Quantity and quality of storm runoff in the Irondequoit Creek basin near Rochester, New York; Part 1, Data-collection network
and methods, quality-assurance program, and description of available data
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Resource Abstract:
A 14-month data collection program of quantity and quality of storm precipitation and runoff was conducted in the Irondequoit
Creek basin, a 438-sq km area along the south shore of Lake Ontario in north-central New York, from July 1980 through August
1981. The data from a basis for study of nutrient inflow to Irondequoit Bay. This report describes the methods used to collect
and verify the data and includes some representative examples of the data base. Stream discharge and water quality data were
collected at 17 sites representing rural and urban land uses. Precipitation data were collected at five continuous-record
gages and 11 daily total gages. Evaporation data were collected at one site; chemical quality of precipitation and dustfall
data were collected at four sites. Tables list watershed characteristics, precipitation data (including chemical quality of
atmospheric deposition, monthly precipitation, and evaporation), and annual loadings of eight selected nutrients and heavy
metals from the five major subbasins and three discrete land-use site. Examples of computer printouts of streamflow, precipitation,
and water quality data available from the Geological Survey 's WATSTORE computer system are included. (USGS)
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Title Quantity and quality of storm runoff in the Irondequoit Creek basin near Rochester, New York; Part 1, Data-collection network
and methods, quality-assurance program, and description of available data