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USGS 01357500 MOHAWK RIVER AT COHOES NY

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 42°47'07.4",   Longitude 73°42'28.0"   NAD83
Albany County, New York, Hydrologic Unit 02020004
Drainage area: 3,450 square miles
Datum of gage: 48.47 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1956-05-01  1959-06-29  915 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1917-12-01  2025-10-27  39413 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2011-01-29  2024-04-16  3841 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2024-04-19  2025-10-28  543 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1954-01-25  2018-09-30  9406 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1954-01-25  2018-09-30  9447 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2018-10-01  2023-08-31  665 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1917-12-01  2025-09-08 39364 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2011-01-29  2020-10-21 3312 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2024-04-19  2025-02-24 300 
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1954-01-25  2018-09-30 9406 
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1954-01-25  2018-09-30 9447 
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2018-10-01  2019-09-29 364 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1917-12  2025-09  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2011-01  2020-10  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2024-04  2025-02  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1954-01  2018-09  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1954-01  2018-09  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2018-10  2019-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1918  2025  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2011  2021  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2024  2025  
    Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter  1954  2018  
    Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day  1954  2018  
    Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter  2019  2019  
 Peak streamflow 1863  2023-12-19  112 
 Field measurements 1925-06-23  2025-09-09  566 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1951-07-26  2023-10-19  5665 
 Water-Year Summary 2005  2024  20 
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