Aquatic Biological Monitoring Sampling Locations: Beginning 1980
data.ny.gov | Last Updated 2 May 2024The Division of Water Stream Biomonitoring Unit (SBU) dataset contains the point sampling locations at which benthic macroinvertebrates, field chemistry, and at some locations, sediment, fish or diatoms have been collected as part of the Rotating Integrated Basin Studies (RIBS) program, Rapid Biological Assessments (RAS), or special studies. The data collected are used for water quality assessment (input to the Waterbody Inventory, completion of the 305(b) report and 303(d) list of impaired Waters) and for track-down of water quality problems. The data set is maintained by the Division of Water, Bureau of Water Assessment and Management, Stream Biomonitoring Unit.
This dataset has the following 12 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site LOC ID | site_loc_id | text | Unique site identifier composed of the two-digit drainage | 04-RAGA_T40-0.2 10-BOQT-23.2 02-FIVE_T12-1.3 10-ADKS12_2000-2.7 17-LKISS-0.0 view top 100 |
| Name | name | text | Name of the waterbody on which the sampling site is located | Mill Creek Black Creek Mohawk River Wallkill River Tonawanda Creek view top 100 |
| Description | description | text | Narrative description of site, navigation aids. Describes exact point of sampling. “m” designates distance in meters; if field includes “above,” it means that the sampling was conducted upstream of the mentioned structure, such as “above the Mill St. bridge” means in the stream on the upstream side of the bridge; similarly, “below” indicates downstream | n/a sampled in 2008 as part of lake biomonitoring pilot; composite. Access type is Private. need lake resident access, but very likely (contacts available). for eighteenmile creek benthos aoc assessment. for eighteenmile creek benthos aoc assessment-control site. view top 100 |
| Municipality | municipality | text | Name of municipality (town, city, village, hamlet) in which the site is located or the municipality in closest proximity to the site; if field includes “up” or “down” of a municipality, the sampling location is upstream or downstream of, but close to the named town, city, village or hamlet | Shandaken North Elba Hunter Brookhaven Keene view top 100 |
| County | county | text | County name in which the sampling site is located; if location is outside of New York, the state is noted here as well as the county name. | Essex Delaware Ulster Sullivan Orange view top 100 |
| DEC Region | dec_region | number | Region 1: Nassau County and Suffolk counties; Region 2: Kings, Bronx, New York, Queens and Richmond Counties; Region 3: Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties; Region 4: Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties; Region 5: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; Region 6: Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida and St. Lawrence counties; Region 7: Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga and Tompkins counties; Region 8: Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne and Yates counties; Region 9: Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Niagara and Wyoming counties | 3 4 5 6 8 view top 100 |
| Basin | basin | text | Two-digit code of the basin in which the sampling site is located; one of the seventeen major hydrologic basins defined for New York State (parts of the basin may exist outside the state). Codes are as follows: 01: Niagara River/Lake Erie basin; 02: Allegheny River basin; 03: Lake Ontario basin; 04: Genesee River basin; 05: Chemung River basin; 06: Susquehanna River basin; 07: Seneca Oneida Onondaga Rivers basin; 08: Black River basin; 09: St. Lawrence River basin; 10: Lake Champlain basin; 11: Upper Hudson River basin; 12: Mohawk River basin; 13: Lower Hudson River basin; 14: Delaware River basin; 15: Passaic River/Newark Bay basin; 16: Housatonic River basin; 17: Atlantic Ocean Long Island Sound basin | 13 12 7 6 14 view top 100 |
| Latitude | latitude | number | Latitude in decimal degrees | 42.025 43.08 42.195 42.635 42.878 view top 100 |
| Longitude | longitude | number | Longitude in decimal degrees | -75.05166 -74.46721 -75.47027 -73.66054 -73.82638 view top 100 |
| HUC 8 | huc_8 | text | 8-digit Hydrologic Unit Code. HUC codes are a means of delineating an area of drainage of a stream or river; designated by the United States Geological Survey (http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/huc.html ) | 2020004 2020006 4140201 4150101 2050102 view top 100 |
| Last Year Sampled | last_year_sampled | text | The year during which the most current sampling was conducted at this stream and location. | 2022 2019 2021 2020 2008 view top 100 |
| Georeference | georeference | point | Open Data/Socrata-generated geocoding information from supplied address components. | {"coordinates":[-74.95222,44.58528],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-78.89426,43.02907],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-74.64778,41.50444],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-78.119,42.677],"type":"Point"} {"coordinates":[-74.601596,42.354719],"type":"Point"} view top 100 |