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Wiscoy Creek, New York
14.5 mapped river miles, draining 22 square miles, in the Upper Genesee basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 38.2 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 38.5 miles away, at Cattaraugus Creek At Gowanda Ny — not a reading of this water, but of what the region is doing today. A closer gauge has stopped reporting — its water-temperature series is empty, and was last stamped 14 August 2026, so no number here comes from it.
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 14.5–0.0 | 25.7 | cold | — |
NYSDEC has classified 25.7 of the 26 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
- Wiscoy Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Wiscoy Creek — access, parking and public land
- Wiscoy 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 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
3 mapped NYSDEC access sites within a quarter mile of the water, upstream first: Wiscoy Creek Angler Parking (RM 14.5), Wiscoy Creek Angler Parking (RM 12.8), Wiscoy Creek Angler Parking (RM 9.7). 3 walk-in, 0 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
2 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 1,738 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Wiscoy Creek — Public Fishing Rights Easement | NYSDEC | 578 |
| Genesee Valley Greenway State Park | state park agency | 1,161 |
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
5 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- East Koy Creek 25.4 mi · RM 2.3
- Trout Brook 7.9 mi · RM 14.5
- Spring Brook 3.3 mi · RM 14.0
- Bush Brook 1.8 mi · RM 12.7
- Emory Brook 1.2 mi · RM 12.6
Wiscoy Creek sits in HUC 8 04130002, the Upper Genesee basin, and drains 22 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 65 NHD reaches carry the name for 25.8 miles in total — more than the 14.5 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.