U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WRD New York District, Troy, NY WATER RESOURCES REVIEW AND CURRENT CONDITIONS STATEMENT FOR OCTOBER 1999 Prepared November 2, 1999 Troy Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional mean flows in eastern New York were in the normal to excessive range at all sites monitored and included in this report. The percent of median decreased from September to October at all these sites except Hudson River at Hadley. Four sites were in the excessive range for the second consecutive month: Schoharie Creek at Prattsville, Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls, East Branch Delaware River at Margaretville, and Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls. 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 Susquehanna River at Conklin, Chemung River at Chemung, Chenango River near Chenango Forks, Allegheny River at Salamanca, and Tonawanda Creek at Batavia. Flows at Genesee River at Wellsville and Oatka Creek at Garbutt remained in the deficient range. Coram Subdistrict--Summary Report Provisional mean flow at Massapequa Creek at Massapequa was in the deficient range for the eighth consecutive month. ___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for October 1999# INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS (Reference period 1961-90)
* Deficient. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through October 31, 1999. MONTHLY MEAN DISCHARGE FOR INDEX STREAMFLOW STATIONS
Provisional Data for October 1999# MEAN FLOW FOR SELECTED GAGING STATIONS Percent of median Flow for month Station (cfs) (period of record) 01321000 Sacandaga River near Hope 507 95 **01350000 Schoharie Creek at Prattsville 489 304 01371500 Wallkill River at Gardiner 608 232 **01372500 Wappinger Creek near Wappingers Falls 171 323 **01413500 E Br Delaware River at Margaretville 286 353 **01420500 Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls 550 188 01423000 W Br Delaware River at Walton 391 215 01512500 Chenango River near Chenango Forks 652 76 01531000 Chemung River at Chemung 541 97 03011020 Allegheny River at Salamanca 456 51 04217000 Tonawanda Creek at Batavia 36 82 *04221000 Genesee River at Wellsville 56 53 *04230500 Oatka Creek at Garbutt 26 64 04256000 Independence River at Donnattsburg 188 131 ** Excessive. * 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 3,385 3,301 2,661 01323500 Great Sacandaga Lake at Conklinville 20,270 19,800 20,140 04295000 Richelieu River (Lake Champlain) at Rouses Point, NY - Elevation in ft above sea level October 31, 1999 96.00 October 31, 1998 95.70 Average (1939-98) 94.84 Maximum daily 99.04 (1978) Minimum daily 92.90 (1942) New York City reservoir system was at 70.6 percent of capacity on October 31, 1999. Normal for this period is 69.0 percent of capacity. # Note: Flow statistics based on data collected through October 31, 1999. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Provisional Data for October 1999 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 10/31 10.43 + 0.45 Broome Bm-121 10/12 23.25 + 5.35 Cattaraugus Ct-121 10/4 8.36 + 1.90 Chautauqua Cu-10 10/13 46.39 -10.90 Chenango Cn-12 10/26 9.20 + .40 Cortland C-102 10/4 13.06 - 3.27 Dutchess Du-1009 10/13 13.57 + 4.25 Kings K1194 10/19 10.03 + .18 Madison M-178 10/7 9.80 - .51 Nassau N1259 10/19 44.31 - 4.50 Nassau N1616 10/19 69.16 - 3.51 Oneida Oe-151 10/29 25.28 + 1.14 Otsego Og-23 10/26 7.26 + .46 Queens Q1249 10/20 22.13 - 8.81 St. Lawrence St-40 10/25 6.24 + 1.45 Steuben Sb-472 10/20 9.32 + .68 Suffolk S1810 10/19 49.21 - .74 Suffolk S1812 10/25 44.70 - .38 Suffolk S4271 10/26 11.23 + .61 Suffolk S5517 10/26 42.16 - .94 Suffolk S8833 10/28 15.41 - .57 Wyoming Wo-4 10/10 13.57 - .08 * Water level in feet below land-surface datum unless noted with * which indicates reference to sea level. Note: Data for Cm-46, Sa-1100, and S1806, unavailable.
