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Cayuga Lake

Picture of Cayuga Lake
"boat landing"

 

Quick Lake Facts

·  Elevation*: 382 ft.
·  Watershed Drainage*: 807.14 mi . 2
·  Surface Area*: 66.41 mi . 2
·  Volume: 2,476,650,389,610 gallons
·  Length*: 38.03 mi.
·  Maximum Width*: 3.4 mi.
·  Average Width*: 1.75 mi.
·  Maximum Depth: 435 ft.
·  Average Depth:
·  Length of Shoreline*: 92.68 mi.
·  Retention Time: 9-10 yrs.
·  Serves: ~86,950 residents
·  NYSDEC Water Use Classification

Source:

*New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC). Contact the FLI for additional individual statistic sources. 


Maps

  • Land Use
  • Bedrock
  • Watershed
  • Elevation Image
  • Watershed Boundaries in Google Earth

  • Current Research

  • Bottomwater Phosphates and Suspended Sediments in Southern Cayuga Lake, 2009
  • Current Cayuga Lake Water Levels
  • Cayuga Lake RUSS
  • Radium isotopes in Cayuga Lake, New York: Indicators of inflow and mixing processes,     2005
  • Herbicides and their Metabolites in Cayuga Lake and its Tributaries
  • Cayuga Lake Watershed Monitoring Information

    Publications

  • Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration & Protection Plan
  • Cayuga Lake Water Resources Sourcebook
  • Issues in the Cayuga Lake Watershed
  • Total Phosphorus Sampling Program for the Cayuga and Owasco Watersheds, 2004
  • Watershed Organizations

  • Cayuga Lake Watershed Network
  • Watershed Intermunicipal Organization
  • Cayuga County
            Soil and Water Conservation District
            Water Quality Management Agency
  • Seneca County
            Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Tompkins County
            Water Resources Council
            Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Tioga County
            Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Cortland County
            Soil and Water Conservation District
  • Schuyler County
             Soil and Water Conservation District
            Water Quality Coordinating Committee

    Informational Links

  • International Lake Environment Committee Foundation
            [Data Summary]  [Full Report]
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