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Mohawk River at Cohoes Forecast crest: 10.3 ft at 7:00am Feb 10 Observed crest: 10.65 ft at 9:15pm Feb 09 Observed: 10.4 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.46 ft at 10:45pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.51 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.5 ft at 11:15pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.48 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.49 ft at 11:45pm Feb 6 Observed: 10.48 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.46 ft at 12:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.49 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.5 ft at 12:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.51 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.49 ft at 1:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.59 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.56 ft at 1:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.55 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.56 ft at 2:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.53 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.47 ft at 2:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.47 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.47 ft at 3:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.49 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.46 ft at 3:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.44 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.48 ft at 4:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.44 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.47 ft at 4:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.47 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.47 ft at 5:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.49 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.46 ft at 5:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.45 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.47 ft at 6:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.51 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.54 ft at 6:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.54 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.54 ft at 7:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.57 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.46 ft at 7:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.36 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.22 ft at 8:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.22 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.21 ft at 8:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.21 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.24 ft at 9:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.23 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.26 ft at 9:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.24 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.24 ft at 10:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.25 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.23 ft at 10:45am Feb 7 Observed: 10.25 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.22 ft at 11:15am Feb 7 Observed: 10.05 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 10.04 ft at 11:45am Feb 7 Observed: 9.7 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.72 ft at 12:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.7 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.03 ft at 12:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.05 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.52 ft at 1:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.38 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.31 ft at 1:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.28 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.26 ft at 2:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.28 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.28 ft at 2:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.28 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.28 ft at 3:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.27 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.28 ft at 3:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.27 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.26 ft at 4:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.23 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.3 ft at 4:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.64 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.67 ft at 5:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.82 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.89 ft at 5:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.99 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.01 ft at 6:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.03 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.06 ft at 6:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.14 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.07 ft at 7:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.12 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.08 ft at 7:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.1 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.1 ft at 8:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.11 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.08 ft at 8:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.07 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 10 ft at 9:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.05 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.04 ft at 9:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.99 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.01 ft at 10:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 9.99 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.01 ft at 10:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.04 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.05 ft at 11:15pm Feb 7 Observed: 10 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.02 ft at 11:45pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.06 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.12 ft at 12:15am Feb 8 Observed: 10.11 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.14 ft at 12:45am Feb 8 Observed: 10.17 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.19 ft at 1:15am Feb 8 Observed: 10.15 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.14 ft at 1:45am Feb 8 Observed: 10.13 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.12 ft at 2:15am Feb 8 Observed: 10.17 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.15 ft at 2:45am Feb 8 Observed: 10.15 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.14 ft at 3:15am Feb 8 Observed: 10.11 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.17 ft at 3:45am Feb 8 Observed: 10.16 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.07 ft at 4:15am Feb 8 Observed: 10.06 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.98 ft at 4:45am Feb 8 Observed: 10.02 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 9.97 ft at 5:15am Feb 8 Observed: 9.94 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 5:45am Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 9.93 ft at 6:15am Feb 8 Observed: 9.93 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.95 ft at 6:45am Feb 8 Observed: 9.9 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 7:15am Feb 8 Observed: 9.89 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.87 ft at 7:45am Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 9.93 ft at 8:15am Feb 8 Observed: 9.93 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.93 ft at 8:45am Feb 8 Observed: 9.93 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 9.94 ft at 9:15am Feb 8 Observed: 9.91 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 9:45am Feb 8 Observed: 9.9 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 9.93 ft at 10:15am Feb 8 Observed: 9.9 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.91 ft at 10:45am Feb 8 Observed: 9.94 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 11:15am Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 9.91 ft at 11:45am Feb 8 Observed: 9.88 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.94 ft at 12:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.94 ft at 12:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.88 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.89 ft at 1:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.88 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.88 ft at 1:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.91 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.89 ft at 2:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.96 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.96 ft at 2:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.92 ft at 3:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.97 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.99 ft at 3:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.99 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.02 ft at 4:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.01 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.99 ft at 4:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.02 ft at 5:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 9.99 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.03 ft at 5:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.08 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.07 ft at 6:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.09 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.13 ft at 6:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.13 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.16 ft at 7:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.17 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.25 ft at 7:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.27 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.3 ft at 8:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.35 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.33 ft at 8:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.33 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.32 ft at 9:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.29 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.35 ft at 9:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.33 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.34 ft at 10:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.29 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.3 ft at 10:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.28 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.32 ft at 11:15pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.28 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.3 ft at 11:45pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.27 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.27 ft at 12:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.24 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.29 ft at 12:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.31 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.32 ft at 1:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.3 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.26 ft at 1:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.29 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.28 ft at 2:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.26 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.31 ft at 2:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.23 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.24 ft at 3:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.22 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.22 ft at 3:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.16 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.15 ft at 4:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.17 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.2 ft at 4:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.18 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.13 ft at 5:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.18 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.14 ft at 5:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.17 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.2 ft at 6:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.16 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.19 ft at 6:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.2 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.19 ft at 7:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.25 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.17 ft at 7:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.16 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.16 ft at 8:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.14 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.16 ft at 8:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.13 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.15 ft at 9:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.14 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.14 ft at 9:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.2 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.19 ft at 10:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.09 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.11 ft at 10:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.15 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.14 ft at 11:15am Feb 9 Observed: 10.14 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.14 ft at 11:45am Feb 9 Observed: 10.1 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.13 ft at 12:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.09 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.11 ft at 12:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.09 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.1 ft at 1:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.02 ft at 1:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.09 ft at 1:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.05 ft at 2:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.06 ft at 2:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.03 ft at 2:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.03 ft at 2:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.95 ft at 3:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.9 ft at 3:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.92 ft at 3:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.91 ft at 3:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.94 ft at 4:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.92 ft at 4:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.94 ft at 4:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.92 ft at 4:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.86 ft at 5:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.93 ft at 5:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.92 ft at 5:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.91 ft at 5:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.95 ft at 6:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.95 ft at 6:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.95 ft at 6:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.94 ft at 6:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.96 ft at 7:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 9.94 ft at 7:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.11 ft at 7:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.16 ft at 7:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.21 ft at 8:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.27 ft at 8:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.37 ft at 8:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.4 ft at 8:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.43 ft at 9:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.65 ft at 9:15pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.65 ft at 9:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.63 ft at 9:45pm Feb 9 Observed: 10.58 ft at 10:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 10.2 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 10.2 ft at 7:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 10.2 ft at 1:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 10.3 ft at 7:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 10.3 ft at 1:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 10.3 ft at 7:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 10.2 ft at 1:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 10.2 ft at 7:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 10.2 ft at 1:00pm Feb 11 Graph Created (10:42pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed Forecast (issued 10:43am Feb 9) USGS--Water Resources of the United States COHN6 (plotting HGIRG) Gage 0 Datum: 49.13 Latest observed value: 10.58 ft at 10:00 PM EST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 20.0 ft. Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Mohawk River at Cohoes are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:22
Moderate Flood Stage:21
Flood Stage:20
Action Stage:17

Historical Crests
(1) 23.15 ft on 03/06/1964
(2) 22.70 ft on 03/28/1914
(3) 22.68 ft on 01/20/1996
(4) 22.57 ft on 03/19/1936
(5) 21.76 ft on 03/14/1977
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Low Water Records
(1) 3.4 ft on 09/18/1941

 Mohawk River at Cohoes location map

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17.5 THE RIVER IS ABOUT FIVE FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND IS BANKFULL AT SCHENECTADY.
15.0 THE RIVER IS ABOUT THREE FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
14.0 THE RIVER IS ABOUT TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL
12.0 THE RIVER IS WITHIN NORMAL GENERATION LEVELS.
9.0 THE RIVER IS WITHIN NORMAL GENERATION LEVELS.
6.0 THE RIVER IS WITHIN NORMAL GENERATION LEVELS.

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Latitude: 42.785300° N, Longitude: 73.708100° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 20 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 49.13 ft 69.13 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

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U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Cohoes

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