10/29/2026
Each summer, the Sidney Flood Monitoring team works to keep stations in working order.
This year, they had a busy two weeks, performing normal maintenance at all eight remote satellite reporting stations, which included cleaning and calibration of rain gauges and updating firmware of the dataloggers/transmitters.
We operate rainfall stations and rive gauges in the upper Susquehanna River basin and use the information to help make forecasts of heavy rainfall and possible flooding for the Sidney area.
This data helps us determine with stream levels may reach dangerous levels and we prepare forecasts for the local community in advance and during any potential flooding events. We then report out to village, town, and county officials.
Another major task that was accomplished during the summer weeks was installing two new radar stream level sensors that replace older bubbler-style sensors that have been in place for many years. The new sensors are functioning beautifully and will provide the community with years of important data as we continue to provide a valuable service for the Sidney community.
Keep up with the flood monitoring program by visiting: https://www.sidneycsd.org/page/flood-monitoring-program.
