Mohawk River at Cohoes Gauge

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

Last Update: 2:00pm EDT -- April 30, 2025
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Latest Observation


Normal

Current Stage: 11.59 ft
Current Flow: 7,870.00 cfs

Historic Observations

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

Forecast
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
8:00pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 12.50 ft 11,600.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- May 1, 2025 12.60 ft 12,000.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- May 1, 2025 12.60 ft 12,000.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- May 1, 2025 12.50 ft 11,600.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- May 1, 2025 12.20 ft 10,200.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- May 2, 2025 12.00 ft 9,380.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- May 2, 2025 11.80 ft 8,620.00 cfs Normal
Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
1:45pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.59 ft 7,870.00 cfs Normal
1:30pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.59 ft 7,870.00 cfs Normal
1:15pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.57 ft 7,800.00 cfs Normal
1:00pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.55 ft 7,730.00 cfs Normal
12:45pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.56 ft 7,760.00 cfs Normal
12:30pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.56 ft 7,760.00 cfs Normal
12:15pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.58 ft 7,830.00 cfs Normal
12:00pm EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.60 ft 7,900.00 cfs Normal
11:45am EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.53 ft 7,660.00 cfs Normal
11:30am EDT -- April 30, 2025 11.53 ft 7,660.00 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