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Owasco Lake near Auburn Pool (ft)Observed: 712.74 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.74 ft at 7:15AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.74 ft at 7:30AM May 15, 2024Highest Observation: 712.79 ft at 7:45AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:15AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:30AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 8:45AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 9:15AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:30AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 9:45AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:15AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 10:30AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:45AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 11:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 11:15AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 11:30AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 11:45AM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 12:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 12:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 12:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 1:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.74 ft at 2:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 2:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 3:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 3:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 4:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 4:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 5:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 5:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 6:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 6:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 7:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 7:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 8:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 9:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 10:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 10:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 11:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 11:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 12:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 12:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 1:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 2:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 3:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 3:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 4:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 4:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 5:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 5:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 6:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 6:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 7:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 7:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 9:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 10:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 11:15AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.74 ft at 11:45AM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.73 ft at 12:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 12:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 1:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 1:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 3:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 3:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 4:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 4:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 5:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 5:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 6:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 6:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 7:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 9:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.78 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 10:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 11:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 11:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 12:15AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 12:45AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:15AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 1:45AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 2:15AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 3:45AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 4:15AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.75 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 4:45AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.76 ft at 5:15AM May 17, 2024Observed: 712.77 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 8:00AM May 17, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 2:00PM May 17, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 8:00PM May 17, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 2:00AM May 18, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 8:00AM May 18, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 2:00PM May 18, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 8:00PM May 18, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 2:00AM May 19, 2024Highest Forecast: 712.7 ft 8:00AM May 19, 2024USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesOWSN6(plotting HPIRG) Graph Created (6:45AM May 17, 2024)ObservedForecast (issued 11:14AM May 16)Latest observed value: 712.77 ft at 5:30 AM EDT 17-May-2024. Flood Stage is 715 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 716.9
Moderate Flood Stage: 716
Flood Stage: 715
Action Stage: 714.5
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 716.91 ft on 03/26/1936
(2) 716.91 ft on 04/09/1940
(3) 716.88 ft on 06/25/1972
(4) 714.91 ft on 04/27/1993
(5) 714.21 ft on 05/13/1996

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 714.21 ft on 05/13/1996
(2) 714.91 ft on 04/27/1993
(3) 716.88 ft on 06/25/1972
(4) 716.91 ft on 04/09/1940
(5) 716.91 ft on 03/26/1936

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.

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716.9 Major flooding. Represents floods of record reached in 1936, 1940, and 1972.
716 Moderate flooding begins. City of Auburn pumping station floor elevation reached.
715 Lake level flood stage. Minor flooding begins along west side of lake in Fleming and along the southeast corner in Indian Cove. Poplar Cove Road is threatened.
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Latitude: 42.898889° N, Longitude: 76.538056° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 715 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available 714.5 ft Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available 715.0 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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