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Chenango River, New York
13.0 mapped river miles, draining 307 square miles, in the Chenango basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 33.0 miles away, and what this page knows about its temperature is NYSDEC's classification of the water itself.
50°F and colder is cold, through cold-transitional and cool, to warm above 70°F — the same four bands, breaking at 58, 64 and 70°F, that the app paints. Grey is water nobody has measured.
The nearest live reading
The nearest gauge is 33.0 miles away, at West Branch Delaware River — not a reading of this water, but of what the region is doing today.
Thermal classification
NYSDEC's classification of this water, reach by reach. A class, not a temperature — no July mean, because none was measured here.
| Reach | Typed miles | Band | NYSDEC type |
|---|---|---|---|
| RM 13.0–13.0 | 29.2 | cold | — |
NYSDEC has classified 29.2 of the 92 miles NHD carries for this stream — 32% of it. Every typed reach carries the same class, cold. The untyped reaches are not warm water — they are water NYSDEC's inventory does not reach, and the mile ranges above span only the reaches it does.
Questions about this river
- Chenango River fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to the Chenango River — access, parking and public land
- Chenango River fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
NYSDEC classification
NYSDEC classifies this water as Class B — swimming and contact recreation and Class C — fishing. More than one class appears because the classification changes along the river. The thermal bar above shows where. On those reaches DEC also designates it trout waters — which is the half of the classification that is about temperature, and the half this map paints by. The class is a designation of best usage under 6 NYCRR — what the water is protected for — and not the season and creel rules, which change yearly and live with the agency.
NYSDEC water quality classifications and standards →
Access
3 mapped NYSDEC access sites within a quarter mile of the water, upstream first: Chenango River At Fenton (RM 8.5), Chenango River At Chenango (RM 6.0), Chenango River At Dickinson (RM 3.7). 3 walk-in, 0 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
3 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 1,348 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Chenango Valley State Park | state park agency | 1,099 |
| City Of Binghamton Land | city land | 231 |
| Village Of Port Dickinson Land | city land | 18 |
Species
NYSDEC designates this as trout water — Trout waters — without naming the species. No fish survey or stocking record for this water is in the files this site reads.
Tributaries and watershed
5 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Page Brook 22.4 mi · RM 10.0
- Castle Creek 13.8 mi · RM 4.9
- Osborne Creek 11.1 mi · RM 8.4
- Phelps Creek 4.0 mi · RM 3.5
- Thomas Creek 2.3 mi · RM 5.3
Chenango River sits in HUC 8 02050102, the Chenango basin, and drains 307 square miles, Strahler order 5 at the mouth. 300 NHD reaches carry the name for 91.7 miles in total — more than the 13.0 miles of drawn mainstem, because NHD counts side channels and braids as their own reaches.
Other water nearby
The closest 6 rivers on this site, straight-line from the middle of this one — not drive time.