Mohawk River at Cohoes Gauge

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

Last Update: 12:00pm EDT -- August 26, 2025
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Latest Observation


Normal

Current Stage: 8.02 ft
Current Flow: 1,100.00 cfs

Historic Observations

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

Forecast
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
2:00pm EDT -- August 26, 2025 7.90 ft 1,020.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- August 26, 2025 7.90 ft 1,020.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- August 27, 2025 7.90 ft 1,020.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- August 27, 2025 7.90 ft 1,020.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- August 27, 2025 7.90 ft 1,020.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- August 27, 2025 7.90 ft 1,020.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- August 28, 2025 7.90 ft 1,020.00 cfs Normal
Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
12:45pm EDT -- August 26, 2025 8.13 ft 1,190.00 cfs Normal
12:30pm EDT -- August 26, 2025 8.09 ft 1,150.00 cfs Normal
12:15pm EDT -- August 26, 2025 8.01 ft 1,090.00 cfs Normal
12:00pm EDT -- August 26, 2025 8.02 ft 1,100.00 cfs Normal
11:45am EDT -- August 26, 2025 8.09 ft 1,150.00 cfs Normal
11:31am EDT -- August 26, 2025 8.06 ft 1,130.00 cfs Normal
11:30am EDT -- August 26, 2025 8.06 ft 1,130.00 cfs Normal
11:16am EDT -- August 26, 2025 7.98 ft 1,070.00 cfs Normal
11:15am EDT -- August 26, 2025 7.98 ft 1,070.00 cfs Normal
11:01am EDT -- August 26, 2025 7.92 ft 1,030.00 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