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Last Update: 1:00pm EDT -- July 15, 2025
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Latest Observation


Old Data

Current Stage: 8.52 ft
Current Flow: 1,540.00 cfs

Historic Observations

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

Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
12:45pm EDT -- July 15, 2025 8.28 ft 1,310.00 cfs Normal
12:30pm EDT -- July 15, 2025 8.24 ft 1,280.00 cfs Normal
12:15pm EDT -- July 15, 2025 8.32 ft 1,350.00 cfs Normal
12:00pm EDT -- July 15, 2025 8.24 ft 1,280.00 cfs Normal
11:45am EDT -- July 15, 2025 7.89 ft 1,010.00 cfs Normal
11:30am EDT -- July 15, 2025 7.76 ft 938.00 cfs Normal
11:15am EDT -- July 15, 2025 7.64 ft 879.00 cfs Normal
11:00am EDT -- July 15, 2025 7.33 ft 741.00 cfs Normal
10:45am EDT -- July 15, 2025 7.27 ft 716.00 cfs Normal
10:30am EDT -- July 15, 2025 7.42 ft 780.00 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