USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
04220223 SANDY CREEK AT NORTH HAMLIN NY
LOCATION - Lat 43°20'20.7", long 77°54'54.8" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Monroe County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 04130001, on right bank 0.7 mi west of junction of County Highway 19 and N. Hamlin Road, 2.5 mi north of Hamlin.
DRAINAGE AREA - 85.8 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Occasional miscellaneous discharge measurements, water years 2015-17. October 2017 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 252.67 ft above NAVD of 1988.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, about 1,860 ft³/s, Feb. 18, 2022; maximum gage height, 16.83 ft, Feb. 5, 2019 (ice jam); minimum discharge, 6.44 ft³/s, July 14, 2024, gage height, 9.06 ft; minimum gage height, 8.79 ft, July 31, Aug. 1, 2020.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: July 2020 to current year. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: July 2020 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: July 2020 to current year. TURBIDITY: July 2020 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Multi-parameter water-quality sonde measures water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity at 15-minute intervals since July 2020.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 32.5°C, July 9, 10, 2020; minimum, -0.1°C, on many days.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1,550 uS/cm @ 25°C, Feb. 5, 2023; minimum, 186 uS/cm @ 25°C, July 16, 2024.
DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 20.8 mg/L, May 12, 2022; minimum, 2.9 mg/L, June 29, 2021, June 21, 2024.
TURBIDITY: Maximum, 686 FNU, Jan. 25, 2024; minimum, 0.0 FNU, May 31, 2022.