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WEST BRANCH DELAWARE RIVER AT HANCOCK NY (USGS-01427000) 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 "WEST BRANCH DELAWARE RIVER AT HANCOCK NY" and has the identifier USGS-01427000. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)02040101. See more details of this site the the USGS NWIS Web page for this site. This site has a drainage area of 650 sq mi.

This site is located in Delaware County County, New York at 41.95216667000000 degrees latitude and -75.2909444000000 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.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "USGS-01427000" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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

Upstream and downstream locations

This map shows all Water Quality Portal stations that are 10 miles upstream (dashed dark blue) and 10 miles downstream (solid light blue) of this monitoring location (indicated by the large blue circle). The upstream and downstream functionality is provided by the Network Linked Data Index.

When were data collected at this location?

Periods of record for data characteristic groups

For a more detailed breakdown of data, go to the Monitoring Report at the EPA How's My Waterway Application
Characteristic Group Date Range*
Biological, Algae, Phytoplankton, Photosynthetic Pigments 1973 - 1975
Biological, Photosynthetic Pigments 1974 - 1975
Information 2019 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Metals 1950 - 2019
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 1950 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 1987 - 2019
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2019 - 2019
Microbiological 1973 - 1987
Nutrient 1950 - 2019
Organics, Other 1987 - 2019
Organics, PFAS 2019 - 2019
Organics, Pesticide 1987 - 1987
PFAS,Perfluorinated Alkyl Substance 2019 - 2019
PFOA, Perfluorooctanoic Acid 2019 - 2019
Physical 1950 - 2019
Sediment 1987 - 1987
*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-01427000
MonitoringLocationName WEST BRANCH DELAWARE RIVER AT HANCOCK NY
MonitoringLocationTypeName Stream
HUCEightDigitCode 02040101
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 650
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode sq mi
LatitudeMeasure 41.95216667000000
LongitudeMeasure -75.2909444000000
SourceMapScaleNumeric 24000
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue .1
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode seconds
HorizontalCollectionMethodName Interpolated from Digital MAP.
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
CountryCode US
StateCode 36
CountyCode 025
ProviderName NWIS