U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WRD New York District, Troy, NY WATER RESOURCES REVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS STATEMENT FOR FEBRUARY 2000 Prepared March 3, 2000 Troy Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions at sites monitored and included in this report in eastern New York were in the normal to excessive range. Adjustments were made to all these sites generally for the first half of the month due to ice effect. Warmer temperatures, rain, and significant snowmelt caused rises in streamflow at the end of February. Extreme ice conditions were reported for Sacandaga River near Hope, Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, and Wallkill River at Gardiner, and therefore these sites were not included in this report. Ithaca Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional monthly mean discharges increased throughout western New York, but remained in the normal range at Allegheny River at Salamanca, Tonawanda Creek at Batavia, and Oatka Creek at Garbutt. Monthly mean discharges at Susquehanna River at Conklin, Chenango River near Chenango Forks, Chemung River at Chemung, and Genesee River at Wellsville all increased into the excessive range in response to significant snowmelt, caused by above normal temperatures near the end of the month, combined with moderate to heavy amounts of rainfall. Coram Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional mean flow at Massapequa Creek at Massapequa was in the deficient range for the twelfth consecutive month. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for February 2000# INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS (Reference period 1961-90)
* Deficient. e Estimate. ** Excessive. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through February 29, 2000. MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE FOR INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS
Provisional Data for February 2000# MEAN FLOW FOR SELECTED GAGING STATIONS Percent of median Flow for month Station (cfs) (period of record) 01372500 Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls e360 112 **01413500 E Br Delaware River at Margaretville 450 158 **01420500 Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls e690 176 **01423000 W Br Delaware River at Walton e1,200 209 **01512500 Chenango River near Chenango Forks e3,830 175 **01531000 Chemung River at Chemung e5,110 222 03011020 Allegheny River at Salamanca e3,490 130 04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia 391 140 **04221000 Genesee River at Wellsville 662 169 04230500 Oatka Creek at Garbutt 319 112 **04256000 Independence River at Donnattsburg e210 165 e Estimate ** Excessive LAKES AND RESERVOIRS Elevation & Storage at End of Month Reservoirs (Storage in million cubic feet) Current Year Last Year Average 01314500 Indian Lake nr Indian Lake, NY 3,796 3,276 2,007 01323500 Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklinville 16,070 14,130 13,040 04295000 Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, NY - Elevation in ft above sea level February 29, 2000 96.45 February 28, 1999 95.94 Average (1939-98) 95.54 Maximum daily 98.99 (1981) Minimum daily 93.55 (1948) New York City reservoir system was at 79.1 percent of capacity on February 28, 2000. Normal for this period is 83.4 percent of capacity. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through January 31, 2000. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for February 2000 INDEX OBSERVATION WELLS The observation-well network generally reflects conditions in water-table sand and gravel aquifers and does not necessarily reflect conditions in confined and bedrock aquifers. Water levels in N1259, N1616, Q1249, Sa-1100, S1806, and S1810 have been affected by changes in ground-water withdrawals or sewering. Departure from Median County Well No. Date Water Level (through 1997) Albany A-636 2/29 10.31 - 0.26 Broome Bm-121 unavailable Cattaraugus Ct-121 2/9 7.25 - 1.11 Chautauqua Cu-10 2/10 24.60 - 2.50 Chemung Cm-46 2/25 23.17 + .99 Chenango Cn-12 unavailable Cortland C-102 2/24 8.22 - 2.77 Dutchess Du-1009 unavailable Kings K1194 2/29 9.85 - .05 Madison M-178 2/25 5.13 + 2.02 Nassau N1259 2/28 44.14 - 5.00 Nassau N1616 2/28 68.33 - 4.19 Oneida Oe-151 unavailable Otsego Og-23 2/11 5.78 - .08 Queens Q1249 unavailable St. Lawrence St-40 2/28 6.02 + .76 Saratoga Sa-1100 2/23 47.57 +22.33 Steuben Sb-472 unavailable Suffolk S1806 unavailable Suffolk S1810 2/28 48.52 - 1.19 Suffolk S1812 2/23 44.80 - 1.18 Suffolk S4271 2/22 11.01 + .28 Suffolk S5517 2/22 39.68 - 1.56 Suffolk S8833 2/23 15.02 - 1.48 Wyoming Wo-4 2/26 11.92 + .67 * Water level in feet below land-surface datum unless noted with * which indicates reference to sea level.
