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Mohawk River at Cohoes Observed crest: 13 ft at 1:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.81 ft at 7:30am Nov 21 Observed: 12.86 ft at 7:45am Nov 21 Observed: 12.82 ft at 8:00am Nov 21 Observed: 12.79 ft at 8:15am Nov 21 Observed: 12.76 ft at 8:30am Nov 21 Observed: 12.79 ft at 8:45am Nov 21 Observed: 12.75 ft at 9:00am Nov 21 Observed: 12.8 ft at 9:15am Nov 21 Observed: 12.71 ft at 9:30am Nov 21 Observed: 12.73 ft at 9:45am Nov 21 Observed: 12.71 ft at 10:00am Nov 21 Observed: 12.73 ft at 10:15am Nov 21 Observed: 12.7 ft at 10:30am Nov 21 Observed: 12.68 ft at 10:45am Nov 21 Observed: 12.64 ft at 11:00am Nov 21 Observed: 11.84 ft at 11:15am Nov 21 Observed: 11.81 ft at 11:30am Nov 21 Observed: 11.98 ft at 11:45am Nov 21 Observed: 12.12 ft at 12:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.13 ft at 12:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.12 ft at 12:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.12 ft at 12:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.34 ft at 1:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.62 ft at 1:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 13 ft at 1:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.83 ft at 1:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.64 ft at 2:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.59 ft at 2:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.54 ft at 2:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.49 ft at 2:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.52 ft at 3:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.49 ft at 3:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.53 ft at 3:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.5 ft at 3:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.52 ft at 4:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.51 ft at 4:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.48 ft at 4:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.49 ft at 4:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.49 ft at 5:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.41 ft at 5:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.44 ft at 5:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.43 ft at 5:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.44 ft at 6:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.44 ft at 6:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.43 ft at 6:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.42 ft at 6:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.38 ft at 7:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.38 ft at 7:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.41 ft at 7:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.43 ft at 7:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.43 ft at 8:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.45 ft at 8:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.42 ft at 8:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.46 ft at 8:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.46 ft at 9:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.49 ft at 9:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.43 ft at 9:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.44 ft at 9:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.45 ft at 10:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.43 ft at 10:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.42 ft at 10:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.44 ft at 10:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.4 ft at 11:00pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.45 ft at 11:15pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.44 ft at 11:30pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.41 ft at 11:45pm Nov 21 Observed: 12.42 ft at 12:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.42 ft at 12:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.42 ft at 12:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.34 ft at 12:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.35 ft at 1:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.38 ft at 1:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.39 ft at 1:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.39 ft at 1:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.35 ft at 2:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.36 ft at 2:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.38 ft at 2:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.35 ft at 2:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.33 ft at 3:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.38 ft at 3:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.31 ft at 3:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.3 ft at 3:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.32 ft at 4:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.31 ft at 4:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.29 ft at 4:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.33 ft at 4:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.31 ft at 5:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.31 ft at 5:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.27 ft at 5:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.26 ft at 5:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.28 ft at 6:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.24 ft at 6:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.28 ft at 6:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.25 ft at 6:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.24 ft at 7:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.25 ft at 7:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.25 ft at 7:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.24 ft at 7:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.24 ft at 8:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.21 ft at 8:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.2 ft at 8:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.18 ft at 8:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.2 ft at 9:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.18 ft at 9:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.19 ft at 9:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.19 ft at 9:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.17 ft at 10:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.19 ft at 10:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.16 ft at 10:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.14 ft at 10:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.12 ft at 11:00am Nov 22 Observed: 12.12 ft at 11:15am Nov 22 Observed: 12.13 ft at 11:30am Nov 22 Observed: 12.11 ft at 11:45am Nov 22 Observed: 12.06 ft at 12:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.1 ft at 12:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.09 ft at 12:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.05 ft at 12:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.07 ft at 1:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.06 ft at 1:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.06 ft at 1:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.05 ft at 1:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.05 ft at 2:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.03 ft at 2:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.02 ft at 2:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 12.03 ft at 2:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.96 ft at 3:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.98 ft at 3:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 12 ft at 3:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.96 ft at 3:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.97 ft at 4:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.98 ft at 4:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.99 ft at 4:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.95 ft at 4:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.92 ft at 5:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.96 ft at 5:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.93 ft at 5:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.93 ft at 5:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.9 ft at 6:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.91 ft at 6:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.9 ft at 6:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.92 ft at 6:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.86 ft at 7:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.86 ft at 7:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.88 ft at 7:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.87 ft at 7:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.88 ft at 8:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.86 ft at 8:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.85 ft at 8:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.86 ft at 8:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.84 ft at 9:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.83 ft at 9:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.83 ft at 9:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.84 ft at 9:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.85 ft at 10:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.8 ft at 10:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.81 ft at 10:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.81 ft at 10:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.81 ft at 11:00pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.79 ft at 11:15pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.79 ft at 11:30pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.78 ft at 11:45pm Nov 22 Observed: 11.78 ft at 12:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.77 ft at 12:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.78 ft at 12:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.74 ft at 12:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.74 ft at 1:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.76 ft at 1:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.73 ft at 1:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.77 ft at 1:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.76 ft at 2:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.73 ft at 2:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.71 ft at 2:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.71 ft at 2:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.71 ft at 3:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.72 ft at 3:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.72 ft at 3:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.68 ft at 3:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.71 ft at 4:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.72 ft at 4:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.7 ft at 4:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.72 ft at 4:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.69 ft at 5:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.67 ft at 5:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.68 ft at 5:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.66 ft at 5:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.67 ft at 6:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.68 ft at 6:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.65 ft at 6:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.65 ft at 6:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.67 ft at 7:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.68 ft at 7:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.63 ft at 7:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.63 ft at 7:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.6 ft at 8:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.62 ft at 8:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.63 ft at 8:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.62 ft at 8:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.64 ft at 9:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.67 ft at 9:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.69 ft at 9:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.66 ft at 9:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.76 ft at 10:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.69 ft at 10:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.59 ft at 10:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.5 ft at 10:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.61 ft at 11:00am Nov 23 Observed: 11.4 ft at 11:15am Nov 23 Observed: 11.6 ft at 11:30am Nov 23 Observed: 11.66 ft at 11:45am Nov 23 Observed: 11.65 ft at 12:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.74 ft at 12:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.77 ft at 12:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.7 ft at 12:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.77 ft at 1:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.79 ft at 1:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.8 ft at 1:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.84 ft at 1:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.87 ft at 2:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.84 ft at 2:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.85 ft at 2:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.85 ft at 2:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.85 ft at 3:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.86 ft at 3:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.9 ft at 3:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.89 ft at 3:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.95 ft at 4:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.96 ft at 4:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.99 ft at 4:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.03 ft at 4:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.05 ft at 5:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.09 ft at 5:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.1 ft at 5:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.1 ft at 5:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.08 ft at 6:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.12 ft at 6:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.1 ft at 6:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.11 ft at 6:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.11 ft at 7:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.09 ft at 7:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.1 ft at 7:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.1 ft at 7:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.11 ft at 8:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.12 ft at 8:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.05 ft at 8:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.05 ft at 8:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.06 ft at 9:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.04 ft at 9:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.03 ft at 9:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.02 ft at 9:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.99 ft at 10:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.96 ft at 10:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 12 ft at 10:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.99 ft at 10:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 12.01 ft at 11:00pm Nov 23 Observed: 12 ft at 11:15pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.99 ft at 11:30pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.98 ft at 11:45pm Nov 23 Observed: 11.97 ft at 12:00am Nov 24 Observed: 11.97 ft at 12:15am Nov 24 Observed: 11.95 ft at 12:30am Nov 24 Observed: 11.97 ft at 12:45am Nov 24 Observed: 11.94 ft at 1:00am Nov 24 Observed: 11.96 ft at 1:15am Nov 24 Observed: 11.94 ft at 1:30am Nov 24 Observed: 11.9 ft at 1:45am Nov 24 Observed: 11.92 ft at 2:00am Nov 24 Observed: 11.93 ft at 2:15am Nov 24 Observed: 11.91 ft at 2:30am Nov 24 Observed: 11.9 ft at 2:45am Nov 24 Observed: 11.89 ft at 3:00am Nov 24 Observed: 11.88 ft at 3:15am Nov 24 Observed: 11.87 ft at 3:30am Nov 24 Observed: 11.84 ft at 3:45am Nov 24 Observed: 11.87 ft at 4:00am Nov 24 Observed: 11.83 ft at 4:15am Nov 24 Observed: 11.8 ft at 4:30am Nov 24 Observed: 11.84 ft at 4:45am Nov 24 Observed: 11.79 ft at 5:00am Nov 24 Observed: 11.77 ft at 5:15am Nov 24 Observed: 11.79 ft at 5:30am Nov 24 Observed: 11.77 ft at 5:45am Nov 24 Observed: 11.79 ft at 6:00am Nov 24 Observed: 11.81 ft at 6:15am Nov 24 Observed: 11.77 ft at 6:30am Nov 24 Observed: 11.77 ft at 6:45am Nov 24 Observed: 11.76 ft at 7:00am Nov 24 Forecast: 11.6 ft at 1:00pm Nov 23 Forecast: 11.5 ft at 7:00pm Nov 23 Forecast: 11.4 ft at 1:00am Nov 24 Forecast: 11.3 ft at 7:00am Nov 24 Forecast: 11.2 ft at 1:00pm Nov 24 Forecast: 11.2 ft at 7:00pm Nov 24 Forecast: 11.1 ft at 1:00am Nov 25 Forecast: 11.1 ft at 7:00am Nov 25 Forecast: 11.1 ft at 1:00pm Nov 25 Graph Created (7:45am Nov 24, 2009) Observed Forecast (issued 10:40am Nov 23) USGS--Water Resources of the United States COHN6 (plotting HGIRG) Gage 0 Datum: 49.13 Latest observed value: 11.76 ft at 7:00 AM EST 24-Nov-2009. Flood Stage is 20.0 ft. Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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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

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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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