Water report · Great Sacandaga Lake
Great Sacandaga Lake water level
Near normal for mid August, and dropping fast this week. Above 66% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:30 PM UTC, Aug 13
Great Sacandaga Lake water level history
What this means
763.24 ft puts Great Sacandaga Lake in the 66th percentile for August 13, against 97 years of record.
The median for this date is 762.00 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 760.31 and 763.95.
Over the last 7 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 763.36 and 763.92 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Aug 6.
That is 0.56 ft lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 763.01 and 764.87 ft, lowest on Jul 28 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 1.51 ft lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 763.01 and 768.83 ft, lowest on Jul 28 and highest on May 27.
That is 4.64 ft lower than on May 15.
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 0.93 ft higher than on Aug 12.
On this water
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 centre 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.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 01323500, GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE AT CONKLINGVILLE NY, 17.4 miles from the centre 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.
Great Sacandaga Lake fishing records
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.
See the Great Sacandaga Lake record book