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Tioughnioga River, New York
14.3 mapped river miles, draining 758 square miles, in the Chenango basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 37.3 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 37.3 miles away, at Oquaga Creek At Mcclure 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 14.3–5.8 | 4.1 | cold | — |
NYSDEC has classified 4.1 of the 34 miles NHD carries for this stream — 12% 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
- Tioughnioga River fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to the Tioughnioga River — access, parking and public land
- Tioughnioga 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: Tioughnioga River (East Branch) At Cortland (RM 14.3), Tioughnioga River Angler Parking (RM 4.1), Tioughnioga River At Marathon (RM 4.1). 3 walk-in, 0 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
3 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 320 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Tioughnioga River — Public Fishing Rights Easement | NYSDEC | 158 |
| Cortlandville Town Of Land | city land | 143 |
| Yaman Park | 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
4 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- East Branch Tioughnioga River 23.3 mi · RM 14.3
- West Branch Tioughnioga River 15.9 mi · RM 14.3
- Trout Brook 12.8 mi · RM 11.9
- Gridley Creek 9.7 mi · RM 4.0
Tioughnioga River sits in HUC 8 02050102, the Chenango basin, and drains 758 square miles, Strahler order 5 at the mouth. 183 NHD reaches carry the name for 34.5 miles in total — more than the 14.3 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.