U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WRD New York District, Troy, NY WATER RESOURCES REVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS STATEMENT FOR JANUARY 2000 Prepared February 3, 2000 Troy Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions at sites monitored and included in this report in northeastern New York were in the excessive range. Provisional mean flows for the remaining sites in eastern New York included herein were in the normal range except for Wallkill River at Gardiner which was in the deficient range. Adjustments were made to mean flows at all these sites due to ice effect during the second half of January. Ithaca Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional mean monthly flows at monitored sites included in this report for western New York were in the normal range at all sites. All sites were adjusted for ice effect. Coram Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional mean flow at Massapequa Creek at Massapequa was in the deficient range for the eleventh consecutive month. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for January 2000# INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS (Reference period 1961-90)
* Deficient. e Estimate. ** Excessive. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through January 31, 2000. MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE FOR INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS
Provisional Data for January 2000# MEAN FLOW FOR SELECTED GAGING STATIONS Percent of median Flow for month Station (cfs) (period of record) **01321000 Sacandaga River near Hope e1,450 193 01350000 Schoharie Creek at Prattsville e330 88 *01371500 Wallkill River at Gardiner e540 52 01372500 Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls e180 68 01413500 E Br Delaware River at Margaretville e180 62 01420500 Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls e310 66 01423000 W Br Delaware River at Walton e440 86 01512500 Chenango River near Chenango Forks e3,000 131 01531000 Chemung River at Chemung e1,830 105 03011020 Allegheny River at Salamanca e2,760 104 04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia e208 94 04221000 Genesee River at Wellsville e367 119 04230500 Oatka Creek at Garbutt 165 75 **04256000 Independence River at Donnattsburg e300 186 ** Excessive e Estimate * 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 3,872 3,457 2,517 01323500 Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklinville 19,280 18,330 16,110 04295000 Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, NY - Elevation in ft above sea level January 31, 2000 95.52 January 31, 1999 96.07 Average (1939-98) 95.58 Maximum daily 99.18 (1984) Minimum daily 93.56 (1948) New York City reservoir system was at 74.9 percent of capacity on January 31, 2000. Normal for this period is 81.7 percent of capacity. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through January 31, 2000. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for January 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 1/28 10.52 - 0.30 Broome Bm-121 1/28 21.21 + 4.19 Cattaraugus Ct-121 1/11 6.05 + .48 Chautauqua Cu-10 1/18 29.78 - 6.54 Chemung Cm-46 1/20 24.14 + .18 Chenango Cn-12 1/24 8.36 + .96 Dutchess Du-1009 1/11 13.61 + .15 Madison M-178 2/2 7.59 - .13 Nassau N1259 1/27 44.28 - 4.97 Nassau N1616 1/27 68.56 - 5.58 Oneida Oe-151 1/31 21.88 + 1.06 Otsego Og-23 1/24 5.74 - .14 St. Lawrence St-40 1/31 6.54 + .09 Saratoga Sa-1100 1/19 54.65 +21.19 Steuben Sb-472 1/20 8.47 + .25 Suffolk S1806 1/27 51.13 - 3.88 Suffolk S1810 1/27 48.69 - 2.15 Wyoming Wo-4 1/20 12.87 - .25 * Water level in feet below land-surface datum unless noted with * which indicates reference to sea level. Note: Data for C-102, K1194, Q1249, S1812, S4271, S5517, and S8833 unavailable.
