U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WRD New York District, Troy, NY WATER RESOURCES REVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS STATEMENT FOR NOVEMBER 2000 Prepared December 4, 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 deficient range. The percent of median flow decreased from October to November at all sites included herein except at sites in the western Adirondack mountains region in northern New York (04256000 and 04262500). The percent of median at these two sites changed by less than 10%. Ithaca Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions at sites monitored and included in this report for western New York were in the normal range at Susquehanna River at Conklin, Chenango River at Chenango Forks, Tonawanda Creek at Batavia, and Oatka Creek at Garbutt (excessive previous three months). Monitored sites at Chemung River at Chemung, Allegheny River at Salamanca, and Genesee River at Wellsville were in the deficient range. Coram Subdistrict--Summary Report November mean flow at Connetquot Brook near Central Islip was in the normal range. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for November 2000# INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS (Reference period 1961-90)
## Reference period for this site is 1978-99. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through November 30, 2000. MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE FOR INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS
Provisional Data for November 2000# MEAN FLOW FOR SELECTED GAGING STATIONS Percent of median Flow for month Station (cfs) (period of record) 01321000 Sacandaga River near Hope 779 73 *01350000 Schoharie Creek at Prattsville 155 40 01371500 Wallkill River at Gardiner 473 54 01372500 Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls 162 110 *01413500 E Br Delaware River at Margaretville 112 38 *01420500 Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls 296 53 *01423000 W Br Delaware River at Walton 238 41 01512500 Chenango River near Chenango Forks 1,180 59 *01531000 Chemung River at Chemung 471 34 *03011020 Allegheny River at Salamanca 1,020 44 04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia 104 72 *04221000 Genesee River at Wellsville 131 40 04230500 Oatka Creek at Garbutt 74 74 *04256000 Independence River at Donnattsburg 154 67 * Deficient. 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 3,273 3,558 2,836 01323500 Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklinville 22,630 19,650 19,960 04295000 Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, NY - Elevation in ft above sea level November 30, 2000 94.50 November 30, 1999 95.95 Average (1939-99) 95.16 Maximum daily 98.57 (1991) Minimum daily 93.12 (1954) New York City reservoir system was at 82.7 percent of capacity on November 30, 2000. Normal for this period is 70.7 percent of capacity. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through November 30, 2000. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for November 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 1999) Albany A-636 11/29 10.28 + 0.60 Broome Bm-121 11/29 22.89 + 4.31 Cattaraugus Ct-121 11/16 8.75 + .27 Chautauqua Cu-10 11/30 25.39 + 6.86 Chemung Cm-46 11/29 24.67 - .21 Chenango Cn-12 11/27 9.21 - .08 Cortland C-102 unavailable Dutchess Du-1009 unavailable Kings *K1194 11/21 10.09 + .29 Madison M-178 11/28 8.61 - .30 Nassau *N1259 11/15 45.59 - 3.41 Nassau *N1616 11/15 68.78 - 5.58 Oneida Oe-151 11/30 26.79 - .50 Otsego Og-23 11/7 7.31 - 1.37 Queens *Q1249 11/21 25.82 - 4.92 St. Lawrence St-40 11/27 6.79 + .40 Saratoga Sa-1100 11/29 64.40 +13.47 Steuben Sb-472 11/29 9.86 - .50 Suffolk *S1806 11/15 51.90 - 2.35 Suffolk *S1810 11/15 49.83 - .44 Suffolk *S1812 11/29 45.46 + .08 Suffolk *S4271 11/22 10.90 + .14 Suffolk *S5517 11/22 41.51 - .37 Suffolk *S8833 11/24 14.83 - .93 Wyoming Wo-4 11/28 13.13 - .04 * Water level in feet below land-surface datum unless site noted with * which indicates reference to sea level.
