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New York Water Levels

Live USGS lake gauges, Corps reservoir pools and NOAA tide and Great Lakes stations.

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Live lake gauges

New York lake gauges from USGS, live

Lake	Level	Reading	Source
Laurel Lake	5.22 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01304250
Georgica Pond	2.57 ft	Jun 2, 2026	USGS 01304705
Hempstead Lake	21.07 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 0131079450
Baisley Pond	5.64 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01311820
Great Sacandaga Lake	756.67 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01323500
Saratoga Lake	203.37 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01330884
Hinckley Reservoir	1,201.27 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01343900
Schoharie Reservoir	1,121.42 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01350100
Ohrback Lake	249.72 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01376531
Clove Lake	129.95 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01376547
Pepacton Reservoir	1,259.82 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01414750
Cannonsville Reservoir	1,125.57 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01423910
Neversink Reservoir	1,425.58 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01435900
East Sidney Lake	1,150.16 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01499500
Whitney Point Lake	973.14 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01511000
Arkport Reservoir	1,227.54 ft	Oct 21, 2026	USGS 01521000
Almond Lake	1,257.15 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 01523000
Chautauqua Lake	1,307.95 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 03013946
Mount Morris Lake	589.49 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04224000
Conesus Lake	817.84 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04227980
Cayuga Inlet (cayuga Lake)	382.55 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04233500
Owasco Lake	712.06 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04235396
Onondaga Creek	459.35 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04238500
Onondaga Lake	363.21 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04240495
Stillwater Reservoir	1,666.83 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04256500
Lake George	319.18 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04278000
Lake Champlain North of Whitehall NY	94.26 ft	Oct 23, 2026	USGS 04279085
Lake Champlain	94.24 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04294413
Richelieu River (lake Champlain)	93.95 ft	Oct 25, 2026	USGS 04295000

USGS provisional lake elevation data, refreshed hourly by the site.

Corps reservoirs

Army Corps reservoir pools serving New York

Station	Water	Agency	Reading	Datum	Recorded
Mount Morris Dam	Mount Morris Dam	USACE Buffalo District CWMS	588.93 ft	NGVD29	October 24, 2026
Almond Lake	Almond Lake	USACE Baltimore District CWMS	1,257.18 ft	LOCAL	October 24, 2026
Arkport Dam	Arkport Dam	USACE Baltimore District CWMS	1,227.09 ft	LOCAL	October 24, 2026
East Sidney Lake	East Sidney Lake	USACE Baltimore District CWMS	1,150.03 ft	LOCAL	October 24, 2026
Whitney Point Lake	Whitney Point Lake	USACE Baltimore District CWMS	973.16 ft	LOCAL	October 24, 2026

USACE CWMS pool readings (Buffalo, Baltimore and Pittsburgh districts) as read October 24, 2026; provisional values.

NOAA stations

NOAA tide and Great Lakes stations on New York water

Station	Water	Kind	Reading	Datum	Recorded
Ogdensburg	St. Lawrence River	Great Lakes station	244.1 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Alexandria Bay	St. Lawrence River	Great Lakes station	244.7 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Montauk	Gardiners Bay	tide station	1.1 ft	MLLW	October 24, 2026
Kings Point	Long Island Sound	tide station	1.25 ft	MLLW	October 24, 2026
The Battery	New York Harbor	tide station	2.4 ft	MLLW	October 24, 2026
Turkey Point Hudson River NERRS	Tidal Hudson River	tide station	3.64 ft	MLLW	October 24, 2026
Coxsackie, Hudson River	Tidal Hudson River	tide station	5.82 ft	MLLW	October 24, 2026
Cape Vincent	Lake Ontario	Great Lakes station	245.1 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Oswego	Lake Ontario	Great Lakes station	245.28 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Rochester	Lake Ontario	Great Lakes station	245.29 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Olcott	Lake Ontario	Great Lakes station	245.38 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Ashland Ave	Niagara River	Great Lakes station	326.14 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
American Falls	Niagara River	Great Lakes station	559.52 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Niagara Intake	Niagara River	Great Lakes station	562.42 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Buffalo	Lake Erie	Great Lakes station	571.36 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026
Sturgeon Point	Lake Erie	Great Lakes station	571.33 ft	IGLD85	October 24, 2026

NOAA CO-OPS latest water level per station, read October 24, 2026; tide readings are above MLLW, Great Lakes readings on the IGLD datum NOAA prints.

Lake pages

New York lake pages that print a level

Almond Lake2 gauges
Baisley Pond1 gauge
Cannonsville Reservoir1 gauge
Chautauqua Lake1 gauge
Clove Lake1 gauge
Conesus Lake1 gauge
East Sidney Lake2 gauges
Great Sacandaga Lake1 gauge
Hempstead Lake1 gauge
Hinckley Reservoir1 gauge
Lake George1 gauge
Laurel Lake1 gauge
Neversink Reservoir1 gauge
Onondaga Lake1 gauge
Owasco Lake1 gauge
Pepacton Reservoir1 gauge
Saratoga Lake1 gauge
Schoharie Reservoir1 gauge
Stillwater Reservoir1 gauge
Whitney Point Lake2 gauges

Rivers are covered as well: 326 active USGS stream gauges feed the flow box on each river page that has one.

Photographs

The water near Water levels through a lens

Lake Champlain, New York — Lake Champlain
Photo: Tyler A. McNeil, CC BY-SA 4.0

Salmon River, Clinton County, New York — Salmon River, Clinton County
Photo: Antepenultimate, CC BY-SA 4.0

Ausable River, New York — Ausable River
Photo: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0

Genesee River, New York — Genesee River
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0

Answers

New York water level questions

Which New York lakes show a live level here?

29, each a USGS lake gauge in the live table above.

Are Corps of Engineers reservoirs included?

5 Corps series, such as Mount Morris Dam, print their dated reading.

Is the Lake Ontario level shown?

Yes, from the NOAA Great Lakes stations on the New York shore.

Are tide readings on this page?

5 NOAA tide stations on Long Island, the harbor and the tidal Hudson print their latest reading.

Why do Corps and NOAA rows carry a timestamp?

USGS values refresh hourly; Corps and NOAA readings print as read, with their time.

Where are river flows?

Each river page with a USGS gauge shows its own discharge and height.

How many USGS stream gauges are active in New York?

326 in the set used here.

Are these levels official?

They are provisional agency data and can be revised.