DEC HABs Program Archive Summary 2012 – 2017 The letter codes below refer to maximum bloom status that was documented by the DEC HABs Program in each waterbody in each year. S (Suspicious Bloom): DEC staff determined that conditions fit the description of a cyanobacteria HAB based on visual observations and/or digital photographs C (Confirmed Bloom): Water sampling results have confirmed the presence of a cyanobacteria HAB which may produce toxins or other harmful compounds HT (Confirmed with High Toxins Bloom): Water sampling results confirmed that there were toxins present in quantities to potentially cause health effects if people or animals came in contact with the water Waterbody Name County 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Agawam Lake Suffolk HT HT HT HT HT Alcove Reservoir Albany C Allegheny Reservoir Cattaraugus S C C C C C Allens Pond Otsego C Allison Pond Richmond C C Alma Lake Allegany S Anawanda Lake Sullivan C Andover Pond Allegany C C Arctic Lake Broome S S S S Avon Marsh Dam Pond Livingston HT HT HT Ballston Lake Saratoga C C C C Barger Pond Putnam S S S Barnum Pond Franklin S C S Basic Creek Reservoir Albany HT HT C S Beaver Dam Lake Orange HT HT S C C Beaver Lake Broome C HT C C C Beaver Lake Cattaraugus S Beaver Lake Inlet Cattaraugus S Bedford Lake Westchester C C C C HT C Big Bowman Pond Rensselaer C Big Reed Pond Suffolk C C C Black Lake St. Lawrence HT HT HT C C C Blind Sodus Bay Cayuga, Wayne S C Bloomingdale Pond Unknown C Blue Heron Pond Westchester HT Blydenburg Lake Suffolk C Bowman Lake Chenango S Bowne Pond Queens S C C C Boyd Lake Jefferson C C Bozenkill Private Pond Albany S Brooks Lake Orange C S Brooks Lake Richmond HT C HT Brown's Pond Orange C S S Buck Pond Monroe C Buckingham Lake Albany C C C Burden Second Lake Rensselaer C Burden Third Lake Rensselaer C Butterfield Lake Jefferson C C C 1 DEC HABs Program Archive Summary 2012 – 2017 Waterbody Name County 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Canadarago Lake Otsego C C Canadice Lake Ontario C Canandaigua Lake Ontario, Yates HT C HT Cannonsville Reservoir Delaware C S Casey Park Pond Wayne S Cayuga Lake Multiple S C HT Cayuga-Seneca Canal Seneca C Cayuta Lake Schuyler S S C HT Cazenovia Lake Madison HT C C S C Cedar Lake Herkimer C Central Bridge Upper Reservoir Schoharie HT Chautauqua Lake Chautauqua HT HT HT HT HT HT Chenango Lake Chenango C C China Pond Putnam C Chodikee Lake Ulster S S Clove Lake Richmond S C HT Conesus Creek Livingston S S Conesus Lake Livingston C C C C Congers Lake Rockland HT Coopers Neck Pond Suffolk C Copake Lake Columbia S C Cossayuna Lake Washington C C C S Coxsackie Reservoir Greene C Craine Lake Madison C HT C HT HT HT Cranberry Pond Monroe HT Croton Falls Reservoir Putnam S S Cuba Lake Allegheny C De Ruyter Reservoir Madison, Onondaga C Deans Pond Cortland HT HT HT HT HT Deep Pond Suffolk HT Deer River Flow Franklin C Delaware Park Lake Erie C Division Pond Sullivan S Dryden Lake Tompkins HT C Duane Lake Schenectady C S C Durand Lake Monroe HT Dutch Hollow Brook Cayuga S Eagle Pond Franklin S C C East Caroga Lake Fulton C C East Sidney Lake Delaware S Echo Lake Chenango C Eighth Lake Hamilton C Ellis Pond Dutchess S Engleville Pond 1 Schoharie C Esopus Creek Ulster S Evens Lake Sullivan HT HT HT 2 DEC HABs Program Archive Summary 2012 – 2017 Waterbody Name County 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Fall Kill Impoundment Dutchess S Findley Lake Chautauqua HT HT C C Forest Lake Niagara C Fort Pond Suffolk C C Four Corners Pond Orange C Fox Lake Sullivan C Fresh Pond (Hither Hills SP) Suffolk S Fresh Pond (Shelter Island) Suffolk S S S Friends Lake Warren C Geneganslet Lake Chenango S Georgica Pond Suffolk S C C C C Gilbert Lake Otsego C S Glen Lake Warren C Glenn Lake Chenango S Golden Pond Queens S HT C Goodhue Lake Steuben S Goodliffe Pond Westchester S Goose Pond Queens HT HT Grand Island Erie S Grass Lake St. Lawrence S C Grassy Sprain Reservoir Westchester C Guilford Lake Chenango C Hackensack River (East Branch) Rockland S S Hadlock Pond Washington C Halsey Pond Westchester S Hampton Manor Pond Rensselaer S Harlem Meer New York C HT HT C Hatch Lake Madison C C Hemlock Lake Livingston, Ontario C Hessian Lake Orange, Rockland S Hiawatha Lake Onondaga C HT Hollister Lake Greene C Honeoye Lake Ontario S HT C HT C C Hook Pond Suffolk C C Hyde Lake Jefferson S Hyde Park Lake Niagara C Indian Lake Bronx C HT C Indian Lake Putnam C Iroquois Lake Schenectady S C Jamesville Reservoir Onondaga C Java Lake Wyoming C C HT C HT Katonah Lake Westchester C C C Kellis Pond Suffolk C C C Keuka Lake Steuben, Yates HT Kiamesha Lake Sullivan C Kirk Lake Putnam C C C C C 3 DEC HABs Program Archive Summary 2012 – 2017 Waterbody Name County 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Kissena Lake Queens S C HT C HT Kyser Lake Herkimer S Lake Boyce Rockland S Lake Capri Suffolk C Lake Carmel Putnam S C C Lake Casse Putnam S S Lake Como Cayuga C HT C Lake Eaton Hamilton S Lake Huntington Sullivan C S S S Lake Innisfree Westchester HT Lake Lacoma Monroe S C C Lake Lasalle Erie S Lake Lincolndale Westchester C C C HT Lake Lucille Rockland C S Lake Mohegan Westchester HT C HT HT C Lake Moraine Madison C HT C C Lake Neatahwanta Oswego C C HT C HT HT Lake of the Woods Jefferson C Lake Ontario (Henderson Bay) Multiple S Lake Ontario (Long Point SP) Multiple S S Lake Ontario (Wescott SP) Multiple S Lake Oscaleta Westchester C Lake Peekskill Putnam C HT C C C Lake Placid Essex C Lake Rippowam Westchester C C Lake Ronkonkoma Suffolk C HT C HT C Lake Sunnyside Warren C C Lake Temalo Oswego C Lake Tiorati Orange S Lake Tonetta Putnam S Lake Waccabuc Westchester C C C HT Lake Welch Rockland S Lake Woodrock Westchester S Lamoka Lake Schuyler S S S Lamoka Lake Channel Schuyler S Laurel Lake Broome C C C C C C Laurel Lake Suffolk Lawson Lake Albany HT HT HT C C Lime Lake Cattaraugus HT C HT HT Lincoln Pond Essex C Little Fresh Pond Suffolk C Little Pond Delaware S Little We Wah Lake Orange C C C C Lochada Lake Sullivan S Long Pond Chenango S 4 DEC HABs Program Archive Summary 2012 – 2017 Waterbody Name County 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Long Pond Monroe S Looking Glass Lake Schoharie C Loon Lake Steuben C C Lorton Lake Oswego HT Lounsbury Pond Westchester S Mallet Pond Schoharie C Maratooka Lake Suffolk HT HT HT HT C Mariaville Lake Schenectady C C HT HT Marion Lake Suffolk C Martlings Lake Richmond HT C HT McDonald Pond Nassau S McKay Lake Suffolk C Meadow Brook Pointe- Mill Pond C Golf Course Suffolk Mecox Bay Suffolk C Melody Lake Cortland C Mill Pond Genesee C HT Mill Pond (Watermill) Suffolk C HT HT HT C Millsite Lake Jefferson S Mirror Lake Dutchess S Montgomery Lake Sullivan C C C C C C Moon Lake Jefferson HT S S Morningside Lake Sullivan HT HT HT S Morningside Pond New York C C Mosco Beachville Dam Steuben S Mountain Lake Sullivan HT Muar Lake Ontario S Muchattoes Lake Orange C Mud Lake Steuben S Muscoot Reservoir Westchester S Myosotis Lake Albany C Nassau Lake Rensselaer S C C HT C New Croton Reservoir Westchester S S New Rochelle Reservoir No.3 Westchester S Newark Reservoir Ontario C C Niger Pond Suffolk C Nooteeming Lake Dutchess S North Sandy Pond Jefferson, Oswego C HT Norwich Reservoir East Chenango S Oakland Lake Queens C Olana Pond Columbia S Old Town Pond Suffolk C C C C Onderdonk Lake Albany C Oneida Lake Multiple C C S S HT Oneida River Onondaga S S HT Orange Lake Orange C C HT C C C 5 DEC HABs Program Archive Summary 2012 – 2017 Waterbody Name County 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Oswego River Oswego HT Otisco Lake Onondaga S C Owasco Lake Cayuga HT C HT HT HT HT Palmer Lake Putnam C Panther Lake Oswego C Pattersons Park Pond Putnam S Payne Lake Jefferson S Peach Lake Putnam, Westchester HT C C C Peconic Lake Suffolk C Peconic River Suffolk C Pennellville Pond Oswego C Petonia Lake Chenango C Pleasant Lake Fulton C Pleasant Lake Oswego S HT C Pleasure Lake Sullivan C Plymouth Reservoir Chenango C HT Pond at Victorian Gardens Suffolk C Port Bay Wayne C C Poxabogue Pond Suffolk C Prestons Pond Suffolk C Prospect Park Lake Kings C C HT HT HT Putnam Lake Putnam HT C C C C Quaker Lake Cattaraugus S C Raritan Bay Park Pond Richmond S Red House Lake Cattaraugus S S S S S Roaring Brook Lake Putnam C HT C HT Robinson Pond Columbia C C Rockland Lake Rockland S S C S S C Rondout Creek Ulster C Roth Pond Suffolk C HT HT Round Lake Saratoga C C Sagaponack Lake Suffolk C C C C Saratoga Lake Saratoga HT HT C HT Sayre Pond Suffolk C Schroon Lake Essex S Secor Lake Putnam S Seneca Lake Multiple C HT HT Sepasco Lake Dutchess C S Setauket Mill Pond Suffolk C Seventh Lake Hamilton C Sheldrake Lake Westchester S Silver Lake St.