Water report · Great Sacandaga Lake
Near normal for late September, and dropping this week. Above 66% of past September 22s on record.
Updated 6:30 AM UTC, Sep 22
759.24 ft puts Great Sacandaga Lake in the 66th percentile for September 22, against 96 years of record.
The median for this date is 757.53 ft, and half of all September 22s on record fell between 755.74 and 760.27.
Over the last 7 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 759.24 and 759.72 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Sep 17.
That is 0.47 ft lower than on Sep 16.
Over the last 30 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 759.24 and 761.92 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Aug 24.
That is 2.68 ft lower than on Aug 24.
Over the last 90 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 759.24 and 766.85 ft, lowest on Sep 22 and highest on Jun 25.
That is 7.61 ft lower than on Jun 25.
Over the last 12 months, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 749.65 and 769.25 ft, lowest on Mar 5 and highest on Apr 21.
That is 2.06 ft higher than on Sep 22.
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 01323500, GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE AT CONKLINGVILLE NY, 17.4 miles from the center of Great Sacandaga Lake. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 01323500, GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE AT CONKLINGVILLE NY, 17.4 miles from the center of Great Sacandaga Lake. It reports reservoir elevation. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
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