LOCATION.--Lat 40°57'46.3", long 73°08'35.4" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Suffolk County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02030201, on foot bridge in Flax Pond State Tidal Wetlands, in Old Field.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 2007 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is NGVD of 1929.
REMARKS.--Records good, except those for Oct. 1-10 and Feb. 24 to Mar. 26, which are fair; for Mar. 27 to Sept. 30, and those estimated with MISTE for Nov. 3, which are poor. Periods of missing record were estimated with MISTE using a linear regression with 01302845 and 01302600.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum elevation, 8.87 ft, Aug. 28, 2011; minimum elevation, -0.12 ft, Mar. 21, 2008.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Storm tide of Dec. 11, 1992, reached an elevation of 9.9 ft, from high-water mark at site 1.1 mi southeast.
EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR.--Maximum elevation, 7.72 ft, Jan. 12; minimum elevation, 0.33 ft, Feb. 25-26.
PERIOD OF RECORD¹.--December 2007 to current year. Sampling depth records for December 2007 to current year are unpublished and available in files of the Geological Survey.
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD¹.--WATER TEMPERATURE: December 2007 to current year.
SALINITY: December 2007 to current year.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: April 2008 to April 2011.
pH: April 2008 to current year.
TURBIDITY: April 2008 to April 2011.
INSTRUMENTATION¹.--Water-quality monitor provides 6-minute-interval readings collected from 1.6 ft above bottom. December 2007 to April 2008, water-quality monitor readings collected from 0.5 ft above bottom. Salinity record computed from specific-conductance readings.
REMARKS¹.--Satellite telemeter for water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, and sampling depth parameters at station discontinued Apr. 18, 2011. Dissolved oxygen and turbidity measurements were also discontinued Apr. 18, 2011. Other interruptions of record were due to malfunction of water-quality monitor or sensors.
WATER TEMPERATURE: Records excellent.
SALINITY: Records excellent, except those for Oct. 26 to Nov. 3, Mar. 13-27, Apr. 25 to May 3, and June 29 to July 10, which are good.
pH: Records excellent, except those for Mar. 23-27 and Aug. 10-16, which are good; those for Aug. 17-23, which are fair; and those for Aug. 24 to Sept. 7, which are poor.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD¹.--WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 33.6 °C, July 7, 2010; minimum, -1.8 °C, Feb. 10, 11, 2008, Dec. 28, Jan. 23, Feb. 9, 2011.
SALINITY: Maximum, 36.4 psu, Jan. 4, 2008; minimum, 18.4 psu, Feb. 2, 2008.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 18.5 mg/L, Jan. 24, 2011; minimum, 1.0 mg/L, July 8, Aug. 22, 2010.
pH: Maximum, 8.5 standard units, June 10, 2008, Feb. 13, 2012; minimum, 6.7 std units, Aug. 12-13, 2012.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 300 FNU, Dec. 8, 2008; minimum, <0.1 FNU several days each year 2008-11.

EXTREMES FOR CURRENT YEAR¹.--WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 30.7 °C, July 12; minimum, -1.5 °C, Jan. 3-4, but may have been lower during periods of missing record.
SALINITY: Maximum, 28.7 psu, Sept. 24-25, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, 21.7 psu, June 13, but may have been lower during periods of missing record.
pH: Maximum, 8.5 standard units, Feb. 13, but may have been higher during periods of missing record; minimum, 6.7 standard units, Aug. 12-13.

¹ Water-Quality Records
Derived from NY Annual Water-Data Report 2012

Peak Flow and Stage Information

Elevation observations and tidal predictions for this station are reported to NGVD 1929. To convert data to NAVD 1988 subtract 1.08 ft. To convert data to MHHW datum subtract 4.58 ft. These corrections vary from site to site.

NGVD 1929 is the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, formerly called "mean sea level" or "Sea Level Datum of 1929." NGVD 1929 was a general adjustment of the first-order level nets fit to mean sea level at 26 tide gages in the US and Canada. NAVD 1988 is the North American Vertical Datum of 1988, which is a geodetic datum derived from a general adjustment of the first-order level nets fit to 1 tide gage in eastern Canada. MHHW is mean higher high water, which is a site-specific datum determined by averaging the highest of the 2 high tides that occur each day over a 19-year tidal epoch. For tide gages with less than 19 years of record, this datum is estimated by correlation with long-term tide gages.

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