Observation

Downstream Stepping Stones

Hogsmill

River or stream

August 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Slow

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low

  • Water depth

    Ruler (metric)

    0.06 m

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    24 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    21 °C

  • Oxygen

    YSI meter (dissolved oxygen %)

    66.35 %

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    757 μS/cm

  • Oxygen

    YSI multimeter (dissolved oxygen)

    5.9 mg/L

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    400 ppm

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    180 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.8

    Regulatory

  • Ammonia

    Hanna checker (ammonia - medium range)

    0.07 mg/L

  • Nitrate-nitrogen

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    3.5 mg/L

  • Phosphate

    Hanna checker (phosphate - low range)

    1.22 mg/L