Water Levels
The Hinckley Reservoir is located in Herkimer and Oneida Counties approximately 14 miles north of Utica. The Hinckley Reservoir was constructed in the valley formed by West Canada Creek, which flows south out of the Adirondack Mountains and through the reservoir on its route to the Mohawk River at Herkimer. The surface area of Hinckley Reservoir is approximately 4.5 square miles when full and is fed by a drainage area of approximately 372 square miles.
The Oswego River Basin is located in Central New York. It
encompasses the Erie Canal from Macedon to Rome and the
Cayuga-Seneca and Oswego Canals. It drains a total area of 5,122
square miles into Lake Ontario. The area of the basin is larger than
the states of Rhode Island and Delaware combined. |
