Limestone Creek Monitoring Set

Located in Onondaga and Madison counties, Limestone Creek is about 25 miles long and flows into Butternut Creek, then Chittenango Creek before reaching Lake Oneida. This creek is part of the Oswego River Watershed which empties into Lake Ontario.

Limestone Creek Monitoring Set Map
Synoptic Investigative Red Flag Biological
Limestone Creek Monitoring Set Graphs
Select Water Quality Indicator

Note: The points on this graph reflect the average levels or concentrations of each water quality parameter. To see the individual data points that make up these averages, please scroll down and select a Sampling Location or a Monitoring Event from the tables below.

Selection of water quality indicators is controlled by drop-down menu on the upper right. Graph presents average values for both SYNOPTIC LOCATIONS and REDFLAG LOCATIONS over all monitoring events (see below right, table of events). Synoptic and Red Flag locations are ordered downstream to upstream (left to right) according to their distance from the stream mouth (see below left, table of locations). If distance to mouth has not been determined, the location defaults to the right end of the graph. Graph distances do not correspond to actual miles to mouth. INVESTIGATIVE LOCATIONS and BIOLOGICAL LOCATIONS are excluded.

Separate averages are reported for samples collected under base flow and stormwater conditions. These stream flow categories are loosely defined. BASE FLOW corresponds to normal or low flow conditions. STORMWATER corresponds to elevated flows following rain or snow melt, as judged by online hydrographs of USGS gauging stations, if available, and/or as judged by volunteers based on their familiarity with the stream and their observation of factors such as stream turbulence and turbidity. Though loosely defined, these two flow categories provide a useful approximation of the impact of runoff on water quality. See metadata for a description of methods for estimating stream discharge and nutrient loading.

Limestone Creek Sampling Locations

This table lists all SYNOPTIC LOCATIONS , REDFLAG LOCATIONS , INVESTIGATIVE LOCATIONS , and BIOLOGICAL LOCATIONS in the watershed of the monitoring set, their latitude and longitude coordinates, and the number of river miles to the stream mouth, where applicable. Select a location to view a detailed site map and timeline of chemical and microbiological results.

Name Code Latitude Longitude Miles from the mouth Type
Limestone Creek @ Rt 5 LCR5 43.0297 -76.013 23.63 RED FLAG
West Branch Limestone Creek @ 173 LC173 42.9966 -75.9874 25.234 RED FLAG
Limestone Creek @ Mill Run Park LCMR 42.9989 -75.9768 25.683 RED FLAG
Limestone Creek @ Whetstone LCWR 42.9963 -75.9686 26.214 INVESTIGATIVE
Limestone Creek Monitoring Events

This table lists the dates of all chemical and microbiological monitoring events since the beginning of the monitoring set. A PARTIAL EVENT indicates that less than 90% of SYNOPTIC LOCATIONS were sampled. Select a date to navigate to a graph and table of raw chemical and microbiological data from the corresponding event.

Date Flow Type
1 January 20, 2024 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
2 June 08, 2022 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
3 April 13, 2022 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
4 November 14, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
5 November 11, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
6 October 08, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
7 August 31, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
8 June 30, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
9 April 14, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
10 March 11, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
11 February 10, 2021 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
12 October 14, 2020 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
13 September 14, 2020 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
14 August 15, 2020 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
15 July 18, 2020 STORMWATER RED FLAG EVENT
16 March 24, 2019 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
17 February 24, 2019 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
18 December 30, 2018 STORMWATER RED FLAG EVENT
19 November 26, 2018 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
20 September 30, 2018 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
21 August 22, 2018 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
22 July 29, 2018 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
23 May 09, 2018 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
24 March 31, 2018 STORMWATER RED FLAG EVENT
25 February 21, 2018 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
26 January 10, 2018 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
27 November 29, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
28 October 19, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
29 September 29, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
30 August 23, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
31 July 26, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
32 June 14, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
33 April 27, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
34 February 02, 2017 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
35 December 27, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
36 November 01, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
37 September 27, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
38 August 30, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
39 July 31, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
40 June 21, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
41 May 24, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
42 April 19, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
43 March 14, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
44 February 02, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
45 January 21, 2016 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
46 December 01, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
47 November 10, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
48 October 15, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
49 September 08, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
50 August 09, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
51 July 18, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
52 June 27, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
53 May 23, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
54 April 18, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
55 March 28, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
56 February 07, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
57 January 18, 2015 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
58 December 14, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
59 November 15, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
60 October 12, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
61 September 13, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
62 August 08, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
63 July 19, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
64 June 14, 2014 STORMWATER RED FLAG EVENT
65 May 18, 2014 STORMWATER RED FLAG EVENT
66 April 19, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
67 March 15, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
68 March 01, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
69 January 11, 2014 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
70 December 21, 2013 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT
71 November 23, 2013 BASE FLOW RED FLAG EVENT