First Lake at Old Forge NY - 04253400

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April 14, 2025 - April 21, 2025

Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, feet

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Latest value

1705.67 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

01:15:00 AM EDT

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1705.67 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

01:15:00 AM EDT

Statistics for April 21, 2025 based on 21 years of data

Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, ft

low (2018)

1704.42 ft

25th percentile

1705.16 ft

median

1705.5 ft

75th percentile

1705.72 ft

mean

1705.4 ft

high (2024)

1706.13 ft

Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T01:15:00.000-04:00	1705.67	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:00:00.000-04:00	1705.69	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:45:00.000-04:00	1705.70	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:30:00.000-04:00	1705.70	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:15:00.000-04:00	1705.69	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:00:00.000-04:00	1705.67	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:45:00.000-04:00	1705.68	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:30:00.000-04:00	1705.70	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:15:00.000-04:00	1705.70	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:00:00.000-04:00	1705.69	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:45:00.000-04:00	1705.68	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:30:00.000-04:00	1705.68	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:15:00.000-04:00	1705.69	Provisional
2025-04-20T22:00:00.000-04:00	1705.69	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:45:00.000-04:00	1705.68	Provisional
2025-04-20T21:30:00.000-04:00	1705.67	Provisional

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Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, feet

2024-12-21 - 2025-04-20

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Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NGVD 1929, feet

2007-10-01 - 2025-04-20

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	04253400	_n/a
Site name	FIRST LAKE AT OLD FORGE NY	_n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
DMS latitude	434245.6	_n/a
DMS longitude	0745809.7	_n/a
Decimal latitude	43.71266667	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-74.9693611	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	New York	36
State	New York	36
County	Herkimer County	043
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	OLD FORGE, NY	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface		_n/a
Method altitude determined		_n/a
Altitude accuracy		_n/a
Altitude datum		_n/a
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Black	04150101
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	53.6 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	N	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	Y	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number	GAZETTEER	_n/a

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