USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01335770 HUDSON RIVER AT WATERFORD, NY
LOCATION - Lat 42°47'19", long 73°40'28" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Saratoga County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02020003, at bridge on U.S. Highway 4 in Waterford, 0.4 mi upstream from first branch of Mohawk River, and 2.8 mi downstream from dam at Lock 1 of the Champlain (Barge) Canal.
DRAINAGE AREA - 4,616 mi².
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: October 1976 to March 2014 (discontinued).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION: Maximum daily mean, 810 mg/L, Mar. 14, 1977; minimum daily mean, <1 mg/L on many days during water years 1991, 1993-95, 1997-98, and Sept. 28, 2000; minimum daily mean since 2002 water year, 1 mg/L, Nov. 7, 2001, Jan. 6-9, 2002, on several days in 2003 and 2005-07 water years, Oct. 22-24, 2008, Feb. 18, 2010, Jan. 19, Mar. 30, Apr. 1, 2, 4, 2012, Jan. 10, 11, 29, 2013.
SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGE: Maximum daily, about 140,000 tons, Aug. 29, 2011; minimum daily, 3.9 tons, Sept. 7, 1981.