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Sacandaga River Watershed, New York

1,980 miles of mapped stream across 1,055 square miles of drainage in Hamilton, Saratoga, Fulton, Warren counties, in 147 named streams. New York designates 344 of those miles as trout water, on 89 streams.

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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 02020002 in the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset. Every figure below adds up the river pages in this basin — same records, one basin at a time.

1,980 mi
of mapped stream
4,139 NHD reaches
1,055 sq mi
drainage area
674,985 acres
402,332 ac
public land
59.6% of the basin · 15 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 29% of this basin's stream miles (577.8 of 1,980); the rest is untyped and is drawn grey on the map above.

577.8 of the 577.8 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 29% of it.

Every named stream in the basin

All 147 of them, longest first. 9 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
Sacandaga River 91.0 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
West Branch Sacandaga River 39.1 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
East Stony Creek 32.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
East Branch Sacandaga River 29.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kunjamuk River 22.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Stony Creek 20.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hans Creek 20.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kennyetto Creek 19.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mayfield Creek 13.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Fall Stream 13.6 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Piseco Outlet 12.4 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Sand Creek 12.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Beecher Creek 11.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Jimmy Creek 10.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mill Creek 10.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Alder Creek 10.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hatchery Brook 9.6 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Frenchman Creek 9.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
North Branch West Stony Creek 8.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Tenant Creek 8.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Holmes Lake Outlet 8.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hamilton Lake Stream 8.2 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation
Robbs Creek 7.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
South Brook 7.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Paul Creek 7.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Daly Creek 7.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Second Pond Brook 7.0 untyped — —
North Branch West Branch Sacandaga River 7.0 untyped — —
Halfway Brook 6.7 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Devorse Creek 6.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ninemile Creek 6.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Shanty Brook 6.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Panther Mountain Stream 6.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Cadman Creek 6.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Doig Creek 6.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Georgia Creek 6.0 untyped — —
Elbow Creek 6.0 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Hunters Creek 6.0 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Dunning Creek 5.6 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Anthony Creek 5.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Burnt Mill Creek 5.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Glasshouse Creek 5.3 untyped — —
Sucker Brook 5.2 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Madison Creek 5.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Silver Lake Outlet 5.1 untyped — —
Cold Stream 5.0 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Whitman Flow 5.0 untyped — —
Pinnacle Creek 5.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Abner Brook 5.0 untyped — —
Bear Creek 5.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Chase Lake Outlet 4.9 untyped — —
Wilcox Outlet 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Beaver Creek 4.7 untyped — —
Palmer Lake Creek 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Allentown Creek 4.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Batcheller Creek 4.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Gallop Creek 4.3 untyped — —
Coulombe Creek 4.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hill Creek 4.3 untyped — —
Black Pond Creek 4.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cotter Brook 4.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pittock Brook 4.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Black Creek 4.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Skinner Creek 4.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stewart Creek 4.1 untyped — —
Moose Creek 4.1 untyped — —
Shingle Brook 4.1 untyped — —
Diamond Brook 4.0 untyped — —
Steele Creek 4.0 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Mill Stream 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Evans Creek 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sand Lake Outlet 3.8 untyped — —
Lynus Vly Outlet 3.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hatch Brook 3.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Chase Vly Creek 3.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bell Brook 3.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cross Brook 3.5 untyped — —
Burnt Place Brook 3.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hayes Creek 3.5 untyped — —
Fly Creek 3.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sheriff Lake Outlet 3.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cherry Brook 3.3 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Cloutler Creek 3.2 untyped — —
Round Pond Brook 3.1 untyped — —
Extract Brook 3.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Jack Green Creek 3.1 untyped — —
Little Hans Creek 3.1 untyped — —
Gordons Creek 3.1 untyped — —
Macomber Creek 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Siamese Brook 2.9 untyped — —
Jockeybush Outlet 2.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Teeter Creek 2.9 untyped — —
Dugway Creek 2.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cold Brook 2.9 untyped — —
Remington Creek 2.9 untyped — —
North Vly 2.8 untyped — —
Beatty Creek 2.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Trypoli Creek 2.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Langworthy Creek 2.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cook Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
King Vly Creek 2.7 untyped — —
East Branch Kunjamuk River 2.7 untyped — —
North Frenchman Creek 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Vly Creek 2.7 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Fayville Creek 2.7 untyped — —
Kibby Brook 2.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Groff Creek 2.6 untyped — —
Jackson Creek 2.6 untyped — —
New Lake Outlet 2.5 untyped — —
Joby Creek 2.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stockholm Brook 2.4 untyped — —
Cisco Brook 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hunt Brook 2.4 untyped — —
Vly Creek 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Petes Creek 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Goldmine Creek 2.1 untyped — —
Nick Creek 2.1 untyped — —
Towers Brook 2.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Silver Brook 2.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Rose Brook 2.0 untyped — —
Elphee Creek 2.0 untyped — —
Efner Lake Brook 2.0 untyped — —
Dunham Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pine Point Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Shafers Brook 1.9 untyped — —
Deming Creek 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Breen Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Brister Brook 1.8 untyped — —
Chambers Brook 1.8 untyped — —
Curtis Brook 1.7 untyped — —
State Brook 1.7 untyped — —
Warner Brook 1.6 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Cow Creek 1.6 untyped — —
Balsam Brook 1.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Chase Creek 1.6 untyped — —
Shamberger Brook 1.5 untyped — —
Dayton Creek 1.4 untyped — —
Man Shanty Brook 1.4 untyped — —
Johnson Vly Stream 1.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Randall Creek 1.2 untyped — —
Mink Brook 1.2 untyped — —
Parker Brook 1.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
County Line Brook 1.0 untyped — —
Whiskey Brook 1.0 untyped — —
Sherman Brook 0.9 untyped — —
Noisy Brook 0.8 untyped — —
Joel Brook 0.6 untyped — —

Public land in the watershed

402,332 acres in 15 units, which is 59.6% of the 674,985 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 380,560 95% 11
Another state agency 15,776 4% 1
City and township land 5,996 1% 3

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.