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Access to USGS water data.............................................. 19Accuracy of the records, stage and water discharge......... 13

water quality ................................................................ 14Acid neutralizing capacity, definition of .......................... 20Acre-foot, definition of .................................................... 20Adenosine triphosphate, definition of .............................. 20Adjusted discharge, definition of ..................................... 20Alfred, Canacadea Creek at.............................................. 245Algal growth potential, definition of................................ 20Alkalinity, definition of ................................................... 20Allegheny County, ground-water levels........................... 274-277Allegheny River at Salamanca ......................................... 81-82Allegheny River basin, crest-stage partial-record

stations in ................................................................ 246lakes in ........................................................................ 86surface-water station records in ................................... 81-86

Allen Creek near Rochester ............................................. 154-157Alloway, Canandaigua Outlet tributary near .................... 249Almond Lake near Almond.............................................. 80Annual runoff, definition of ............................................. 20Annual 7-day minimum, definition of.............................. 20Arkport, Canisteo River at ............................................... 58-59Aroclor, definition of ....................................................... 20Arrangement of records, surface-water quality ................ 14-15Artificial substrate, definition of ...................................... 20Ash mass, definition of .................................................... 20Aspect, definition of......................................................... 20Attica, Tonawanda Creek at ............................................. 100-101Auburn, Owasco Lake near .............................................. 196

Owasco Outlet at Genesee St....................................... 197-198Avoca, Cohocton River at ................................................ 68-69Avon, Genesee River at ................................................... 128-129

B

Bacteria, definition of ...................................................... 20Bainbridge, Susquehanna River at ................................... 241Baldwinsville, Seneca River at ........................................ 203-204Ball Creek at Stow ........................................................... 246Bankfull stage, definition of............................................. 20Base discharge (for peak discharge), definition of ........... 20Base flow, definition of.................................................... 20Batavia, Tonawanda Creek at........................................... 102-103Bath, Cohocton River at ................................................... 245Bear Creek at Ontario ...................................................... 247Bedload, definition of ...................................................... 21Bedload discharge, definition of ...................................... 21Bed material, definition of ............................................... 21Bemus Point, Chautauqua Lake at ................................... 83Benthic organisms, definition of ...................................... 21Bethel Grove, Sixmile Creek at........................................ 177-180Big Creek near Howard.................................................... 244Big Flats, Cuthrie Run near.............................................. 245Biochemical oxygen demand, definition of...................... 21Biomass, definition of ...................................................... 21Biomass pigment ratio, definition of ................................ 21Black Creek at Churchville .............................................. 140-142Black Rock Canal at Black Rock Lock, Buffalo .............. 98Blank samples .................................................................. 17Blue-green algae .............................................................. 21Bottom material, definition of.......................................... 21Brewerton, Oneida Lake at .............................................. 236Brooktondale, Sixmile Creek at ....................................... 174-176Broome County, ground-water levels............................... 278-281Buffalo, Black Rock Canal at Black Rock Lock .............. 98

Lake Erie at ................................................................. 95Niagara River at Black Rock Lock .............................. 99Niagara River at........................................................... 96-97

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Buffalo Creek at Gardenville ........................................... 89-90Bulk electrical conductivity, definition of........................ 21Butternut Creek near Jamesville ...................................... 249

C

inside of Calendar, current water year............................................ front coverCanadian Geodetic Vertical Datum 1928, definition of ... 21Campbell, Cohocton River near ....................................... 70-71Canacadea Creek at Alfred............................................... 245

near Hornell ................................................................. 60-61Canadaway Creek at Fredonia.......................................... 246Canandaigua, Canandaigua Lake at ................................. 191

Schaeffer Creek near ................................................... 248Canandaigua Lake at Canandaigua .................................. 191Canandaigua Outlet, at Chapin......................................... 192-193

tributary near Alloway................................................. 249Canaseraga Creek, above Dansville ................................. 119-120

at Shakers Crossing ..................................................... 121-122Canisteo River, at Arkport ............................................... 58-59

at West Cameron ......................................................... 245below Canacadea Creek, at Hornell ............................. 62-63

Cardiff, Onondaga Creek near ......................................... 209-211Catatonk Creek near Owego ............................................ 244Catfish Creek at New Haven ............................................ 249Catharine Creek at Montour Falls .................................... 247Cattaraugus County, ground-water levels ........................ 282-283

quality of ground water ........................................... 317-318Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda ........................................ 87-88Cayuga Creek near Lancaster........................................... 91-92Cayuga Inlet, at Ithaca ..................................................... 248

near Ithaca ................................................................... 172-173(Cayuga Lake) at Ithaca............................................... 181

Cazenovia Creek at Ebenezer........................................... 93-94Cells volume, definition of............................................... 21Cells/volume, definition of............................................... 21Cfs-day, definition of ....................................................... 21Chadakoin River at Falconer............................................ 84-85Channel bars, definition of ............................................... 21Chapin, Canandaigua Outlet at......................................... 192-193Chautauqua Lake at Bemus Point .................................... 83Chautauqua County, ground-water levels ........................ 284-285Chemical oxygen demand, definition of........................... 21Chemung, Chemung River at ........................................... 76-77Chemung County, ground-water levels in ........................ 286-287

quality of ground water ........................................... 322-340Chemung River, at Chemung ........................................... 76-77

at Corning .................................................................... 72-73at Elmira ...................................................................... 246

Chenango County, ground-water levels in ....................... 288-289Chenango Forks, Chenango River near ............................ 54-55Chenango River, at Eaton ................................................ 243

at Greene ..................................................................... 243at Sherburne................................................................. 243near Chenango Forks ................................................... 54-55

Clostridium perfringens, definition of .............................. 21Churchville, Black Creek at ............................................. 140-142Cincinnatus, Otselic River at............................................ 52-53Classification of records, surface-water quality ............... 14Cohocton River at Avoca ................................................. 68-69

at Bath ......................................................................... 245near Campbell.............................................................. 70-71

Coliphages, definition of .................................................. 21Color unit, definition of ................................................... 22Conesus Creek near Lakeville .......................................... 126-127Conesus Lake near Lakeville ........................................... 125Confined aquifer, definition of......................................... 22

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Conklin, Susquehanna River at ........................................ 48-49Constantia, Scriba Creek near .......................................... 248Contents, definition of ..................................................... 22Continuous-record station, definition of .......................... 22Control, definition of ....................................................... 22Control structure, definition of......................................... 22Cooperation...................................................................... 1Corning, Chemung River at ............................................. 72-73Cortland County, ground-water levels ............................. 289-290Cortland, Tioughnioga River at........................................ 50-51Cowanesque Lake, PA ..................................................... 80Coy Glen Creek at Ithaca ................................................. 248Crest-stage partial-record stations,

Annual maximum discharge at ................................ 242-249 List of, in downstream order .................................... x-xi List of discontinued, in downstream order ............... xix-xxiiCubic foot per second, definition of................................. 22Cubic foot per second-day, definition of.......................... 22Cubic foot per second per square mile,

definition of............................................................. 22Cuthrie Run near Big Flats............................................... 245

D

Daily mean suspended-sediment concentration, definition of 22Daily record station, definition of .................................... 22Dansville, Canaseraga Creek above ................................. 119-120Data collection and computation, records of ground-

water levels ............................................................. 18records of precipitation................................................ 13records of stage and water discharge ........................... 9-10records of water quality ............................................... 14, 19

Data Collection Platform (DCP), definition of................. 22Data logger, definition of ................................................. 22Data presentation, records of ground-water levels ........... 18-19

records of precipitation................................................ 13-14records of stage and water discharge ........................... 10-13records of water quality ............................................... 15-16

Datum, definition of......................................................... 22Definition of terms........................................................... 20-33Diatoms, definition of ...................................................... 22Diel, definition of............................................................. 22Discharge at partial-record stations and

miscellaneous sites .................................................. 242-249Discharge, definition of.................................................... 22Discontinued crest-stage partial record stations, List of,

in downstream order ................................................ xix-xxiiDiscontinued surface-water stations, List of,

in downstream order ................................................ xiii-xviDiscontinued surface-water-quality stations, List of,

in downstream order ................................................ xvii-xviiiDissolved, definition of.................................................... 22Dissolved oxygen, definition of ....................................... 23Dissolved-solids concentration, definition of................... 23Diversity index, definition of ........................................... 23Downstream order system, station identification

numbers ................................................................... 8Drainage area, definition of ............................................. 23Drainage basin, definition of............................................ 23Dresden, Keuka Lake Outlet at ........................................ 170-171Dry mass, definition of..................................................... 23Dry weight, definition of.................................................. 23Dryden, Virgil Creek at State Highway 13 at................... 182-185

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East Branch Allen Creek at Pittsford ............................... 150-153East Sidney, East Sidney Lake at ..................................... 78

Ouleout Creek at.......................................................... 44-45East Sidney Lake at East Sidney ...................................... 78East Victor, Mud Creek at ............................................... 248Eaton, Chenango River at ................................................ 243Ebenezer, Cazenovia Creek at.......................................... 93-94Ellicott Creek below Williamsville .................................. 106-107

Elmira, Chemung River at ............................................... 246 Newtown Creek at ...................................................... 74-75Embeddedness, definition of ............................................ 23Enterococcus bacteria, definition of................................. 23EPT Index, definition of .................................................. 23Erie (Barge) Canal at Lock 30, Macedon......................... 108Erie, Lake (see Lake Erie)Erwins, Tioga River near ................................................. 66-67Escherichia coliform, definition of .................................. 23Estimated (E) value, definition of .................................... 23Euclid, Oneida River near ................................................ 237-238Euglenoids, definition of.................................................. 23Explanation of the records ............................................... 9-19Extractable organic halides, definition of ........................ 23

F

Falconer, Chadakoin River at........................................... 84-85Fall Creek near Ithaca ...................................................... 186-187Fecal coliform bacteria, definition of............................... 24Fecal streptococcal bacteria, definition of........................ 24Fire algae, definition of.................................................... 24Fishers, Irondequoit Creek near ....................................... 145-149Flint Creek at Phelps........................................................ 194-195Flow-duration percentiles, definition of........................... 24Fredonia, Canadaway Creek at ........................................ 246

G

Gage datum, definition of ................................................ 24Gage height, definition of ................................................ 24Gage values, definition of ................................................ 24Gaging station, definition of ............................................ 24Garbutt, Oatka Creek at ................................................... 135-138Gardenville, Buffalo Creek at .......................................... 89-90Gas chromatography/flame ionization detector, definition 24Genesee County, ground-water levels.............................. 292-293Genesee River, at Avon ................................................... 128-129

at Ballantyne Bridge near Mortimer ............................ 139at Portageville.............................................................. 116-117at Rochester ................................................................. 143-144at Wellsville ................................................................ 114-115near Mount Morris....................................................... 123-124

Geomorphic channel units, definition of .......................... 24Gowanda, Cattaraugus Creek at ....................................... 87-88Great Brook below Victor................................................ 188-189Green algae, definition of ................................................ 24Greene, Chenango River at .............................................. 243Ground-water levels, Explanation of records ................... 17-19

water level records, by counties: .................................Allegheny ................................................................ 274-277Broome.................................................................... 278-281Cattaraugus ............................................................. 282-283Chautauqua.............................................................. 284-285Chemung ................................................................. 286-287

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Chenango................................................................. 288-289Cortland................................................................... 290-291Genesee ................................................................... 292-293Madison................................................................... 294-295Monroe .................................................................... 296-304Otsego ..................................................................... 305-306Ontario .................................................................... 307-308Oswego.................................................................... 309-313Steuben.................................................................... 313-314Wyoming................................................................. 315-316

Ground water quality records, by counties ......................Cayuga .................................................................... 319-320Chemung ................................................................. 324-342Monroe .................................................................... 343Onondaga ................................................................ 344-345Schuyler .................................................................. 324-342Steuben.................................................................... 319-342

Ground-water wells, List of, by county or independent city .......................................................................... xii

H

Habitat, definition of ........................................................ 24Habitat quality index, definition of .................................. 24Hammond Lake, PA......................................................... 79Harbor Brook, at Hiawatha Boulevard, Syracuse............. 218-219

at Syracuse................................................................... 216-217Hardness, definition of ..................................................... 24High tide, definition of..................................................... 24Hilsenhoff’s Biotic Index (HBI), definition of................. 24Honeoye Creek at Honeoye Falls ..................................... 130-132Hornell, Canacadea Creek near ........................................ 60-61

Canisteo River below Canacadea Creek at .................. 62-63Horizontal datum, definition of........................................ 25Howard, Big Creek near................................................... 245Hydrographic comparisons .............................................. 5-6Hydrologic benchmark network ....................................... 8Hydrologic index stations, definition of........................... 25Hydrologic unit, definition of .......................................... 25

I

Identifying estimated daily discharge, records of stage and water discharge........................................ 13

Inch, definition of ............................................................ 25Inch-pound units to

International System units (SI), inside ofFactors for converting ............................................. back cover

Instantaneous discharge, definition of.............................. 25International Boundary Commission Survey Datum, definition of 25Introduction...................................................................... 1Irondequoit Creek,

above Blossom Road, Rochester ................................. 158-161at Empire Boulevard, Rochester .................................. 162-168near Fishers ................................................................. 145-149

Ischua Creek tributary near Machias................................ 246Island, definition of .......................................................... 25Itaska, Tioughnioga River at ............................................ 243Ithaca, Cayuga Inlet at ..................................................... 248

Cayuga Inlet (Cayuga Lake) at .................................... 181Cayuga Inlet near......................................................... 172-173Coy Glen Creek at ....................................................... 248Fall Creek near ............................................................ 186-187

J

Jamesville, Butternut Creek near ..................................... 249Johnson Creek near Lyndonville ...................................... 247Jordan, Seneca River, mouth of State Ditch near ............. 202

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Kendig Creek near MacDougall ....................................... 247Keuka Lake Outlet at Dresden ......................................... 170-171

L

Laboratory measurements, records of surface- water quality............................................................ 15

Laboratory Reporting Level (LRL), definition of ............ 25Lake Erie at Buffalo ......................................................... 95Lake Erie, Streams tributary to, crest-stage

partial-record stations for ........................................ 246surface-water station records for.................................. 87-89

Lake Ontario, Streams tributary to, analysis of samplescollected at partial-record stations and miscellaneous

sites ............................................................. 251-264crest-stage partial-record stations for........................... 247-249surface-water station records for.................................. 109-241lakes and reservoirs in ................................................. 241

Lakeland, Ninemile Creek at............................................ 229-230Lakes and reservoirs:

Allegheny River basin, lakes in ................................... 86Almond Lake near Almond ......................................... 80Canandaigua Lake at Canandaigua .............................. 191Cayuga Inlet (Cayuga Lake) at Ithaca ......................... 181Chautauqua Lake at Bemus Point ................................ 83Conesus Lake near Lakeville ....................................... 125Cowanesque Lake, Pa. ................................................. 80East Sidney Lake at East Sidney.................................. 78Erie, Lake, at Buffalo .................................................. 95Hammond Lake, Pa. .................................................... 79Mount Morris Lake near Mount Morris....................... 118Oneida Lake at Brewerton ........................................... 236Onondaga Lake at Liverpool ....................................... 231Owasco Lake near Auburn .......................................... 197Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen ...................................... 170Susquehanna River basin,

lakes and reservoirs in ............................................. 78-80Tioga Lake, PA............................................................ 79Whitney Point Lake at Whitney Point ......................... 78

Lakeville, Conesus Creek near ......................................... 126-127Conesus Lake near....................................................... 125

Lancaster, Cayuga Creek near.......................................... 91-92Land-surface datum, definition of .................................... 25Latent heat flux, definition of........................................... 25Ley Creek at Park Street, Syracuse .................................. 220-221Light-attenuation coefficient, definition of ...................... 25Linden, Little Tonawanda Creek at .................................. 246Lindley, Tioga River at .................................................... 244Lipid, definition of ........................................................... 25Lisle, Tioughnioga River at.............................................. 243Little Elk Creek near Westford ........................................ 242Little Tonawanda Creekat Linden .................................... 246Liverpool, Onondaga Lake at ........................................... 231Location of gaging stations and observation wells (maps)...... 38-42Location of miscellaneous water quality sites (maps) 265, 315,

.................................................................... 321Long-Term Method Detection Level (LT-MDL), definition of 25Low tide, definition of ..................................................... 25Lyndonville, Johnson Creek near ..................................... 247

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MacDougall, Kendig Creek near ...................................... 247Macedon, Erie (Barge) Canal at Lock 30 ......................... 108Machias, Ischua Creek tributary near ............................... 246Macrophytes, definition of ............................................... 25Madison County, ground-water levels ............................. 294-295Marietta, Ninemile Creek near ......................................... 227-228

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Meadow Brook at Hurlburt Road, Syracuse..................... 234-235Mean concentration (sediment), definition of .................. 25Mean discharge, definition of .......................................... 25Mean high or low tide, definition of ................................ 25Mean

sea level, definition of ............................................. 25Measuring point, definition of.......................................... 25Megahertz, definition of................................................... 26Membrane filter, definition of.......................................... 26Merrill Creek tributary near Texas Valley ....................... 243Metamorphic stage, definition of ..................................... 26Measuring point, definition of.......................................... 26Method of Cubatores, definition of .................................. 26Methylene blue active substance, definition of ................ 26Micrograms per gram, definition of ................................. 26Micrograms per kilogram, definition of ........................... 26Micrograms per liter, definition of ................................... 26Microsiemens per centimeter, definition of...................... 26Milligrams per liter, definition of..................................... 26Minimum Reporting Level (MDL), definition of ............. 26Miscellaneous site, definition of ...................................... 26Miscellaneous sites,

Analyses of samples collected at ............................. 251-264Monroe County, ground-water levels............................... 296-304

quality of ground water ........................................... 341Montour Falls, Catharine Creek at ................................... 247Mortimer, Genesee River

at Ballantyne Bridge near ........................................ 139Most probable number, definition of................................ 26Mount Morris, Genesee River near .................................. 123-124Mount Morris Lake near Mount Morris ........................... 118Mud Creek, at East Victor................................................ 248 Multiple-plate samplers, definition of .............................. 26

N

Nanograms per liter, definition of .................................... 26National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929

(NGVD), definition of ............................................. 26National Stream-qualityAccounting Network .................. 9National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends

Network ....................................................................... 9National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP).......... 9National Water-quality Assessment (NAWQA) .............. 9Natural substrate, definition of......................................... 26Nekton, definition of ........................................................ 26Nephelometric turbidity unit, definition of ...................... 26New Haven, Catfish Creek at ........................................... 249Newtown Creek at Elmira ................................................ 74-75Niagara River, at Buffalo ................................................. 96-97

at Black Rock Lock, Buffalo ....................................... 99Niagara River, Streams tributary to, crest-stage partial-record stations for ........................... 246

surface-water station records for ................................. 100-108Ninemile Creek, at Lakeland............................................ 228-229

near Marietta ............................................................... 227-228North American Datum of 1927, definition of ................. 27North American Datum of 1983, definition of ................. 27North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVDof 1988),

definition of ................................................................. 27North Atlantic slope basins, surface-water

station records in ..................................................... 44-80Northrup Creek at North Greece ...................................... 109-113Numbering System for Wells and Miscellaneous Sites .... 8

O

Oatka Creek, at Garbutt ................................................... 135-138at Warsaw.................................................................... 133-134

Ohio River basin (see Allegheny River basin) .................

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Oneida Creek at Oneida ................................................... 232-233Oneida Lake at Brewerton ............................................... 236Oneida River near Euclid ................................................. 237-238Onondaga Creek, near Cardiff ......................................... 209-211

at Dorwin Avenue, Syracuse ....................................... 212-213at Spencer Street, Syracuse.......................................... 214-215

Onondaga Creek Tributary #6 below main mudboil depression area, Tully ............ 204-207

Onondaga Lake at Liverpool ............................................ 230On-site measurements and sample collection,

records of surface-water quality .............................. 15Ontario, Bear Creek at ..................................................... 247Ontario County, groundwater levels ................................ 305-307Open or screened interval, definition of ........................... 27Organic carbon (OC), definition of .................................. 27Organic mass, definition of .............................................. 27Organism count/area, definition of................................... 27Organism count/volume, definition of ............................. 27Organochlorine compounds, definition of........................ 27Oswego County, groundwater levels................................ 308-311Oswego River at Lock 7, Oswego .................................... 239-240Other records available, stage and water discharge.......... 13Otsego County, ground-water levels ................................ 312-313Otselic River at Cincinnatus............................................. 52-53Ouleout Creek at East Sidney........................................... 44-45Owasco Lake near Auburn ............................................... 196Owasco Outlet at Genesee St., Auburn ............................ 197-198Owego, Catatonk Creek at ............................................... 243

Owego Creek near ....................................................... 243Susquehanna River at .................................................. 243

P

Parameter code, definition of ........................................... 27Partial-record station, definition of .................................. 27Partial-record stations and miscellaneous sites,

Analyses of samples collected at ............................ 251-264Discharge at............................................................. 242-250

Particle-size, definition of ................................................ 27Particle-size classification, definition of .......................... 27Peak flow (peak stage), definition of ............................... 27Percent composition, definition of ................................... 27Percent shading, definition of .......................................... 28Periodic-record station, definition of ............................... 28Periphyton, definition of .................................................. 28Pesticides, definition of.................................................... 28Pesticide analyses, Chemung River Basin water-supply wells

................................................................................ 329-342Pesticide analyses, community water-supply wells .......... 318-322Pesticide analyses, public water-supply intake sites ........ 270-273Pesticide analyses, Statewide monitoring project. 265-273, 318-322pH, definition of............................................................... 28Phelps, Flint Creek at ....................................................... 194-196Phytoplankton, definition of............................................. 28Picocurie, definition of..................................................... 28Pittsford, East Branch Allen Creek at .............................. 150-153Plankton, definition of ..................................................... 28Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),

definition of ............................................................. 28Polychlorinated napthalenes (PCNs),

definition of ............................................................. 28Pool, definition of ............................................................ 28Portageville, Genesee River at ......................................... 116-117Port Byron, Seneca River near ......................................... 200-201Precipitation quantity records .......................................... 226, 344

chemical quality records.......................................... 346-347Primary productivity, definition of................................... 28Primary productivity (carbon method), definition of ....... 28

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Primary productivity (oxygen method), definition of....... 28Publications on Techniques of Water-Resources

Investigations .......................................................... 35-37

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Radioisotopes, definition of ............................................. 28Rapids, Tonawanda Creek at............................................ 104-105Reach, definition of.......................................................... 28Records, explanation of.................................................... 9-19

Ground-water level ...................................................... 17-19Stage and water discharge ........................................... 9-13Water quality ............................................................... 14-17, 19

Recoverable frombed (bottom) material,definition of ................................................................. 28

Recurrence interval, definition of .................................... 29Reference samples ........................................................... 17Remark codes, surface-water quality ............................... 16Replicate samples ............................................................ 17Replicate samples, definition of ....................................... 29Reservoirs (see Lakes and reservoirs)Return period, definition of.............................................. 29Riffle, definition of .......................................................... 29River mileage, definition of ............................................. 29Rochester, Allen Creek near ............................................ 154-157

Genesee River at.......................................................... 143-144Irondequoit Creek above Blossom Road ..................... 158-161Irondequoit Creek at Empire Boulevard ...................... 162-168

Rockdale, Unadilla River at ............................................. 46-47Run, definition of ............................................................. 29Runoff, definition of ........................................................ 29

S

St. Lawrence River basin, surface-water station records in................................................................. 96-241

St. Lawrence River main stem, surface-water station records in............................... 96-99

Salamanca, Allegheny River at ............................ 81-82Schaeffer Creek near Canandaigua .................................. 248Scriba Creek near Constantia ........................................... 249Schuyler County, groundwater quality............................. 324-342Sea level, definition of......................... ............................ 29Sediment, records of surface-water quality ...................... 15Sediment, definition of..................................................... 29Selected Recent Water-Related USGS Reports................ 34Seneca Lake at Watkins Glen .......................................... 169Seneca River at Baldwinsville ......................................... 203-204

mouth of State Ditch near Jordan ................................ 202near Port Byron ........................................................... 200-201

Sensible heat flux, definition of ....................................... 29 Seven-day 10-year low flow, definition of....................... 29 Shakers Crossing, Canaseraga Creek at ........................... 121-122Shelves, definition of ....................................................... 29 Sherburne, Chenango River at ......................................... 243Sixmile Creek at Bethel Grove ........................................ 177-180

at Brooktondale ........................................................... 174-176Sodium adsorption rate, definition of............................... 29Soil heat flux, definition of .............................................. 29Soil-water content, definition of ...................................... 29South Addison, Tuscarora Creek above ........................... 64-65South Dansville, Stony Brook trib ................................... 247Spafford Cr trib. nr Sawmill Rd, nr Spafford ................... 222-226Special networks and programs........................................ 8-9Specific electrical conductance (conductivity),

definition of ................................................................. 30Spike samples .................................................................. 17Stable isotope ratio, definition of ..................................... 30

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Stage, definition of ........................................................... 30Stage and water-discharge records,

Explanation of ......................................................... 9-13Stage-discharge relation, definition of ............................. 30Station identification numbers ......................................... 8Steuben County, ground-water levels .............................. 314-315

quality of ground water................................................ 319-342Stony Brook trib at South Dansville................................. 247Stow, Ball Creek at .......................................................... 246Streamflow, definition of ................................................. 30Substrate, definition of ..................................................... 30Substrate Embeddedness Class, definition of ................... 30Summary of hydrologic conditions .................................. 2-7Surface area of a lake, definition of ................................. 30Surface-water station records ........................................... 44-241Surface-water stations, List of, in downstream order ....... viii-xSurface-water stations, List of discontinued,

in downstream order ................................................ xiii-xviSurface-water-quality stations, List of discontinued,

in downstream order ................................................ xvii-xviiiSurficial bed material, definition of ................................. 30Surrogate, definition of .................................................... 30Suspended, definition of .................................................. 30Suspended, recoverable, definition .................................. 30Suspended sediment, definition of ................................... 30Suspended-sediment concentration, definition of............. 30Suspended-sediment discharge, definition of ................... 30Suspended-sediment load, definition of ........................... 30

Suspended solids, total residue at 105oC concentration,definition of ............................................................. 31

Suspended, total, definition of ......................................... 31Susquehanna River, at Bainbridge ................................... 242

at Conklin .................................................................... 48-49at Owego ..................................................................... 244at Unadilla ................................................................... 242at Vestal....................................................................... 244at Windsor ................................................................... 242

near Waverly ........................................................... 56-57Susquehanna River Basin,

crest-stage partial-record stations in ........................ 242-246surface-water stations records in ............................. 44-80lakes and reservoirs in ............................................. 78-80miscellaneous measurements in............................... 250

Synoptic studies, definition of.......................................... 31Syracuse, Harbor Brook at ............................................... 216-217

Harbor Brook at Hiawatha Boulevard ......................... 218-219Ley Creek at Park Street .............................................. 220-221Meadow Brook at Hurlburt Road ................................ 234-235Onondaga Creek at Dorwin Avenue ............................ 212-213Onondaga Creek at Spencer Street .............................. 214-215

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Taxa richness, definition of.............................................. 31Taxonomy, definition of................................................... 31 Techniques of Water Resources Investigations ................ 35-37Texas Valley, Merrill Creek tributary near ...................... 243Thalweg, definition of ...................................................... 31Thermograph, definition of .............................................. 31Time-weighted average, definition of .............................. 31Tioga Lake, PA ................................................................ 79 Tioga River, at Lindley .................................................... 244

near Erwins.................................................................. 66-67Tioughnioga River, at Cortland........................................ 50-51

at Itaska ....................................................................... 243at Lisle..................................................................... 243

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Tonawanda Creek, at Attica ............................................. 100-101at Batavia..................................................................... 102-103at Rapids ...................................................................... 104-105

Tons per acre-foot, definition of ...................................... 31Tons per day, definition of ............................................... 31Total (as used in tables of chemical analyses),

definition of............................................................. 31Total coliform bacteria, definition of ............................... 31Total discharge, definition of ........................................... 31Total in bottom material, definition of ............................. 31Total length, definition of ................................................ 32Total load, definition of ................................................... 32Total organism count, definition of.................................. 32Total, recoverable, definition of....................................... 32Total sediment discharge, definition of ............................ 32Total sediment load, definition of .................................... 32Transect, definition of ...................................................... 32Trumansburg Creek near Trumansburg............................ 248Tully, Onondaga Creek Tributary #6 below main

mudboil area depression near .................................. 204-207Turbidity, definition of..................................................... 32Tuscarora Creek above South Addison ............................ 64-65

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Ultraviolet (UV) absorbance (absorption), definition of .. 32Unadilla, Susquehanna River at ....................................... 242Unadilla River at Rockdale .............................................. 46-47Unconfined aquifer, definition of..................................... 32

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Vertical datum, definition of ............................................ 32Vestal, Susquehanna River at........................................... 244Victor, Great Brook below............................................... 188-190Virgil Creek at State Highway 13 at Dryden.................... 182-185Volatile organic compounds, definition of ....................... 32

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W

Warsaw, Oatka Creek at .................................................. 133-134Water-discharge records, Explanation of,

(see Stage and water-discharge records, Explanation of)........................................................

Water quality records at partial-record stations and miscellaneoussites:

Streams Tributary to Lake Ontario .................. 251-264Water-quality records, Explanation of ............................. 14-17, 19Water table, definition of ................................................. 32Water-table aquifer, definition of..................................... 32Water temperatures, records of surface-water quality...... 15Water year, definition of .................................................. 32Watershed, definition of .................................................. 32Watkins Glen, Seneca Lake at ......................................... 169Waverly, Susquehanna River near ................................... 56-57WDR, definition of .......................................................... 32Weighted average, definition of ....................................... 33Wells, system for numbering ........................................... 8Wellsville, Genesee River at ............................................ 114-115West Cameron, Canisteo River at .................................... 245Westford, Little Elk Creek near ....................................... 242Wet mass, definition of .................................................... 33Wet weight, definition of ................................................. 33Whitney Point Lake at Whitney Point.............................. 78Williamsville, Ellicott Creek below ................................. 106-107Windsor, Susquehanna River at ....................................... 242WSP, definition of ........................................................... 33Wyoming County, ground-water levels ........................... 314-315

Z

Zooplankton, definition of ............................................... 33

CALENDAR FOR WATER YEAR 2003

2002

JANUARY

NOVEMBER DECEMBER

S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31

1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 30

1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30 31

2003

1 2 3 45 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 1819 20 21 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 30 31

OCTOBER

FEBRUARY MARCH

12 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 28

12 3 4 5 6 7 89 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 2223 24 25 26 27 28 2930 31

S M T W T F SS M T W T F SS M T W T F S

APRIL MAY JUNE

S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30

1 2 34 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 2425 26 27 28 29 30 31

1 2 3 4 5 6 78 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 2122 23 24 25 26 27 2829 30

JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER

S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S

1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 2627 28 29 30 31

1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 1617 18 19 20 21 22 2324 25 26 27 28 29 3031

1 2 3 4 5 67 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30

Conversion Factors

Multiply By To obtain

Length

inch (in.) 2.54x101 millimeter (mm)

2.54x10-2 meter

foot (ft) 3.048x10-1 meter (m)

mile (mi) 1.609x100 kilometer (km)

Area

acre 4.047x103 square meter (m2)

4.047x10-1 square hectometer (hm2)

4.047x10-3 square kilometer (km2)

square mile (mi2) 2.590x100 square kilometer (km2)

Volume

gallon (gal) 3.785x100 liter (L)

3.785x10-3 cubic meter (m3)

3.785x100 cubic decimeter (dm3)

million gallons (Mgal) 3.785x103 cubic meter (m3)

3.785x10-3 cubic hectometer (hm3)

cubic foot (ft3) 2.832x10-2 cubic meter (m3)

2.832x101 cubic decimeter (dm3)

cubic-foot-per-second-per-day[(ft3/s/d] 2.447x103 cubic meter (m3)

2.447x10-3 cubic hectometer (hm3)

acre-foot (acre-ft) 1.223x103 cubic meter (m3)

1.223x10-3 cubic hectometer (hm3)

1.223x10-6 cubic kilometer (km3)

Flow rate

cubic foot per second (ft3/s) 2.832x101 liter (L/s)

2.832x10-2 cubic meter per second (m3/s)

2.832x101 cubic decimeter per second (dm3/s)

gallon per minute (gal/min) 6.309x10-2 liter per second (L/s)

6.309x10-5 cubic meter per second (m3/s)

6.309x10-2 cubic decimeter per second (dm3/s)

million gallons per day (Mgal/d) 4.381x10-2 cubic meter per second

4.381x101 cubic decimeter per second (dm3/s)

Mass

ton, short (2,000 lb) 9.072x10-1 megagram (Mg) or metric ton

Temperature in degrees Celsius (˚C) may be converted to degrees Fahrenheit (˚F) as follows:

˚F = (1.8 x ˚C) + 32