U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WRD New York District, Troy, NY WATER RESOURCES REVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS STATEMENT FOR OCTOBER 2000 Prepared November 2, 2000 Troy Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions were in the normal range at all sites monitored and included in this report in eastern New York. The percent of median flow at Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls decreased from September to October (733% to 244%) and mean flow at this site and at Mohawk River at Cohoes and Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls was now in the normal range after five consecutive months in the excessive range. 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, Chemung River at Chemung, Allegheny River at Salamanca, Genesee River at Wellsville, and Tonawanda Creek at Batavia. Oatka Creek at Garbutt remained in the excessive range for the third consecutive month. Coram Subdistrict--Summary Report October mean flow at Connetquot Brook near Central Islip was in the normal range. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for October 2000# INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS (Reference period 1961-90)
## Reference period for this site is 1978-99. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through October 31, 2000. MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE FOR INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS
Provisional Data for October 2000# MEAN FLOW FOR SELECTED GAGING STATIONS Percent of median Flow for month Station (cfs) (period of record) 01321000 Sacandaga River near Hope 567 107 01350000 Schoharie Creek at Prattsville 149 107 01371500 Wallkill River at Gardiner 293 116 01372500 Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls 127 244 01413500 E Br Delaware River at Margaretville 104 130 01420500 Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls 322 118 01423000 W Br Delaware River at Walton 222 140 01512500 Chenango River near Chenango Forks 1,240 144 01531000 Chemung River at Chemung 658 118 03011020 Allegheny River at Salamanca 1,080 120 04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia 92 211 04221000 Genesee River at Wellsville 123 116 **04230500 Oatka Creek at Garbutt 94 230 04256000 Independence River at Donnattsburg 84 59 ** 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 3,214 3,385 2,268 01323500 Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklinville 24,610 20,270 20,140 04295000 Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, NY - Elevation in ft above sea level October 31, 2000 94.16 October 31, 1999 96.00 Average (1939-99) 94.85 Maximum daily 99.04 (1978) Minimum daily 92.90 (1942) New York City reservoir system was at 85.9 percent of capacity on October 30, 2000. Normal for this period is 69.2 percent of capacity. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through October 31, 2000. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for October 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 10/30 10.05 + 0.77 Broome Bm-121 10/12 23.64 + 4.86 Cattaraugus Ct-121 10/16 8.22 + 2.04 Chautauqua Cu-10 10/17 24.50 +11.10 Chemung Cm-46 10/12 25.02 - .17 Chenango Cn-12 10/11 9.12 + .62 Cortland C-102 10/21 7.21 + 2.61 Dutchess Du-1009 unavailable Kings *K1194 10/24 8.59 - 1.26 Madison M-178 10/18 8.49 + 1.05 Nassau *N1259 10/17 45.86 - 2.95 Nassau *N1616 10/17 68.84 - 3.83 Oneida Oe-151 unavailable Otsego Og-23 10/4 7.66 + .34 Queens *Q1249 10/23 25.45 - 5.49 St. Lawrence St-40 10/29 7.04 + .55 Saratoga Sa-1100 unavailable Steuben Sb-472 10/10 9.34 + .63 Suffolk *S1806 10/17 52.40 - 1.37 Suffolk *S1810 10/17 50.30 + .35 Suffolk *S1812 10/25 45.76 + .68 Suffolk *S4271 10/27 10.98 + .36 Suffolk *S5517 10/27 41.80 - 1.33 Suffolk *S8833 10/26 15.06 - 1.10 Wyoming Wo-4 10/20 12.77 + .68 * Water level in feet below land-surface datum unless site noted with * which indicates reference to sea level.
