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Major Surface Water Sampling Sites (NAWQA), New York State, 1991 and 1994

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
U.S. Geological Survey
Publication Date
200101
Title
Major Surface Water Sampling Sites (NAWQA), New York State, 1991 and 1994
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://cugir.library.cornell.edu/catalog/cugir-007319
Abstract
This data set shows the 1991 and 1994 National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study units' major surface-water sampling sites. These sites are in NAWQA's fixed network and (or) in a bed sediment and tissue network.
Purpose
This data set was created to display NAWQA's major surface-water sampling sites identified as part of a fixed network and (or) a bed sediment and tissue network. The points were generated from the latitude and longitude coordinates in the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Information System (NWIS) for the selected stations.
Supplemental Information
The National Water-Quality Assessment Program is designed to describe the status and trends in the quality of the Nation's ground- and surface- water resources and to provide a sound understanding of the natural and human factors that affect the quality of these resources (Leahy and others, 1990). The building blocks of the national assessment are investigations in major hydrologic systems of the Nation, referred to as "Study Units". The study units are divided into three groups. Each group of study units is intensively studied on a rotational schedule of three-year periods. The first group began in fiscal year 1991 (FY 1991 ran from October 1990-September 1991), the second in fiscal year 1994 and the third in fiscal year 1997. This data set includes major surface- water sampling sites from the first two groups of study units. Sampling sites within the NAWQA program are grouped into "networks". A surface-water sampling network is characterized by the type of sampling activity, such as what constituents are sampled and (or) the sampling frequency. This data set includes sites in a fixed network and (or) bed sediment and tissue network. A NAWQA fixed site is a site on a stream, at which streamflow is measured and samples are collected for temperature, salinity, suspended sediment, major ions, nutrients, and organic carbon, to assess the broad-scale spatial and temporal character and transport of inorganic constituents of stream water in relation to hydrologic conditions and environmental settings (Gilliom and others, 1995). Samples are collected regularly at fixed sites for at least two years. All fixed sites are considered "basic fixed sites" but some are referred to as "intensive fixed sites" if the sampling frequency increased during selected seasonal periods and if pesticide samples were collected regularly for 1 year (Gilliom and others, 1995). A NAWQA bed sediment and tissue site is a site where bed sediment and (or) tissue samples are collected and analyzed for trace elements and hydrophobic organic contaminants in streambed sediment and in the tissue of aquatic organisms. Bed sediment and (or) tissue samples are typically collected once at a site, however some sites are resampled. Some of these sites are within NAWQA's major bed sediment and tissue networks, while some are not. The two major bed sediment and tissue networks are the Occurrence survey and the Spatial Distribution survey. The Occurrence survey focuses on what hydrophobic contaminants are present, while the Spatial Distribution survey focuses on these contaminants through broader areal sampling. Though these surveys constitute separate bed sediment and tissue networks, no differentiation is made in this data set. However, a bed sediment and tissue site in either the Occurrence survey or the Spatial Distribution survey is differentiated from remaining bed sediment and tissue sites that are not part of these surveys. These remaining sites are either part of another bed sediment and (or) tissue network, or part of a synoptic network at which bed sediment and (or) tissue samples were collected. A synoptic network consists of a single or multiple sites sampled to investigate specific conditions during selected seasonal or hydrologic periods. In this data set, synoptic sites at which bed sediment and (or) tissue samples are collected are considered to belong to a bed sediment and tissue network. The major surface-water sampling sites in the 1997 NAWQA study unit starts will be added to this data set in the near future. The NAWQA home page is at http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/nawqa_home.html. A map showing the extent of all NAWQA study units, with links to individual study unit information, is available at http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/nawqamap.html. For additional information about the NAWQA program please see: Gilliom, R.J., Alley, W.M., and Gurtz, M.E., 1995, Design of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: Occurrence and Distribution of Water-Quality Conditions, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1112. U.S. Geological Survey, Sacramento, California. Accessible online at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ1112/. Leahy, P.P., Rosenshein, J.S., and Knopman, D.S., 1990, Implementation plan for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-174. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, 10 p. Leahy, P.P. and Thompson, T.H., 1994, National Water-Quality Assessment Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-70, 4 p., Accessible online at http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/NAWQA.OFR94-70.html. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
Ground condition
Bounding Box
West
-78.935036
East
-73.337334
North
43.892006
South
40.936489
Theme Keyword
Sampling sites
Surface water
Water quality
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
none
Theme Keyword
Hydrography
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
ISO Topic Category
environment
inlandWaters
Theme Keyword
environment
inland waters
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
CUGIR Category
Place Keyword
New York (State)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None. Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
U.S. Geological Survey, NAWQA National Synthesis GIS
Delivery Point
CSUS 6000 J Street
City
Sacramento
State
CA
Postal Code
95819
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
916-278-3092
Contact Facsimile Telephone
916-278-3071
Contact Electronic Mail Address
gs-w_nawqa_nsgis@usgs.gov
Credit
Thanks to Curtis Price for generating the NAWQA surface-water (and ground- water) sampling sites coverage from which this data set was extracted, the NAWQA Study Units for making a national NAWQA data set possible, and Jon Scott and many others on the NAWQA Data Synthesis team for their efforts in aggregating the data.
Native Data Set Environment
Windows_NT, 4.0, Intel Arc/INFO version 8.0.2
Cross-Reference
Originator
Hitt, K.J.
Originator
Nakagaki, N.
Publication Date
19990701
Title
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Study-Unit Investigations in the Conterminous United States
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Map
Publication Information
Publication Place
Reston, VA
Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Online Linkage
http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?nawqa
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Sites identified as part of the fixed network were checked with existing record-keeping of fixed stations by the NAWQA National Synthesis team. Sites identified as part of the bed sediment and tissue network were verified as having bed sediment and (or) tissue data. Other stations were added to the data that were not part of NAWQA's bed sediment and tissue networks but where bed sediment and (or) tissue samples had been collected. Additional attribute values were checked by NWIS software on entry.
Logical Consistency Report
No checks for logical consistency were performed on this data set.
Completeness Report
This data set shows selected NAWQA study unit surface-water sampling sites in the lower 48 States. The study units are those which became active in either 1991 or 1994. Site selection was based on whether the site was grouped within a fixed network and (or) a bed sediment and tissue network. NAWQA surface-water sampling sites grouped in other networks are not included in this data set.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The sampling sites were plotted with their respective drainage basin boundaries as provided by the NAWQA Study Units, and were verified to be within the appropriate drainage basins.
Lineage
Source
Originator
Curtis Price
Publication Date
20000731
Title
Locations of USGS NAWQA Sampling Sites
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
200005
Source Currentness Reference
Date of last NAWQA data aggregation
Contribution
Spatial and attribute information.
Source
Originator
Hitt, K.J.
Originator
Nakagaki, N.
Publication Date
19990701
Title
National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Study-Unit Investigations in the Conterminous United States
Publication Information
Publication Place
Reston, VA
Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Online Linkage
http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?nawqa
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
19990701
Source Currentness Reference
Publication date
Contribution
Attribute information.
Source
Originator
Lanfear, K.J.
Publication Date
19940816
Title
Counties and county equivalents in the conterminous United States
Publication Information
Publication Place
Reston, VA
Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Online Linkage
http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?county2m
Type of Source Media
online
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
19940816
Source Currentness Reference
Publication date
Contribution
Attribute information.
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Point
Point and Vector Object Count
70
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000278
Longitude Resolution
0.000278
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
GRS1980
Semi-major Axis
6378137
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
Surface-water sampling sites
Entity Type Definition
The location of major surface-water sampling sites in the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program.
Entity Type Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Attributes
Sw9194x020
Internal feature number. (1 to 1044)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Staid
The USGS National Water Information System unique station identification number. (01121000 to 485634097173801)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Name
The name of the surface-water sampling site. (There is no predefined set of valid site names.)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Suid
The 4-letter abbreviation for a NAWQA study unit. A study unit is a major hydrologic system in which NAWQA studies are focused. Study units are geographically defined by a combination of ground- and surface-water features and usually encompass more than 10,000 square kilometers. (See Gilliom and others, 1995) (string)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey, http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/nawqamap.html#TABLE
Yr
The fiscal year in which the NAWQA study unit became active.
91
The study unit became active in 1991.
94
The study unit became active in 1994.
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Fix
An indication of whether or not a surface water sample site is a fixed network site. A fixed network site is one where the stream flow is measured and samples are collected at a fixed frequency. The information from the samples includes temperature, salinity, suspended sediment, dissolved solids, major ions and metals, nutrients, and organic carbon. These characteristics are used to assess the broad- scale spatial and temporal character of the stream water, and to assess the transport of inorganic constituents by the stream water in relation to hydrologic conditions and environmental settings.
0
Not a fixed network site.
1
A basic fixed site.
2
A basic and intensive fixed site. At these sites the sampling frequency is increased during selected seasonal periods and pesticide samples are collected regularly for 1 year.
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Bst
An indication of whether or not bed sediment and (or) tissue samples were collected at the site. Samples from these sites are analyzed for trace elements and (or) organic contaminants in stream bed sediment and in the tissue of aquatic organisms.
0
No bed sediment or tissue sample was collected.
1
The site is part of the bed sediment and tissue Occurrence survey and (or) Spatial Distribution survey network. Bed sediment and (or) tissue samples were collected.
2
The site is not part of the bed sediment and tissue Occurrence survey and (or) Spatial Distribution survey network, but is part of another sampling network where bed sediment and (or) tissue samples were collected.
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Type
The hydrologic setting of the sampling site.
ES
An estuary.
LK
A lake or reservoir.
SP
A spring.
SS
A specific source, for example, a sewage treatment plant discharge outflow.
SW
A stream.
SWME
A meteorological source, where weather information such as precipitation amount or air temperature is collected.
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Londd
The site longitude as a single value, in decimal degrees (NAD83). (-123.37039 to -71.63064)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Latdd
The site latitude as a single value, in decimal degrees (NAD83). (25.32095 to 49.03139)
Definition Source
U.S. Geological Survey
Distribution Information
Format Name
Shapefile
Format Name
metadata
Format Name
HTML metadata
Format Name
KML
Format Name
GeoJSON
Format Name
OGC:WMS
Distributor
Albert R. Mann Library
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Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20190524
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Albert R. Mann Library
Contact Address
Address
Albert R. Mann Library
City
Ithaca
State or Province
New York
Postal Code
14853
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
607-255-5406
Contact Electronic Mail Address
mann-ref@cornell.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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