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Tenmile River, New York
14.0 mapped river miles, draining 210 square miles, in the Housatonic basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 30.9 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 30.9 miles away, at Esopus Creek At Mount Marion 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 14.0–0.0 | 16.9 | cold | — |
NYSDEC has classified 16.9 of the 16.9 miles NHD carries for this stream — 100% 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
- Tenmile River fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to the Tenmile River — access, parking and public land
- Tenmile 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
2 mapped NYSDEC access sites within a quarter mile of the water, upstream first: Tenmile River Angler Parking (RM 13.0), Tenmile River Angler Parking (RM 12.9). 2 walk-in, 0 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
7 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 470 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Tenmile River — Public Fishing Rights Easement | NYSDEC | 52 |
| Tenmile River — State Land, Fishing Access | NYSDEC | 16 |
| Tenmile River — Municipal Land, Fishing Access | Municipal | 9 |
| Town Of Dover Land | city land | 221 |
| Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | 144 |
| Reagans Mill Water Company Lands | regional water district | 7 |
| Webatuck Creek — Public Fishing Rights Easement | NYSDEC | 21 |
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.
- Webatuck Creek 30.4 mi · RM 14.0
- Wassaic Creek 13.5 mi · RM 14.0
- Deuel Hollow Brook 6.9 mi · RM 0.5
- Butts Hollow Brook 4.8 mi · RM 11.0
- Wells Brook 3.3 mi · RM 8.8
Tenmile River sits in HUC 8 01100005, the Housatonic basin, and drains 210 square miles, Strahler order 6 at the mouth. 23 NHD reaches carry the name for 16.9 miles in total — more than the 14.0 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.