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Sandburg Creek, New York
20 mapped river miles, draining 101 square miles, in the Rondout basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 7.0 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 7.0 miles away, at Sheldrake Stream At Thompsonville 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 20.0–0.0 | 16.5 | cold | — |
NYSDEC has classified 16.5 of the 20 miles NHD carries for this stream — 82% 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
- Sandburg Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Sandburg Creek — access, parking and public land
- Sandburg Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
NYSDEC classification
NYSDEC classifies this water as Class B — swimming and contact recreation. On those reaches DEC also designates it trout spawning waters, 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
1 mapped NYSDEC access site within a quarter mile of the water, upstream first: Sandburg Creek Angler Parking (RM 8.8). 1 walk-in, 0 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
9 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 2,294 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Sandburg Creek — Public Fishing Rights Easement | NYSDEC | 35 |
| Village Of Woodridge Land | city land | 67 |
| Town Of Fallsburg Land | city land | 40 |
| Village Of Woodridge Land | city land | 311 |
| Town Of Wawarsing Land | city land | 159 |
| Fallsburg Town Lands | local holder not recorded | 37 |
| Rondout Creek — State Land, Fishing Access | NYSDEC | 239 |
| Beer Kill — Municipal Land, Fishing Access | Municipal | 8 |
| Shawangunk Ridge State Forest | state conservation department | 1,399 |
Species
NYSDEC designates this as trout water — Trout spawning waters, 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
9 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Rondout Creek 70.6 mi · RM 0.0
- Beer Kill 14.6 mi · RM 1.1
- Delaware and Hudson Canal 6.4 mi · RM 6.1
- Fantine Kill 3.9 mi · RM 1.1
- Leuren Kill 3.5 mi · RM 3.8
- Taylor Brook 3.2 mi · RM 12.3
- Braden Brook 3.0 mi · RM 13.5
- South Gully 3.0 mi · RM 2.7
- North Gully 2.2 mi · RM 1.8
Sandburg Creek sits in HUC 8 02020007, the Rondout basin, and drains 101 square miles, Strahler order 5 at the mouth. 55 NHD reaches carry the name for 20.1 miles in total — more than the 20.0 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.