Mohawk River at Cohoes Gauge

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Area Rivers:
 Albany | Burtonsville | Cohoes | Schenectady | Troy | Waterford

Last Update: 6:00am EDT -- September 17, 2025
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Latest Observation


Normal

Current Stage: 6.84 ft
Current Flow: 561.00 cfs

Historic Observations

Record Stage: 23.15 ft
Record Flow: 143,000.00 cfs

Forecast
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
8:00am EDT -- September 17, 2025 7.20 ft 688.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- September 17, 2025 7.20 ft 688.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- September 17, 2025 7.10 ft 648.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- September 18, 2025 7.10 ft 648.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- September 18, 2025 7.10 ft 648.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- September 18, 2025 7.10 ft 648.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- September 18, 2025 7.10 ft 648.00 cfs Normal
Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
5:45am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.82 ft 555.00 cfs Normal
5:30am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.80 ft 549.00 cfs Normal
5:16am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.78 ft 543.00 cfs Normal
5:15am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.78 ft 543.00 cfs Normal
5:01am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.76 ft 537.00 cfs Normal
5:00am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.76 ft 537.00 cfs Normal
4:46am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.75 ft 534.00 cfs Normal
4:45am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.75 ft 534.00 cfs Normal
4:31am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.75 ft 534.00 cfs Normal
4:30am EDT -- September 17, 2025 6.75 ft 534.00 cfs Normal

Normal: The water surface is below the top of its banks.

Action: The water surface is generally near or slightly above the top of its banks, but no man-made structures are flooded.

Minor: Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat (e.g., inundation of roads).

Moderate: Some inundation of structures and roads near stream. Some evacuations of people and/or transfer of property to higher elevations.

Major: Extensive inundation of structures and roads. Significant evacuations of people and/or transfer of property to higher elevations.

Flood Stage Impacts

22.00 ft.: Major flood stage.

21.00 ft.: Moderate flood stage.

20.00 ft.: Minor flood stage.

17.50 ft.: The river is bankfull at Schenectady.

17.00 ft.: Action stage.

Hydrograph

Hydrograph

Gauge Location

Gauge reading affected by power generation.
Gauge reading may be affected by ice. Forecast flows are unadjusted for ice.
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Source National Water Prediction Service / US Geological Survey