Mohawk River at Cohoes Gauge

Cloudy 72°F
Area Rivers:
 Albany | Burtonsville | Cohoes | Schenectady | Troy | Waterford

Last Update: 4:00pm EDT -- June 15, 2025
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Latest Observation


Normal

Current Stage: 10.73 ft
Current Flow: 5,300.00 cfs

Historic Observations

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

Forecast
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
8:00pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 10.80 ft 5,480.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- June 16, 2025 10.90 ft 5,750.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- June 16, 2025 10.80 ft 5,480.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- June 16, 2025 10.60 ft 4,970.00 cfs Normal
8:00pm EDT -- June 16, 2025 10.60 ft 4,970.00 cfs Normal
2:00am EDT -- June 17, 2025 10.50 ft 4,730.00 cfs Normal
8:00am EDT -- June 17, 2025 10.40 ft 4,500.00 cfs Normal
Previous 10 Observations
Time/Date Stage Flow Category
3:45pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 10.74 ft 5,320.00 cfs Normal
3:30pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 10.76 ft 5,370.00 cfs Normal
3:15pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 10.80 ft 5,480.00 cfs Normal
3:00pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 11.06 ft 6,190.00 cfs Normal
2:45pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 11.08 ft 6,250.00 cfs Normal
2:30pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 11.08 ft 6,250.00 cfs Normal
2:15pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 11.10 ft 6,310.00 cfs Normal
2:01pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 11.11 ft 6,340.00 cfs Normal
2:00pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 11.11 ft 6,340.00 cfs Normal
1:46pm EDT -- June 15, 2025 11.12 ft 6,370.00 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