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Chemung River at Corning Observed crest: 15.64 ft at 9:30pm Feb 06 Observed: 15.64 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.64 ft at 9:45pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.64 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.64 ft at 10:15pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.64 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.64 ft at 10:45pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.64 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.63 ft at 11:15pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.63 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.63 ft at 11:45pm Feb 6 Observed: 15.63 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 12:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 12:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.61 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 1:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 1:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 2:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 2:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 3:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.61 ft at 3:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.61 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 4:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 4:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 5:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.62 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.61 ft at 5:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.61 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 6:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.6 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 6:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 7:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 7:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 8:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 8:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 9:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 9:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 10:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 10:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 11:15am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 11:45am Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 12:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.59 ft at 12:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 1:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 1:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 2:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 2:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 3:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 3:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 4:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.58 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 4:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.57 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.56 ft at 5:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.55 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.55 ft at 5:31pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.55 ft at 5:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.55 ft at 5:46pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.54 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.53 ft at 6:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.52 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.51 ft at 6:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.51 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.51 ft at 7:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 7:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 8:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 8:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.5 ft at 9:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.49 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.49 ft at 9:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.48 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.47 ft at 10:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.47 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.46 ft at 10:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.46 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.46 ft at 11:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.46 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.47 ft at 11:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 15.47 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 12:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 12:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 1:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 1:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 2:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 2:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 3:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 3:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 4:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 4:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 5:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 5:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 6:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 6:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.48 ft at 7:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.49 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.5 ft at 7:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.5 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.52 ft at 8:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.53 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.53 ft at 8:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.53 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.52 ft at 9:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.52 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.51 ft at 9:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.51 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.5 ft at 10:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.5 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 10:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 11:15am Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.4 ft at 11:45am Feb 8 Observed: 15.39 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.38 ft at 12:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.38 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.37 ft at 12:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.38 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.4 ft at 1:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 1:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 2:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.48 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.48 ft at 2:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.48 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 3:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 3:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 4:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.48 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 4:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 4:46pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.47 ft at 5:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.46 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 5:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.43 ft at 6:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.43 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 6:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 7:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 7:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.43 ft at 8:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 8:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 9:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.45 ft at 9:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 10:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.43 ft at 10:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.43 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 11:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.41 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.41 ft at 11:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.4 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 12:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 12:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 1:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 1:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 2:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 2:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.44 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.44 ft at 3:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.45 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.46 ft at 3:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.46 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.47 ft at 4:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.48 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.49 ft at 4:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.5 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.51 ft at 5:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.52 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.53 ft at 5:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.54 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.54 ft at 6:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.55 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.56 ft at 6:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.57 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.57 ft at 7:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.58 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.59 ft at 7:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.6 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.61 ft at 8:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.62 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.62 ft at 8:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.63 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.63 ft at 9:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.63 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.63 ft at 9:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.63 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.62 ft at 10:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.61 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.6 ft at 10:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.58 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.54 ft at 11:15am Feb 9 Observed: 15.5 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.44 ft at 11:45am Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.39 ft at 12:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.37 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.37 ft at 12:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.37 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.38 ft at 1:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.39 ft at 1:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 1:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 2:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 2:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 2:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 2:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 3:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 3:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 3:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 3:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 4:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 4:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 4:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 4:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 5:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 5:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 5:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.4 ft at 5:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 6:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 6:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 6:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.41 ft at 6:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 7:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.42 ft at 7:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 7:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 7:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 8:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 8:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 8:16pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 8:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 8:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 15.43 ft at 9:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 15.8 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 15.7 ft at 7:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 15.6 ft at 1:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 15.6 ft at 7:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 15.5 ft at 1:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 15.5 ft at 7:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 15.5 ft at 1:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 15.5 ft at 7:00am Feb 11 Graph Created (9:45pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed Forecast (issued 9:30am Feb 9)  USGS--Water Resources of the United States CRNN6 (plotting HGIRG)   Gage 0  Datum: 900.00 Latest observed value: 15.43 ft at 9:00 PM EST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 29.0 ft.   Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Chemung River at Corning are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:36
Moderate Flood Stage:30
Flood Stage:29
Action Stage:21

Historical Crests
(1) 40.71 ft on 06/23/1972
(2) 37.74 ft on 05/28/1946
(3) 33.49 ft on 07/07/1935
(4) 33.44 ft on 04/01/1940
(5) 33.34 ft on 07/01/1889
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Low Water Records
(1) 1.4 ft on 07/01/1953
(2) 14.2 ft on 10/03/1980
(3) 14.3 ft on 09/09/1991
(3) 14.3 ft on 10/10/1985
(3) 14.3 ft on 09/25/1980

Chemung River at Corning location map

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39.0 THIS IS THE TOP OF THE FLOOD PROTECTION LEVEES IN CORNING
36.0 SEVERE FLOODING BEGINS IN CORNING. IN THE PAST THE VILLAGE OF PAINTED POST AND THE CORNING GLASS FACTORY WERE EVACUATED
34.0 BACKWATER BEGINS TO EFFECT GAGE READINGS. IN THE PAST THE FLOOD WATERS REACH THE BOTTOM OF THE RAILROAD BRIDGE.
33.0 BACKWATER BEGINS ON HODGEMAN CREEK
32.0 MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS
30.0 MODERATE FLOODING. EXTENSIVE FARMLAND BEGINS FLOODING. IN THE PAST ROUTE 17E WAS CLOSED. TRUCKS AND TOXICS WERE REMOVED FROM CORNING GLASS
29.0 MINOR FLOODING BEGINS IN AREAS UNPROTECTED BY LEVEES. THE CITY OF CORNING IS PROTECTED BY LEVEES TO 39 FEET.
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(1) looking upstream
(2) view of gagehouse
(3) looking downstream

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