Hydrograph for Otselic River at Cincinnatus, NY

The following data is preliminary. Record information will be updated once the data has been checked.

The data shown here is a snapshot of what the river stage was during the flooding event. For the latest stages, river forecasts and other information about this site, go to the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service page.

What is a hydrograph? This type of graph shows how the river level changes over time at a specific location. River level or stage is in feet and on the left side of the hydrograph.

Times on the graphic are in Z time in a military or 24 hour time format. What is Z time?

Flood stage is 9 feet. Max stage on this graph is 9.59 feet, shown near the top part of the hydrograph.

Key: The purple line shows the level of a Major flood. The blue line shows the level of a Moderate flood. The red line shows flood stage.

Historical Crests (1) 12.50 ft on 1935/07/8 (2) 10.89 ft on 1996/01/19 (3) 10.68 ft on 1950/04/4 (4) 10.67 ft on 1942/12/30 (5) 10.43 ft on 2005/04/3 Low Water Records (1) 0.0 ft on 1991/09/ 10 (2) 0.1 ft on 1985/09/ 25 (2) 0.1 ft on 1985/08/ 29 (2) 0.1 ft on 1985/08/ 24 (5) 0.3 ft on 1990/09/ 5

Impacts

• 12.5 APPROXIMATE HEIGHT OF ALL TIME FLOOD (UPPER LISLE) BEFORE GAGE MEASUREMENTS WERE BEGUN.
• 11.7 FLOOR OF GAGE HOUSE. THE UPPER LIMIT OF GAGE MEASUREMENTS.
• 10.0 SOME FLOODING OF CELLARS IN AND NEAR CINCINNATUS
• 9.0 MINOR FLOODING OF FIELDS BEGINS AND IS OVER BANKS BETWEEN CINCINNATUS AND LOWER CINCINNATUS.