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Explore The Finger Lakes

Conesus | Hemlock | Canadice | Honeoye | Canandaigua | Keuka | Seneca | Cayuga | Owasco | Skaneateles | Otisco

Quick Lake Facts

  • Watershed Drainage: 2,629 mi2
  • Surface Area: 206.2 mi2
  • Total Volume: 8.200 trillion gallons
  • Highest Elevation: Canadice - 1,096 ft.
  • Lowest Elevation: Cayuga - 382 ft.
  • Longest Lake: Cayuga - 38.2 mi.
  • Widest Lake: Cayuga - 3.5 mi.
  • Deepest Lake: Seneca - 651 ft.
  • Total Length of Shoreline: 381.8 mi.
  • Serves: ~550,000 residents
  • Visitors to Region: ~22.2 million/yr.
  • Residents of Region: ~1,997,826


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    Current Research

  • Comparative Limnology & Hydrogeochemistry of the Finger Lakes
  • Syracuse University Finger Lakes Research Program
  • Central New York’s Near-Real-Time Surface Water Quality Network
  • IAGT Finger Lakes Decision Support System ]
  • ADD USGS NY Water Information Network – find monitoring sites in your county!
  • Post-Glacial Kickpoint Retreat on Streams in the Finger Lakes Region of New York


    Publications

  • A Preliminary Water Quality Study of Selected Finger Lakes, New York 2006
  • Water Quality Study of the Finger Lakes
  • NYSDEC Finger Lakes Sediment Core Report
  • NYSDEC Bureau of Water Assessment and Management New York State Water Quality     Section 305b Report (2004)-Appendix A- Priority Waterbodies List
  • Final New York State 2004 Section 303(d) List of Impaired Waters Requiring a TMDL
  • Managing the Water Resources of the Oswego River Basin in Central New York
  • Pesticide Concentrations in Surface Waters of New York State in Relation to LandUse–     1997
  • The State of the New York Lake Ontario Basin: A Report on Water Resources and Local     Watershed Management Programs
  • Sources of Geospatial Data for Central and Western New York–1998, USGS
  • More about the Finger Lakes, NYSDEC
  • Watershed Organizations

  • Genesee Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council
  • Central New York Regional Planning and Development Council
  • New York Federation of Lake Associations
  • Citizens Statewide Lake Assessment Program (C-SLAP)
  • Finger Lakes - Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance
  • Great Lakes Research Consortium
  • New York State Association of Conservation Districts
  • Susquehanna River Basin Commission
  • Southern Tier Central Regional Planning and Development Board
  • Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (FL-PRISM)

    Informational Links

  • Finger Lakes Workforce and Industry Data
  • NYS Department of State Division of Coastal Resources
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