 2 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-01359528" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

What other monitoring locations are upstream or downstream from this one?

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*
Physical 2011 - 2014
*Date ranges may contain gap years

What other information is available for this location?

Detailed Metadata

For the definitions of the metadata elements, please go to the Water Quality Portal user guide

Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier USGS-NY
OrganizationFormalName USGS New York Water Science Center
MonitoringLocationIdentifier USGS-01359528
MonitoringLocationName NORMANS KILL AT ALBANY NY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02020006
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 168
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 42.63363889000000
LongitudeMeasure -73.8042777800000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 85.86
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .01
VerticalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode feet
VerticalCollectionMethodName GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAVD88
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 001
ProviderName NWIS