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2006 Acid Deposition Annual Report - Mount Ninham

Mount Ninham Site Information

  • Station: Mount Ninham
  • County: Putnam
  • Town: Kent
  • Location: NYSDEC Region 3 Field Head
  • Gipsy Trail Road
  • (2 Miles West of Carmel) Elevation: 178 meters
  • Site #: 395101
  • AIRS #: 360790005
  • Locality: Rural, Recreational
  • Zoning:
  • Sampler Type: Official Sampler
  • Total Precipitation (Inches of Rain): 56.59
  • Valid Sample Precipitation: 56.59
  • Number of Visits: 52
  • Number of Valid Visits: 52
  • Number of Samples: 39
  • Number of Valid Samples: 39
  • Number of Visits With Precipitation Events: 51
  • Number of Valid Visits With Precipitation Events: 51
  • Number of Anion Analyses: 36
  • Number of Cation Analyses: 36
  • Number of Conductivity Analyses: 38
  • Number of pH Analyses: 39
Maximum/Minimum Data
Lab
pH
SO4
IPPM
NO3
IPPM
CL
IPPM
F
IPPM
NO2
IPPM
Br
IPPM
HPO4
IPPM
Na
IPPM
NH4
IPPM
K
IPPM
Ca
IPPM
Mg
IPPM
Lab Conductivity
Micro s/cm
Maximum 5.20 5.603 3.406 4.609 0.033 0.000 0.000 0.000 2.827 0.980 0.102 0.567 0.286 54.50
Minimum 3.03 0.160 0.124 0.015 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.007 0.013 0.000 0.000 0.003 3.29


Precipitation Weighted Mean
Precipitation
(Inches of Rain)
Lab
pH
SO4
IPPM
NO3
IPPM
CL
IPPM
F
IPPM
NO2
IPPM
Br
IPPM
HPO4
IPPM
Na
IPPM
NH4
IPPM
K
IPPM
Ca
IPPM
Mg
IPPM
Lab Conductivity
Micro s/cm
1st Quarter 11.27 4.00 1.440 1.222 1.684 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.881 0.191 0.036 0.108 0.090 20.63
2nd Quarter 18.39 4.50 1.296 1.003 0.283 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.170 0.316 0.030 0.072 0.030 17.14
3rd Quarter 12.29 4.31 1.749 1.694 0.181 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.078 0.323 0.018 0.088 0.021 23.12
4th Quarter 14.64 4.77 0.764 0.545 0.349 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.188 0.117 0.013 0.071 0.026 9.36
Annual 56.59 4.35 1.277 1.071 0.529 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.309 0.233 0.024 0.084 0.040 17.12


Total Deposition
H+
mg/m2
SO4
mg/m2
NO3
mg/m2
CL
mg/m2
F
mg/m2
NO2
mg/m2
Br
mg/m2
HPO4
mg/m2
Na
mg/m2
NH4
mg/m2
K
mg/m2
Ca
mg/m2
Mg
mg/m2
1st Quarter 28.783 412.330 349.791 481.998 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 252.084 54.541 10.347 30.995 25.850
2nd Quarter 14.858 605.583 468.729 132.302 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
3rd Quarter 15.236 546.084 528.711 56.638 0.346 0.000 0.000 0.000 24.419 100.696 5.691 27.562 6.448
4th Quarter 6.306 284.230 202.835 129.791 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 70.079 43.652 4.956 26.375 9.697
Annual 65.182 1,848.227 1,550.067 800.729 0.346 0.000 0.000 0.000 426.050 346.449 35.033 118.657 56.215


Note: Deposition shown meets
1) For quarters, a minimum of 75% data capture and
2) For annual, a minimum of 75% data capture with each quarter > 50% data capture.

Data capture = valid samples with valid precipitation for the period / total precipitation for period.