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 6-50 foot flood control gates located at Cayuga-Seneca Lock #1 (C&S1) at the North end of Cayuga Lake 33 miles west of Baldwinsville. 

Scroll down to view the flood control structure in Baldwinsville.

From C & S #1 water draining from

Seneca Lake & Cayuga Lake joins water flowing into the Oswego River Basin via the Clyde River.  Before the water gets to Baldwinsville water draining from Owasco Lake & Skaneateles Lake joins in.  The flowing water is then faced with a restriction in Jack's Reef. 

When the water finally reaches Baldwinsville it is met by 1-50 foot flood control structure forcing the water to stack forcing Cross Lake water levels higher.

1-50 foot flood control gate located in Baldwinsville (both photos).

Cross Lake has flooding more often, at higher elevations and for longer durations than anyplace in the Oswego River Basin.

This problem affects all water bodies across the basin just like problems in other areas within the basin affects the

Cross Lake section.