U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WRD New York District, Troy, NY WATER RESOURCES REVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS STATEMENT FOR MARCH 2001 Prepared April 3, 2001 Troy Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions at sites monitored and included in this report in eastern New York were in the deficient range except at Wallkill River at Gardiner and Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls. Mean flows at these 2 sites were in the excessive range. Adjustments were made to flows at Independence River at Donnattsburg due to ice effect during March. Extreme ice conditions were reported for Sacandaga River near Hope, Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, and Ausable River at Au Sable Forks, and therefore these sites were not included in this report. Ithaca Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional streamflow conditions at sites monitored and included in this report for western New York were in the deficient range at all sites except for Oatka Creek at Garbutt and Fall Creek near Ithaca which were both in the normal range. Chenango River near Chenango Forks was in the deficient range for the third consecutive month. Minor adjustments were made to Genesee River at Wellsville due to ice conditions. Coram Subdistrict--Summary Report March mean flow at Connetquot Brook near Central Islip was in the excessive range. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for March 2001# INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS (Reference period 1961-90)
## Reference period for this site is 1978-99. ** Excessive. * Deficient. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through March 31, 2001. MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE FOR INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS
Provisional Data for March 2001# MEAN FLOW FOR SELECTED GAGING STATIONS Percent of median Flow for month Station (cfs) (period of record) **01371500 Wallkill River at Gardiner 3,020 143 **01372500 Wappinger Cr near Wappingers Falls 703 129 *01413500 E Br Delaware River at Margaretville 229 45 *01420500 Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls 478 51 *01423000 W Br Delaware River at Walton 486 47 *01502500 Unadilla River at Rockdale 852 51 *01512500 Chenango River near Chenango Forks 3,160 63 *01531000 Chemung River at Chemung 3,270 58 *03011020 Allegheny River at Salamanca 2,830 50 *04213500 Cattaraugus Creek at Gowanda 771 54 *04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia 315 59 *04221000 Genesee River at Wellsville 320 44 04230500 Oatka Creek at Garbutt 389 74 04234000 Fall Creek at Ithaca 366 95 *04256000 Independence River at Donnattsburg e115 47 ** Excessive. * Deficient. e Estimate. 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 2,595 4,629 2,337 01323500 Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklinville 9,235 27,220 17,130 04295000 Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, NY - Elevation in ft above sea level March 31, 2001 95.35 March 31, 2000 98.38 Average (1939-99) 96.20 Maximum daily 100.68 (1976) Minimum daily 93.63 (1940) New York City reservoir system was at 92.6 percent of capacity on March 31, 2001. Normal for this period is 94.8 percent of capacity. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through March 31, 2001. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for March 2001 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 3/28 8.55 + 0.61 Broome Bm-121 3/29 20.47 + 3.26 Cattaraugus Ct-121 unavailable Chautauqua Cu-10 unavailable Chemung Cm-46 3/26 22.83 + .73 Chenango Cn-12 3/29 7.41 + .99 Cortland C-102 3/13 5.31 - .43 Dutchess Du-1009 3/29 12.85 + .37 Kings *K1194 4/2 8.56 - 1.06 Madison M-178 3/29 5.97 + .09 Nassau *N1259 3/20 45.89 - 4.39 Nassau *N1616 3/20 68.45 - 4.25 Oneida Oe-151 3/30 26.50 - 3.90 Otsego Og-23 3/29 5.67 - .65 Queens *Q1249 4/2 26.69 + .40 St. Lawrence St-40 3/25 5.99 + .17 Saratoga Sa-1100 3/28 46.82 +24.70 Steuben Sb-472 3/29 8.06 - .76 Suffolk *S1806 3/20 52.33 - 2.16 Suffolk *S1810 3/20 49.20 - 1.84 Suffolk *S1812 3/20 46.43 + .27 Suffolk *S4271 3/20 10.98 + .21 Suffolk *S5517 4/3 42.09 + .13 Suffolk *S8833 3/20 15.58 - .92 Wyoming Wo-4 3/8 12.62 - .70 * Water level in feet below land-surface datum unless site noted with * which indicates reference to sea level.
