Water report · Great Sacandaga Lake
Near normal for mid October, and dropping fast this week. Above 58% of past October 11s on record.
Updated 1:30 PM UTC, Oct 11
757.02 ft puts Great Sacandaga Lake in the 58th percentile for October 11, against 96 years of record.
The median for this date is 755.87 ft, and half of all October 11s on record fell between 753.74 and 759.48.
Over the last 7 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 757.02 and 757.83 ft, lowest on Oct 11 and highest on Oct 5.
That is 0.81 ft lower than on Oct 5.
Over the last 30 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 757.02 and 760.04 ft, lowest on Oct 11 and highest on Sep 12.
That is 3.02 ft lower than on Sep 12.
Over the last 90 days, Great Sacandaga Lake held between 757.02 and 764.87 ft, lowest on Oct 11 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 7.85 ft lower than on Jul 14.
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 1.78 ft higher than on Oct 11.
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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