U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WRD New York District, Troy, NY WATER RESOURCES REVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS STATEMENT FOR AUGUST 2003 Prepared September 2, 2003 Troy Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions at sites monitored and included in this report in eastern New York were in the excessive range except at Oquaga Creek at Deposit and Independence River at Donnattsburg which were in the normal range. The second highest (provisional) period-of-record (1918 to date) monthly mean discharge for August was recorded at Mohawk River at Cohoes. Conditions at Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls and East Branch Delaware River at Margaretville were in the excessive range for the third consecutive month. The total New York City reservoir system was at 97.0 percent of capacity on August 29; normal for this period is 81.8 percent of capacity. Ithaca Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions at sites monitored and included in this report for western New York were in the excessive range at all sites. The recorded monthly means for Allegheny River at Salamanca and Genesee River at Wellsville were the highest of record. Monthly means for Chemung River at Chemung, Flint Creek at Phelps, Oneida Creek at Oneida, and Unadilla River at Rockdale were the third highest of record. Coram Subdistrict--Summary Report Mean flow at Connetquot Brook near Central Islip was in the excessive range for the third consecutive month. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for August 2003 MEAN FLOW FOR SELECTED GAGING STATIONS Period of record Flow Percent Station (to date) (cfs) Exceedence Conditions 01306460 Connetquot Brook nr Central Islip 1978 31 20 Excessive 01312000 Hudson River at Newcomb 1925-87,2002 276 18 " 01318500 Hudson River at Hadley 1921 1,610 17 " 01321000 Sacandaga River nr Hope 1911 615 9 " 01334500 Hoosic River near Eagle Bridge 1910 1,050 5 " 01350000 Schoharie Creek at Prattsville 1902 483 5 " 01357500 Mohawk River at Cohoes 1917 5,090 1 " 01371500 Wallkill River at Gardiner 1924 950 15 " 01372500 Wappinger Cr nr Wappingers Falls 1928 268 6 " 01413500 E Br Delaware River at Margaretville 1937 277 4 " 01420500 Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls 1913 711 4 Excessive 01423000 W Br Delaware River at Walton 1950 unavailable 01426000 Oquaga Creek at Deposit 1941-73,2002 33 27 Normal 01502500 Unadilla River at Rockdale 1930-95,2001 548 4 Excessive 01503000 Susquehanna River at Conklin 1912 1,830 13 " 01512500 Chenango River nr Chenango Forks 1912 1,690 7 " 01531000 Chemung River at Chemung 1903 4,380 2 " 03011020 Allegheny River at Salamanca 1903 5,160 0 " 04213500 Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda 1940-98,2000 504 9 " 04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia 1944 118 10 " 04221000* Genesee River at Wellsville 1916 1,080 0 " 04230500 Oatka Creek at Garbutt 1945 90 10 " 04234000 Fall Creek at Ithaca 1925 102 12 " 04235250 Flint Creek at Phelps 1960-95,2002 58 6 " 04243500 Oneida Creek at Oneida 1950 150 4 Excessive 04256000 Independence River at Donnattsburg 1942 80 31 Normal 04262500 W Br Oswegatchie R nr Harrisville 1916 270 13 Excessive 04270200 Little Salmon River at Bombay 1958-95,2002 59 24 " 04275500 Ausable River at Au Sable Forks 1910-68,1990 402 14 Excessive * Includes 04221500-Genesee River at Scio (1916-72) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE FOR SELECTED STREAMFLOW STATIONS
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for August 2003 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 S1810 have been affected by changes in ground-water withdrawals or sewering. Water level in feet below land-surface datum unless site noted with * which indicates reference to sea level or ** which indicates water level in feet above land-surface datum. Statistics used for A-654 (replacement) are from A-636, those for Cm-622(replacement) are from Cm-46 (adjusted), and those for U-1619(replacement) are from U-405 (adjusted). Record Percent County Well No. begins Date Water Level Exceedence Conditions Albany A-654 2002 8/20 8.74 15 Excessive Allegany Ag-261 2002 8/28 5.84 - -- Allegany Ag-262 2002 8/28 -0.08 - -- Broome Bm-128 1980 8/26 24.46 30 Normal Broome Bm-129 1985 unavailable Cattaraugus Ct-121 1984 8/28 6.70 32 Normal Cayuga Cy-7 1966 8/28 18.87 21 Excessive Chautauqua Cu-10 1939 8/28 30.49 38 Normal Chemung Cm-622 2002 8/26 23.61 10 Excessive Chenango Cn-12 1975 8/26 9.96 42 Normal Clinton Cl-145 1992 8/22 23.47 43 Normal Cortland C-998 2002 8/26 5.37 - -- Delaware D-503 2002 8/28 6.55 - -- Dutchess Du-1009 1967 8/28 15.91 34 Normal Essex Ex-150 2002 8/27 22.65 - -- Fulton Fu-271 2002 8/27 14.28 - -- Genesee Gs-190 2002 8/28 32.66 - -- Greene G-644 2003 8/8 21.18 - -- Hamilton H-3 1966 8/27 14.10 30 Normal Lewis L-174 2002 8/26 23.30 - -- Madison M-178 1975 8/26 8.18 10 Excessive Oneida Oe-151 1926 8/27 24.35 48 Normal Oneida Oe-1457 2003 8/27 42.83 - -- Ontario **Ot-900 1955 8/27 7.53 45 Normal Ontario Ot-1133 2002 8/27 3.44 - -- Orange O-2271 2002 8/28 6.80 - -- Oswego Ow-5013 2002 8/26 23.40 - -- Oswego Ow-5014 2002 8/26 23.57 - -- Otsego Og-23 1953 8/26 7.26 13 Excessive Rensselaer Re-703 1983 8/19 36.99 23 Excessive Rockland Ro-18 1949 8/14 19.85 29 Normal St. Lawrence St-40 1953 8/21 7.38 44 Normal Saratoga Sa-1285 2002 8/22 2.44 - -- Steuben Sb-472 1965 8/28 7.27 0 Excessive Suffolk *S1810 1976 8/18 51.32 44 Normal Suffolk *S1812 1982 8/26 47.04 35 Normal Suffolk *S4271 1946 8/19 12.89 4 Excessive Suffolk *S5517 1948 8/11 45.03 4 " Suffolk *S8833 1951 8/25 18.70 12 Excessive Sullivan Sv-535 2001 8/21 11.62 - -- Ulster U-1619 2002 8/28 16.80 26 Normal Washington W-533 1974 8/22 7.05 25 Normal Westchester We-5020 2003 8/19 12.50 - -- Wyoming Wo-4 1974 8/28 13.42 53 Normal ___________________________________________________________________________________________ INDEX OBSERVATION WELLS
___________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 3,789 4,022 3,395 01323500 Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklinville 29,130 25,110 24,870 04295000 Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, NY - Elevation in ft above sea level August 31, 2003 95.94 August 31, 2002 95.07 Average (1939-2001) 95.18 Maximum daily 98.31 (1976) Minimum daily 93.39 (1949) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for August 2003# INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS (Reference period 1971-2000)
## Reference period is 1978-2000 ** Excessive @ Aug. 28,29,30,31 # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through August 31, 2003. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ NOTES, DEFINITIONS, ETC. Percent exceedence is, for example, the percentage of November monthly mean discharges for period of record equal to or greater than the current November monthly mean discharge. Statistics for the "Index Streamflow Stations" table are for the 30-year reference period 1971-2000. All other statistics used in report are based on the period of record at the site. Median = 50th percentile, which means that, for the period of record included in the analysis, 50% of the values are greater than the median and 50% are less. Deficient range = values below the 25th percentile - for the period of record included in the analysis, 75% of the values are greater and 25% are less than this value. Excessive range = values above the 75th percentile - for the period of record included in the analysis, 25% of the values are greater and 75% are less than this value. Normal range = values between the 25th and 75th percentiles.