Messer Pond     Gauge ID: MPH2



Height Date Notes
5.28
10-11-2024
2024 gauge: 0.575', wavy
5.30
10-08-2024
2024 gauge: 0.60', ripples
5.30
10-07-2024
2024 gauge: 0.60', calm
5.33
10-04-2024
2024 gauge: 0.625', calm
5.33
10-03-2024
2024 gauge: 0.625', calm
5.35
10-02-2024
2024 gauge: 0.65', calm
5.34
10-01-2024
0.66 (2024 gauge)
5.34
09-30-2024
0.68 2024 gauge
5.35
09-29-2024
0.68 2024 gauge
5.36
09-28-2024
2024 gauge: 0.66', calm
5.36
09-27-2024
8:30 am. Heavy rain yesterday. 2024 gauge: 0.66
5.15
09-24-2024
2024 gauge: 0.45', calm
5.15
09-23-2024
2024 gauge: 0.45', calm
5.20
09-20-2024
2024 gauge: 0.50', calm
5.20
09-18-2024
5.23
09-16-2024
2024 gauge: 0.525'
5.25
09-14-2024
2024 gauge: 0.55'
5.28
09-12-2024
2024 gauge: 0.575'
5.30
09-11-2024
2024 gauge: 0.60' very calm, 3 minutes and only halfway through culvert
5.30
09-10-2024
2024 gauge: 0.625' breezy, wavy
5.30
09-09-2024
0.60 (2004 gauge )
5.33
09-07-2024
2024 gauge: 0.65'
5.36
09-05-2024
2024 gauge : 0.68
5.38
09-04-2024
0.71 (2024 gauge)
5.40
09-03-2024
2024 gauge: 0.725’
5.43
09-02-2024
2024 gauge: 0.75’
5.44
09-01-2024
2024 gauge :0.78 (hard to read as there was a leaf at the waterline)
5.48
08-30-2024
2024 gauge: 0.80’
5.50
08-29-2024
2024 gauge: 0.82’. Stick: 100 seconds.
5.55
08-28-2024
actual gauge 0.85 a bit windy, no rain yesterday
5.54
08-26-2024
2024 gauge: 0.88’. Stick: 86 seconds.
5.54
08-26-2024
0.88 (2024 gauge)
5.60
08-25-2024
2024 gauge 0.92
5.58
08-25-2024
2024 gauge 0.90
5.60
08-24-2024
2024 gauge 0.92
5.63
08-23-2024
2024 gauge 0.95
5.65
08-21-2024
2024 gauge: 0.98’. Stick: 63 seconds.
5.62
08-20-2024
2024 gauge 0.96
5.62
08-20-2024
5.50
08-19-2024
2024 gauge: 0.82’
5.48
08-18-2024
new (2024 ) gauge 0.81
5.50
08-18-2024
2024 gauge: 0.82’. Stick: 72 seconds.
5.51
08-17-2024
2024 gauge: 0.84'. Yardstick height at invert: ~ 9" ( 9 1/16"). Comments: JD's rain gauge recorded 3 1/2" of rain from last week's rainstorm (much less was recorded on the Pleasant Lake website). Pond level rose 0.4' and has declined about 0.15' since then. The rate of drainage seems slower than in the past.
5.52
08-16-2024
2024 gauge: 0.86'. Culvert invert water height with yardstick: about 9 1/2 inches. Stick transit: 71 seconds.
5.54
08-15-2024
2024 gauge 0.87'
5.54
08-15-2024
Canoed to Clark Pond (had to drag canoe between the culvert and Bend 2 because of the dense mat of pickerel weed). Water in creek was much higher than in May when M Pond level was higher. Opened up Dam 2 (2' height difference between upside and downside) and the dam near Clark Pond identified by drone (Dam 4 or after that).
5.55
08-14-2024
2024 gauge: 0.9
5.58
08-13-2024
2024 gauge: 0.91'. Slightly under 10" of water at culvert inlet (yardstick). 60 seconds transit of stick.
5.61
08-12-2024
10 1/4" of water in culvert using yard stick. 2024 gauge: 0.95'. 45 second stick transit. Good flow feeder stream (from the direction of 'Mt. Radon' ) to Clark Creek.
5.65
08-11-2024
New gauge (the "2024 Gauge" read 0.98'. Short gauge read about 0.35'. Water at entrance to culvert was 10 1/2" using a yard stick placed on upper corrugation; 12" at exit of culvert. Heavy rain yesterday afternoon. 5.24' reading before storm; 2024 gauge read about 0.58' before the rain. Head wall stones on downside culvert were adjusted yesterday by Public Works and loam and conservation mix was applied; much was washed out by the storm. 43 seconds for stick to go through culvert (33 seconds yesterday after the storm; before the storm the water was flowing from Clark Creek to Messer Pond based on stick test. This is likely due to the new large dam near Clark Pond identified by a drone survey done 2 weeks ago). New gauge was installed last week by NLCC. The 0 point was set to the upper corrugation at the bottom of the culvert, so this gauge should reflect the height of water at the entrance to the culvert.
5.24
08-10-2024
Water was flowing from Clark Pond to Messer Pond. See notes in entry for 8/11.
5.22
08-09-2024
2024 gauge: 0.54. Stick transit: water was flowing from Clark Creek into Messer Pond.
5.20
08-08-2024
0.54 (2024 gauge)
5.16
08-01-2024
5.15
07-31-2024
Calm, showers
5.14
07-27-2024
no plant material or sticks in Colvert (approximately 9:30 AM)
5.15
07-26-2024
one pickerel weed plant inside culvert.
5.16
07-25-2024
5.17
07-25-2024
Minor blockage cleared. Rain yesterday and last night.
5.15
07-24-2024
No flow. Removed sticks and pickerel weed from the culvert . Rain last night.
5.15
07-24-2024
Rain last night. No flow. Removed sticks and pickerel weed from the culvert.
5.12
07-23-2024
no flow Pickerel weeds and sticks inside culvert at seam -blocking flow for fourth day in a row. (sticks and weeds removed -fourth day in a row)
5.11
07-22-2024
No visible flow: blocked again by uprooted pickerel plant. (Material caught again on middle seam of culvert.) Cleared. Stick rate: 44 seconds. 4” deep at culvert invert For reference, the rock by red & white buoy protrudes 6-7” at tallest point and the length of what is above water is about 13’.
5.13
07-21-2024
No flow. Removed additional plant matter blockage. Flow was 45 seconds for a stick. Water is about 4 1/2 “ deep at invert (bottom lip of culvert).
5.16
07-20-2024
No flow. Removed plant matter from culvert. Walked into dam #1 and #2 and observed higher and wider water than expected. Blockage further downstream is likely.
5.15
07-20-2024
Calm
5.15
07-19-2024
Calm
5.21
07-18-2024
Calm
5.20
07-18-2024
5.21
07-17-2024
correction to 5.31 measurement. 7:30 AM heavy rain for short period last night.
5.31
07-17-2024
Heavy rain -short thunderstorm last night
5.20
07-16-2024
Calm, before rain
5.23
07-15-2024
Calm
5.25
07-14-2024
Calm
5.25
07-13-2024
Calm
5.30
07-12-2024
Ripples
5.30
07-11-2024
5.33
07-10-2024
Breezy, ripples
5.35
07-09-2024
calm
5.36
07-08-2024
5.40
07-07-2024
Calm
5.43
07-06-2024
Calm
5.40
07-05-2024
5.45
07-04-2024
calm
5.44
07-04-2024
5.46
07-03-2024
calm, 5.56 is incorrect, 97 seconds thru culvert
5.56
07-03-2024
5.50
07-02-2024
calm
5.50
07-01-2024
Windy, wavy
5.50
06-30-2024
Ripples
5.50
06-30-2024
Record of daily rainfall in June from Pleasant Lake gauge (omitting < 0.1" entries unless preceding or following a day of rain): 20th: 0.04"; 21st: 0.24"; 22nd: 0.20"; 23rd; 0.35"; 24th: 0.07"; 30th: 0.14" (Total monthly rainfall: 1.0", which is well below average for a month. The average at the Newport station for June in the past 25 years is 4.6". That summary covers the years since 2000 and no June entry has been as low as 1").
5.50
06-29-2024
calm, showers
5.50
06-28-2024
Calm
5.51
06-27-2024
5.50
06-27-2024
5.55
06-26-2024
5.55
06-24-2024
wavy
5.50
06-23-2024
very calm, light showers, 95 seconds thru culvert
5.50
06-22-2024
calm, starting to rain, 92 seconds thru culvert
5.45
06-21-2024
Up to 5.50 at 4:00; about 1.25 inches of rain so far I'll enter the measurement tomorrow - so it is just one entry per day
5.45
06-21-2024
Heavy rain last night. Hard to read gauge due to weeds in front.
5.38
06-20-2024
Wavy
5.40
06-20-2024
5.40
06-19-2024
Calm. Stick rate through culvert: 63, 65, 70 seconds measured during past few days. / Rock reference: 2 protrusions visible by red and white buoy. About 6” between them. Largest one is about 5’ long. / Top section of creek below culvert to second bend is impassable by boat due to plant growth, unlike prior years: was able to walk it, observing only 1 to 2” of water above plants in many places. / Pond level still slightly above expected low point after long dry period. / Heat wave started yesterday.
5.43
06-18-2024
wavy
5.43
06-17-2024
calm
5.45
06-16-2024
5.50
06-15-2024
Breezy, wavy
5.50
06-14-2024
Calm, AM Showers
5.50
06-13-2024
Calm
5.53
06-12-2024
Breezy, wavy
5.55
06-11-2024
Breezy, wavy
5.58
06-10-2024
wavy, sticks removed
5.53
06-09-2024
Wavy, AM rain
5.50
06-08-2024
Windy, wavy
5.53
06-07-2024
Wavy
5.50
06-06-2024
calm, before rain
5.55
06-05-2024
Calm, sticks in culvert
5.55
06-04-2024
Calm
5.55
06-03-2024
Calm
5.58
06-02-2024
Calm
5.60
06-01-2024
Calm
5.65
05-31-2024
Breezy, wavy
5.65
05-31-2024
Record of daily rainfall in May from the Pleasant Lake gauge (omitting < 0.1" entries): 5th: 0.75"; 8th: 0.25"; 21st: 0.19"; 27th: 0.16"; 28th: 0.21".
5.68
05-30-2024
Calm
5.70
05-29-2024
Calm
5.70
05-28-2024
Wavy, rain overnight
5.60
05-27-2024
Raining
5.60
05-26-2024
Calm
5.65
05-25-2024
calm
5.70
05-24-2024
Very windy
5.73
05-23-2024
Wavy
5.75
05-22-2024
Wavy
5.70
05-21-2024
5.70
05-20-2024
Calm
5.70
05-19-2024
Calm
5.75
05-18-2024
calm (CR 9")
5.80
05-18-2024
5.75
05-17-2024
calm
5.80
05-16-2024
calm, AM Showers
5.80
05-15-2024
Drizzle, calm
5.85
05-14-2024
Wavy
5.90
05-13-2024
calm
5.95
05-12-2024
Breezy
6.00
05-11-2024
Calm
6.05
05-10-2024
calm (CR 11")
6.10
05-09-2024
wavy
6.10
05-08-2024
Calm, rain
6.10
05-07-2024
wavy (CR 12")
6.15
05-06-2024
wavy
5.93
05-05-2024
Calm, Showers
5.90
05-04-2024
calm
5.95
05-03-2024
calm (CR 11")
6.00
05-02-2024
calm
6.00
05-01-2024
Calm
5.83
04-30-2024
calm, before heavy rain, (CR 11")
5.85
04-29-2024
wavy, AM showers
5.85
04-28-2024
calm, AM showers
5.88
04-27-2024
Calm
5.93
04-26-2024
wavy, (CR 11")
5.95
04-25-2024
Calm
6.05
04-24-2024
Breezy, wavy
6.10
04-23-2024
Calm (CR 12")
6.15
04-22-2024
wavy, windy
6.25
04-21-2024
Wavy
6.35
04-20-2024
Calm
6.48
04-19-2024
Calm (CR 14")
6.40
04-19-2024
Calm (CR 14")
6.50
04-18-2024
calm, drizzling
6.60
04-17-2024
Calm
6.60
04-16-2024
Breezy, wavy, really 6.80
6.60
04-15-2024
Calm, showers, really 6.95(CR 17.25")