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Oquaga Creek, New York
13.8 mapped river miles, draining 68 square miles, in the Upper Delaware basin watershed. A USGS gauge stands in it, but its record is too short for a measured July mean, so what this page knows about its temperature is today's reading and 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
This gauge stands in Oquaga Creek. Its record is too short for a July mean, so the class below is NYSDEC's — but the reading is this water.
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 13.8–0.0 | 16.3 | cold | — |
NYSDEC has classified 16.3 of the 19.5 miles NHD carries for this stream — 84% 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
- Oquaga Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Oquaga Creek — access, parking and public land
- Oquaga Creek 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
2 mapped NYSDEC access sites within a quarter mile of the water, upstream first: Oquaga Creek Angler Parking (RM 3.8), Oquaga Creek Angler Parking (RM 0.1). 2 walk-in, 0 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
4 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 7,422 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Oquaga Creek — Public Fishing Rights Easement | NYSDEC | 219 |
| Oquaga Creek State Park | state park agency | 1,271 |
| Melondy Hill State Forest | state conservation department | 5,807 |
| Public Fishing Rights Easement | NYSDEC | 125 |
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
2 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Dry Brook 17.7 mi · RM 6.3
- Page Pond Brook 2.7 mi · RM 5.3
Oquaga Creek sits in HUC 8 02040101, the Upper Delaware basin, and drains 68 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 40 NHD reaches carry the name for 19.5 miles in total — more than the 13.8 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.