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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
04279001 LA CHUTE (TAILRACE) AT TICONDEROGA, NY
LOCATION - Lat 43°50'38.7", long 73°25'54.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Essex County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 04150408, on left bank of tailrace channel, 250 ft downstream from powerplant and third ("C" Mill) dam downstream of Lake George outlet, at Ticonderoga, 250 ft upstream from Trout Brook, and 0.5 mi downstream from upper ("A" Mill) dam.
DRAINAGE AREA - 234 mi².  
REVISIONS HISTORY - WRD NY 1971:1970.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1904 to December 1905, October 1942 to September 1979, April 2018 to September 2019. Prior to October 1973, published as "Lake George Outlet at Ticonderoga." Prior to April 2018, published as ancillary record to 0427900 La Chute at Ticonderoga.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 187.41 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 186.89 ft above NAVD of 1988. Prior to Apr. 24, 2018, at datum 3.00 ft higher.
REMARKS - Flow completely regulated by dam and hydroelectric plant at Lake George (station 04278000) 0.5 mi upstream as well as by dams and hydroelectric plants at "B" and "C" mill ponds, 0.4 and 0.1 mi upstream. Records represent tailrace flow only and is used as ancillary data for station 04279000, total discharge from Lake George. Water Year 2018: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Water Year 2019: Records fair except those for discharges below 300 ft³/s and for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.