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USGS 01349527 MOHAWK R ABOVE STATE HIGHWAY 30A AT FONDA NY

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> Site Information
LOCATION.--Lat 42°57'01.6", long 74°22'15.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Montgomery County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02020004, on left bank 410 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 30A at Fonda.
DRAINAGE AREA.--2,118 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 2014 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, acoustic velocity meter, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 257.39 ft above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS.--Considerable regulation of stage by operation of Lock 13 (about 4.5 mi upstream) and Lock 12 (about 5.0 mi downstream) on the Erie (Barge) Canal.
Water Years 2015-17: Records poor. Water Years 2018-24: Records fair except those for estimated daily discharges and daily discharges below 1,000 ft³/s, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 65,100 ft³/s, Nov. 1, 2019, gage height, 29.42 ft; minimum discharge not determined; minimum gage height, 8.62 ft, June 26, 2020.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Aug. 29, 2011 reached a stage of 33.46 ft, from floodmarks in downstream cabin of Lock 13 about 4.5 mi upstream, and a stage of 31.21 ft, from floodmarks in upstream cabin of Lock 12 about 5.0 mi downstream, from information provided by New York State Canal Corporation. Flood of June 28, 2006, reached a stage of 34.21 ft, from floodmarks on left bank about 330 ft downstream, and a stage of 33.91 ft, from floodmarks on right bank about 190 ft downstream.
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This station managed by the NY Water Science Center Troy.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2022-05-13  2026-02-22
2015-10-01  2026-02-22
2014-10-01  2026-02-22
2023-10-31  2026-02-22
2014-08-15  2020-10-01
2022-05-13  2026-02-22
2015-10-01  2019-09-30
2014-10-01  2019-09-30







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius, [EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: -0.1 02-22-2026   02:15 EST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second, [Combined, final]
Most recent instantaneous value: Ice 02-22-2026   02:15 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Feb 22 based on 11 water years of record more
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Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 10.52 02-22-2026   02:15 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [EXO]
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.3 02-22-2026   02:15 EST
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Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day
 
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Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter
 
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