New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Chapter V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Subchapter E - WATER REGULATION
Part 608 - USE AND PROTECTION OF WATERS
Section 608.11 - Mean high water elevations

Universal Citation: 6 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 608.11

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 52, December 24, 2024

(a) Mean high water elevations are established for the waters listed in the following table.

LIST OF MEAN HIGH WATER ELEVATIONS
(Expressed in Feet Above Mean Sea Level)
Waters Index Number Watershed Drainage Basin Waterbody U.S.G.S. Gaging Station Number Mean High Water Elevation
ALLEGHENY RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
P122 Chautauqua Lake 03013946 1309.40a
BLACK RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
O-19-40-P 493 Stillwater Reservoir 04256500 1679.30c
O-19-81-18-P 782a First Lake 04253400 1707.26a
O-19-81-18-P 782d-10-P Sixth Lake 04253300 1786.10a
CHEMUNG RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
PA 3-57-5 Arkport Reservoir 01521000 1304.00c
PA 3-57-5-47-P 29c Almond Lake 01523000 1300.00c
PA 3-58-15-P 47 Waneta and Lamoka Lakes 1099.00c
DELAWARE RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
D-1-P 58b Neversink Reservoir 01435900 1440.00c
D-10-P 79a Rio Reservoir 820.00c
D-10-12, P 96a Mongaup Falls Reservoir 940.00c
D-10-15-P 100 Cliff Lake 01433200 1072.00c
D-10-15-P 100a Toronto Reservoir 01433100 1220.00c
D-10-P 108a Swinging Bridge Reservoir 01433000 1071.20c
D-70-P 358a Pepacton Reservoir 01416900 1280.00c
GENESEE RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
Ont. 117-27-34-11-P 43 Canadice Lake 04228950 1097.20a
Ont. 117-27-P 57 Honeoye Lake 04228845 804.50a
Ont. 117-40 P 67 Conesus Lake 04227980 819.40a
Ont. 117-P 110a Mount Morris Dam Reservoir 04224000 760.00c
Ont. 117-136-P 146 Rushford Lake 04221990 1440.00c
LAKE CHAMPLAIN DRAINAGE BASIN
C Lake Champlain 04294500 99.80a
C Richelieu River 04295000 99.80a
C-25-26-35-5-P 254 Lake Placid 04273900 1858.94a
C-101-P Lake George 04278000 320.20d
LAKE ERIE-NIAGARA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
E Lake Erie 573.40b
LAKE ONTARIO DRAINAGE BASIN
Ont. O Lake Ontario 247.30b
LOWER HUDSON RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
H-139-14-P 815a Roundout Reservoir 01366400 840.00c
H-171-P 848 Ashokan Reservoir West 01363400 591.18a
H-171-P 848 Ashokan Reservoir East 01363400 587.10c
MOHAWK RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
H-240-82 P 630 a, b Blenheim-Gilboa Reservoir 900.00c
H-240-82-P 638a Schoharie Reservoir 01350100 1130.70a
H-240-180-P 799 Hinckley Reservoir 01343900 1226.41c
H-240-P 1059 Delta Reservoir 01335900 551.50a
OSWEGO RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
P 154-4 Onondaga Reservoir 04238500 504.50c
Ont. 66-12-29-P 193 Skaneateles Lake 04236000 863.77a
Ont. 66-12-43-P 212 Owasco Lake 04235396 713.90a
Ont. 66-12-52-P 286 Canadaigua Lake 04234500 689.40a
Ont. 66-12-P 296 Cayuga Lake 04233500 383.50a
Ont. 66-12-P 369 Seneca Lake 04232400 445.90a
Ont. 66-12-P 369-115-P 388 Keuka Lake 04232450 715.30a
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
SL-1 Carry Falls Reservoir 04266700 1386.00c
SL-25-P 309 Cranberry Lake 04260990 1486.43a
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
SR-44-14-27-P 35 Whitney Point Lake 01511000 1010.00c
SR-155-P 262 East Sidney Lake 01499500 1203.00c
SR-204-P 392 Canadarago Lake 01496450 1282.03a
UPPER HUDSON RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN
H-369-P 127 Great Sacandaga Lake 01321000 771.00c
H-461-P 597 Indian Lake 01314500 1651.74a

a1929 National Geodetic Vertical Datum

bCorps of Engineers determination based on 1985 International Great Lakes Datum

cSpillway or Flashboard Crest Elevation

d1912 National Geodetic Vertical Datum

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