RIVER GAUGE · ONONDAGA CREEK
Onondaga Creek at Onondaga Flood Control Dam
Onondaga County, New York
Water level459.43 ft
Flow—
Last readingSep 16, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC (last recorded)
Action475 ft
Minor flood478 ft
Moderate flood495 ft
Major flood504.5 ft
The past week
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What floods at each level
- 504.5 ft
Uncontrolled flow spills out of emergency spillway and downstream. Major flooding of properties and public infrastructure is expected near and outside of the channel floodway.
- 495 ft
Overbank flooding is likely affecting properties along sections of the creek channel below the dam.
- 485 ft
DEC enhances monitoring of areas downstream of the flood control project.
- 478 ft
Hitchings Road is overtopped on the West Branch Onondaga Creek due to backwater.
- 475 ft
DEC conducts periodic monitoring up and downstream of the flood control dam.
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