Aquatic Biological Monitoring Sampling Locations: Beginning 1980

The Division of Water Stream Biomonitoring Unit dataset contains point sampling locations for benthic macroinvertebrates, field chemistry, sediment, fish, or diatoms collected under the RIBS program, RAS, or special studies. Data supports water quality assessment for the Waterbody Inventory, 305(b) report, and 303(d) list of impaired waters, as well as problem tracking. The dataset is maintained by the New York State Division of Water, Bureau of Water Assessment and Management.

Use Cases

• Mapping sampling sites using Latitude and Longitude coordinates.
• Analyzing water quality trends by Basin and Last Year Sampled.
• Assessing regional environmental health by DEC Region and County.
• Identifying sampling locations for specific studies using Site LOC ID and Name.
• Correlating hydrological units with monitoring data via HUC 8.

Strengths

• Contains detailed geospatial attributes including Latitude, Longitude, and Georeference.
• Supports long-term monitoring with data collection Beginning 1980.
• Managed by an authoritative state agency (NY Division of Water, Bureau of Water Assessment and Management).

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, license, and author are unavailable across all sources.
• The most recent update date is listed as 2026-04-04, which is a future date and suggests potential metadata error.
• Column information is missing from the datagov platform source.

Provenance

Source

New York State Division of Water, Bureau of Water Assessment and Management, Stream Biomonitoring Unit.

Collection Method

Field sampling as part of the Rotating Integrated Basin Studies (RIBS) program, Rapid Biological Assessments (RAS), or special studies.

Time Range

Beginning 1980

Freshness

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Geography

New York State