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Last Update: 3:00am EDT -- July 12, 2025
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Latest Observation


Normal

Current Stage: 8.63 ft
Current Flow: 1,650.00 cfs

Historic Observations

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

Forecast
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
8:00am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.50 ft 1,520.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.50 ft 1,520.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.60 ft 1,620.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- July 13, 2025 8.80 ft 1,840.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- July 13, 2025 8.90 ft 1,960.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- July 13, 2025 8.90 ft 1,960.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- July 13, 2025 8.80 ft 1,840.00 cfs Normal
Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
2:45am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.63 ft 1,650.00 cfs Normal
2:30am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.64 ft 1,660.00 cfs Normal
2:15am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.65 ft 1,670.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.65 ft 1,670.00 cfs Normal
1:45am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.66 ft 1,690.00 cfs Normal
1:30am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.67 ft 1,700.00 cfs Normal
1:15am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.66 ft 1,690.00 cfs Normal
1:00am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.67 ft 1,700.00 cfs Normal
12:45am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.67 ft 1,700.00 cfs Normal
12:30am EDT -- July 12, 2025 8.66 ft 1,690.00 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