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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
04260990 CRANBERRY LAKE AT CRANBERRY LAKE, NY
LOCATION - Lat 44°13'14", long 74°50'55" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, St. Lawrence County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 04150302, on right wall at outlet structure, at village of Cranberry Lake.
DRAINAGE AREA - 140 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1923 to September 2013 (month-end gage heights and contents). October 2013 to current year (daily observation gage heights).
GAGE - Nonrecording gage read daily. Datum of gage is 1,469.75 ft above NGVD of 1929 and 1,469.45 ft above NAVD of 1988 (VERTCON).
COOPERATION - Gage height record and capacity table provided by Oswegatchie River-Cranberry Reservoir Commission.
REMARKS - Dam completed in 1867 and controlled storage for which records are available began in 1923. Usable capacity above gage height 5.5 ft is 2,530 mil ft³. Crest at spillway is at gage height 17.0 ft. Length of spillway is 110 ft. Area of water surface at crest elevation is 10.9 mi². Figures given herein represent usable contents. 
Capacity table (gage height, in feet, and usable contents, in millions of cubic feet)

Gage Height  Contents      Gage Height  Contents
  5.5            0           12.0       1,230
  6.0           70           15.5       2,100
  8.0          400           17.0       2,530
 10.0          800           19.0       3,140
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum contents observed, 2,980 mil ft³, May 13-15, 1971, gage height, 18.5 ft; minimum contents observed, 70 mil ft³, Apr. 1-4, 1956, gage height, 6.0 ft.