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News and Features EARTHQUAKEApril 20, 2002 06:50 AM -- A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 occurred about 15 miles southwest of Plattsburgh, New York at 4:50 AM MDT today, Apr 20, 2002 (6:50 AM EDT in New York). No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time. New York Drought Information Environmental Studies of the World Trade Center area after the September 11, 2001 attack USGS Open-File Report 01-0429 NWISWeb - National Water Information System Web Site. Selected water-resources data for approximately 1.5 million sites across the United States, selected territories and border locations, from 1857 to present. Data are retrieved by category of data, such as surface water, ground water, or water quality; and by geographic area. Of the 1.5 million sites with data, 80% are wells; 350,000 are water quality sites; and 19,000 are streamflow sites, of which over 5,000 are real-time. NWISWeb contains about 4.3 million water quality samples and 64 million water quality sampling results. New York data in NWISWeb. Streamflow Information for the Next Century: A Plan for the National Streamflow Information Program of the U.S. Geological Survey USGS Open-File Report 99-456, 18 p. (PDF Vers. 4.0, 6 Mb) Regionalized Channel Geomorphologic Characteristics for New York are being developed by the U.S. Geological Survey and other interested agencies.(PDF Vers. 4.0, 660 kb) Online interactive maps to track the West Nile virus Arsenic in ground-water resources of the United States, Map of arsenic concentrations for 18,850 ground-water samples collected in 1973-97, and Map of counties in which at least 10% of ground-water samples exceed possible new maximum contaminant levels. What is Stream Gaging? (Poster) Help with reading PDF files? Problems encountered while reading PDF Vers. 4.0 files with the Vers. 3.0 Acrobat Reader. Past News Items Projects Index of Current USGS Studies and Research in New York State New York State Pesticide Monitoring Hudson River Basin NAWQA (NAtional Water Quality Assessment) Hudson River Salt Front Long Island-New Jersey Coastal Drainages NAWQA Delaware River Basin NAWQA Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair Basin NAWQA Borehole Geophysics [ Introduction || Advances || Training and Tech Transfer ] Geologic Features of the Sea Bottom around a Municipal Sludge Dumpsite offshore of New Jersey and New York Coastal and Marine Mapping of Long Island Sound (digital mosaics) Upper Wallkill River Study Lower Hudson River Discharge and Sediment Flux Additional Sources of Information USGS Home Pages [ Main || Biology || Geology || Mapping || Water ] USGS Geographic Information Systems USGS Office of the Delaware River Master USGS Education Pages Water Science for Schools Biological Resources Division Kid's Corner USGS Mapping-Related Educational Materials Online USGS Learning Web Emergency Management Links New York State Home Page New York State Department of Environmental Conservation New York State Geological Survey Great Lakes Information Network International Joint Commission -- United States and Canada Environment Canada

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