Water report · Great Sacandaga Lake
Near normal for early September, and dropping this week. Above 65% of past September 2s on record.
Updated 7:30 PM UTC, Sep 2
761.01 ft puts Great Sacandaga Lake in the 65th percentile for September 2, against 96 years of record.
The median for this date is 759.65 ft, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 757.92 and 761.99.
Over the last 7 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 760.99 and 761.53 ft, lowest on Aug 31 and highest on Aug 27.
That is 0.52 ft lower than on Aug 27.
Over the last 30 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 760.99 and 764.05 ft, lowest on Aug 31 and highest on Aug 4.
That is 3.04 ft lower than on Aug 4.
Over the last 90 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 760.99 and 767.72 ft, lowest on Aug 31 and highest on Jun 5.
That is 6.71 ft lower than on Jun 5.
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 1.32 ft higher than on Sep 2.
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.
See the Great Sacandaga Lake record book