Hudson River at Troy Gauge

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

Last Update: 3:15am EDT -- May 9, 2025
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Latest Observation


Normal

Current Stage: 19.81 ft
Current Flow: 43,600.00 cfs

Historic Observations

Record Stage: 29.70 ft
Record Flow: 220,000.00 cfs

Forecast
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
8:00am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.70 ft 41,700.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.60 ft 40,000.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.70 ft 41,700.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- May 10, 2025 20.20 ft 50,400.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- May 10, 2025 20.80 ft 60,900.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- May 10, 2025 21.10 ft 66,600.00 cfs Action
8:00pm EDT -- May 10, 2025 21.30 ft 70,400.00 cfs Action
Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
3:00am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
2:45am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
2:30am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
2:15am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
1:45am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
1:30am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
1:15am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
1:00am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 cfs Normal
12:45am EDT -- May 9, 2025 19.81 ft 43,600.00 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

29.00 ft.: There are several feet of water on Riverside Street, three feet water in the former Cluett-Peabody building, First and Second Streets in Troy are flooded, and the Congress Street Bridge is closed.

27.00 ft.: The river is at major flood stage. Water reaches numerous homes in the Village of Wateford and in riverfront sections of Troy. About 4 feet water at foot of State Street.

24.00 ft.: The river is at moderate flood stage. Water reaches mobile homes along the river front in Lansingburgh.

23.00 ft.: Water reaches streets in Waterford Village and Matsons Shipyard on Van Schaick Island. Some basements flood.

21.50 ft.: Minor flood stage. Water floods onto the Mohawk Wharf in Village of Waterford.

21.00 ft.: Action stage. Water is just six inches below the wharf in Waterford.

Hydrograph

Hydrograph

Gauge Location

Gauge reading affected by reservoir operations.
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