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Middle Hudson River Watershed, New York

5,457 miles of mapped stream across 2,429 square miles of drainage in Columbia, Albany, Ulster, Greene, Rensselaer, Dutchess, Schenectady, Schoharie counties, in 171 named streams. New York designates 910 of those miles as trout water, on 124 streams. The 7 mainstem gauges with a July record read between 57.5 and 78.9°F in July.

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Public land — where the bank is open to walk and fish
USGS gauge — live water temperature
Water temperature — the colour of every stream in the basin

50°F and colder is cold, through cold-transitional and cool, to warm above 70°F — the same four bands the app paints. On this map the colour is NYSDEC's own classification of the stream, not a measurement, except at the gauge dots, which read live. Grey is water NYSDEC has not typed.

The watershed in numbers

HUC8 02020006 in the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset. Every figure below adds up the river pages in this basin — same records, one basin at a time.

5,457 mi
of mapped stream
16,431 NHD reaches
2,429 sq mi
drainage area
1,554,770 acres
57.5–78.9°F
July water temperature at the gauges
7 mainstem gauges, mean 72.4°F
163,431 ac
public land
10.5% of the basin · 54 units

Cold, cool and warm water

NYSDEC classifies every surface water in New York under 6 NYCRR Parts 800-941, and the class is a best usage — what the water is protected for — rather than a temperature. The temperature statement is the (T) or (TS) suffix beside it: the water DEC designates for trout, or for trout spawning, which 6 NYCRR 704.2(b) protects with a 70 °F ceiling on any discharge. That suffix is what this page counts and what the map paints by; the class letter is printed beside it and is not a thermal grade. It covers 31% of this basin's stream miles (1668.9 of 5,457); the rest is untyped and is drawn grey on the map above.

1668.9 of the 1668.9 typed miles in this basin — 100% — are cold or cold-transitional water. Every typed reach carries the same class, which is as likely to be the coverage as the water: NYSDEC has typed 31% of it.

Every named stream in the basin

All 171 of them, longest first. 37 have a page of their own and are linked; the rest are in the app. The class column is NYSDEC's designation of that stream. "Now" is the live USGS reading where a gauge stands in that stream.

Stream Miles Class Now Designation
Esopus Creek 69.8 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class AA — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Hudson River 62.9 untyped — —
Roeliff Jansen Kill 61.2 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Kinderhook Creek 52.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Catskill Creek 49.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Normans Kill 47.6 untyped — —
Saw Kill 34.4 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Taghkanic Creek 32.6 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Poesten Kill 30.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kaaterskill Creek 27.3 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Beaver Kill 23.8 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Hannacrois Creek 23.1 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Valatie Kill 20.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mill Creek 20.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stony Kill 19.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Basic Creek 19.3 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Vloman Kill 18.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Claverack Creek 18.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stony Creek 18.3 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Wynants Kill 17.7 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Moordener Kill 17.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Plattekill Creek 17.3 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Quacken Kill 17.1 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Shekomeko Creek 15.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Onesquethaw Creek 14.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bozen Kill 13.9 untyped — —
Black Creek 13.8 untyped — —
Tackawasick Creek 12.9 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Mud Creek 12.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wyomanock Creek 12.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Eightmile Creek 11.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Agawamuck Creek 11.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Tenmile Creek 11.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kline Kill 11.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cob Creek 10.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stony Clove Creek 10.9 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Schodack Creek 10.7 untyped — —
Punch Brook 10.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Vly Creek 10.5 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Hans Vosen Kill 10.5 untyped — —
Potic Creek 10.4 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Muitzes Kill 10.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Coxsackie Creek 10.2 untyped — —
Black River 10.2 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
North Branch Moordener Kill 10.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Brook 10.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
North Creek 9.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Grapeville Creek 9.8 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Little Beaver Kill 9.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Feuri Spruyt 9.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Indian Creek 9.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Vlockie Kill 9.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Bash Bish Brook 9.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Warner Creek 9.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kiskatom Brook 8.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Shingle Kill 8.9 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Loomis Creek 8.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Doove Kill 8.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Klein Kill 8.4 untyped — —
Punsit Creek 8.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Phillipin Kill 8.0 untyped — —
Woodland Creek 7.8 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Sawyer Kill 7.8 untyped — —
Coeymans Creek 7.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Murderers Creek 7.4 untyped — —
Birch Creek 7.3 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Hollowville Creek 7.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Black Brook 7.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Jan De Bakkers Kill 7.1 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Noster Kill 6.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
East Brook 6.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Thorp Creek 6.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Dowers Kill 6.6 untyped — —
Stuyvesant Brook 6.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Roaring Brook 6.4 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Bowery Creek 6.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Fox Creek 6.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Lake Creek 5.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bushnellsville Creek 5.8 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Fall Kill 5.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mineral Spring Brook 5.7 untyped — —
Cornwallville Creek 5.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wolf Fly Creek 5.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bonesteel Creek 5.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Medway Creek 5.3 untyped — —
Bush Kill 5.3 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Hunger Kill 5.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Papscanee Creek 5.2 untyped — —
Trout Brook 5.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sweet Milk Creek 4.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Widows Creek 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
South Branch Wyomanock Creek 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hollow Brook 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Green Brook 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Platte Kill 4.7 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Mudder Kill 4.5 untyped — —
Binnen Kill 4.4 untyped — —
Frisbee Creek 4.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Butternut Creek 4.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class AA — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Fitting Creek 4.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bean River 4.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Chrysler Pond Outlet 4.0 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Ashley Hill Brook 4.0 untyped — —
Ham Brook 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sickles Creek 3.8 untyped — —
Dry Brook 3.8 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Corlaer Kill 3.8 untyped — —
Krum Kill 3.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Newfoundland Creek 3.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Berry Pond Creek 3.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stony Brook 3.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Lakes Kill 3.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Indian House Creek 3.5 untyped — —
Countryman Kill 3.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Panther Kill 3.5 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Lucas Kill 3.5 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Bonny Brook 3.3 untyped — —
Silver Creek 3.3 untyped — —
Preechey Hollow Brook 3.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Snydam Creek 3.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hollow Tree Brook 3.2 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Horse Heaven Brook 3.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Gulf Creek 3.1 untyped — —
Rocky Brook 3.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bell Brook 3.1 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Cranberry Vly Creek 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stockport Creek 3.0 untyped — —
Kanape Brook 3.0 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Bentley Brook 2.9 untyped — —
Spruce Creek 2.9 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
City Brook 2.9 untyped — —
Burget Creek 2.9 untyped — —
Whitman Brook 2.8 untyped — —
Wolf Creek 2.7 untyped — —
Foxes Creek 2.7 untyped — —
Dougherty Branch 2.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Wittenberg Brook 2.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Rathburn Brook 2.5 untyped — —
Huff Brook 2.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Burroughs Creek 2.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Muddy Brook 2.5 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Myrtle Brook 2.5 untyped — —
Guilder Brook 2.5 untyped — —
South Hollow Brook 2.4 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Vierda Kill 2.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Elk Bushkill 2.3 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Jones Brook 2.2 untyped — —
Fall Creek 2.2 untyped — —
Lee Pond Brook 2.2 untyped — —
East Branch Hunger Kill 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Blockhouse Creek 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sand Creek 2.1 untyped — —
Taplin Bourn 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Giant Ledge Stream 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wright Brook 2.1 untyped — —
Kaikout Kill 2.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Queechy Lake Brook 2.0 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Ramshorn Creek 2.0 untyped — —
Rocky Branch 1.9 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Maltby Hollow Brook 1.9 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Cedar Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Post Creek 1.8 untyped — —
Dubois Creek 1.7 untyped — —
Mosher Brook 1.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hallenbeck Creek 1.6 untyped — —
Angle Creek 1.2 untyped — —
Tannery Brook 1.2 untyped — —
Alder Brook 1.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Buttercup Creek 1.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Red Oak Brook 0.8 untyped — —
Hell Gate 0.7 untyped — —

Public land in the watershed

163,431 acres in 54 units, which is 10.5% of the 1,554,770 acres the basin covers. Private inholdings carried in the same source file are excluded, here and on the map.

Managing agency Acres Share Units
State conservation department 138,168 85% 41
State park agency 11,681 7% 5
City and township land 7,057 4% 6
Regional water district 6,430 4% 1
County land 95 0% 1

The biggest named blocks of it, each with its own page — the streams on that ground, what is open to hunt on it, and where the access sites are.

Neighbouring watersheds

The subbasins that share a boundary with this one and carry coldwater streams.