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Hans Creek, New York
15.9 mapped river miles, draining 27 square miles, in the Sacandaga basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 17.6 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 17.6 miles away, at Mohawk River At Amsterdam Ny — 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 4.0–0.0 | 3.9 | cold | — |
NYSDEC has classified 3.9 of the 20 miles NHD carries for this stream — 19% 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
- Hans Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Hans Creek — access, parking and public land
- Hans Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
NYSDEC classification
NYSDEC classifies this water as Class AA — drinking water source, 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 →
Public land on the river
4 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 149,550 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam City Property Land | city land | 3,329 |
| Wilcox Lake Wild Forest | state conservation department | 129,607 |
| City Of Amsterdam Land | city land | 99 |
| New York State Lands | another state agency | 16,515 |
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.
- Steele Creek 4.0 mi · RM 4.3
- Little Hans Creek 3.1 mi · RM 10.0
- West Vly Creek 2.7 mi · RM 8.9
- Chase Creek 1.6 mi · RM 0.0
- Randall Creek 1.2 mi · RM 12.3
Hans Creek sits in HUC 8 02020002, the Sacandaga basin, and drains 27 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 54 NHD reaches carry the name for 20.1 miles in total — more than the 15.9 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.