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

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Identification_Information

Citation:
Citation_Information:
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
Description:
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.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1991
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1994
Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.935036
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -73.337334
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.892006
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.936489
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: Sampling sites
Theme_Keyword: Surface water
Theme_Keyword: Water quality
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH
Theme_Keyword: Hydrography
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inlandWaters
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: CUGIR Category
Theme_Keyword: environment
Theme_Keyword: inland waters
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: LCSH
Place_Keyword: New York (State)
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints: 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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, NAWQA National Synthesis GIS
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: Mailing address
Address: CSUS 6000 J Street
City: Sacramento
State_or_Province: CA
Postal_Code: 95819
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 916-278-3092
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 916-278-3071
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gs-w_nawqa_nsgis@usgs.gov
Browse_Graphic:
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Data_Set_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:
Citation_Information:
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:
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.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Curtis Price
Publication_Date: 20000731
Title: Locations of USGS NAWQA Sampling Sites
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 200005
Source_Currentness_Reference: Date of last NAWQA data aggregation
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: nawqapt
Source_Contribution: Spatial and attribute information.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
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
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19990701
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: nawqasu1
Source_Contribution: Attribute information.
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
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
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 19940816
Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication date
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: counties
Source_Contribution: Attribute information.
Process_Step:
Process_Description: The NAWQA sites spatial data set (nawqapt) was generated from multiple files from NAWQA's national aggregated database. ARCPLOT was used to select the subset of sites in nawqapt that were part of the fixed network, the Occurrence survey and Spatial Distribution survey bed sediment and tissue networks, and other sites where bed sediment and (or) tissue samples were known to have been collected. These sites were added from nawqapt into the reselected set and the data set was saved as a new file. Fields for Study Unit ID (Suid), Year (Yr), and network indicators (Fix and Bst) were added and populated from information in nawqapt. The attribute Name was populated from additional information in nawqapt. Related stations were deleted from the data set. (A related station is a USGS station at which samples were collected, located in close proximity to a main or primary station. No tributaries, point sources, or any other water-quality impacting features exist between the primary and related stations and consequently, samples collected at both the primary and related stations are analyzed as if they were collected at a single physical location.) The data set was converted from NAD27 to NAD83.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: nawqapt
Process_Date: 20000809
Process_Step:
Process_Description: The data set was converted to Shapefile format for use in the National Atlas of the United States.
Process_Date: 200008
Process_Step:
Process_Description: The attributes Suname, State, and State_fips were added.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: nawqasu1
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: counties
Process_Date: 200012
Process_Step:
Process_Description: In order to geoprocess spatial files for New York State from the National Atlas Data for distribution in CUGIR, the nationwide data files were added to a map document in ArcInfo 8.2. Using the geoprocessing wizard's clip function, the spatial files were clipped to the detailed New York polygon.
Process_Date: 200212

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:
Name Description Values
Sw9194x020 Internal feature number. 1 to 1044
Staid The USGS National Water Information System unique station identification number. 01121000 to 485634097173801
Name The name of the surface-water sampling site. There is no predefined set of valid site names.
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
Yr The fiscal year in which the NAWQA study unit became active. coded values
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. coded values
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. coded values
Type The hydrologic setting of the sampling site. coded values
Londd The site longitude as a single value, in decimal degrees (NAD83). -123.37039 to -71.63064
Latdd The site latitude as a single value, in decimal degrees (NAD83). 25.32095 to 49.03139

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Contact_Organization: Albert R. Mann Library
Contact_Address:
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Address: Cornell University
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14853
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mann-ref@cornell.edu
Distribution_Liability: Cornell University provides these geographic data "as is". Cornell University makes no guarantee or warranty concerning the accuracy of information contained in the geographic data. Cornell University further makes no warranty either expressed or implied, regarding the condition of the product or its fitness for any particular purpose. The burden for determining fitness for use lies entirely with the user. Although these files have been processed successfully on computers at Cornell University, no warranty is made by Cornell University regarding the use of these data on any other system, nor does the fact of distribution constitute or imply any such warranty.
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Metadata_Date: 20190524
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Albert R. Mann Library
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical
Address: Albert R. Mann Library
City: Ithaca
State_or_Province: New York
Postal_Code: 14853
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 607-255-5406
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