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Upper Hudson River Watershed, New York

3,121 miles of mapped stream across 1,664 square miles of drainage in Essex, Warren, Hamilton, Saratoga counties, in 214 named streams. New York designates 879 of those miles as trout water, on 176 streams. The 1 mainstem gauge with a July record read 62.3°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 02020001 in the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset. Every figure below adds up the river pages in this basin — same records, one basin at a time.

3,121 mi
of mapped stream
8,346 NHD reaches
1,664 sq mi
drainage area
1,064,776 acres
62.3°F
July water temperature at the gauges
1 mainstem gauge, mean 62.3°F
593,936 ac
public land
55.8% of the basin · 28 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 48% of this basin's stream miles (1496.6 of 3,121); the rest is untyped and is drawn grey on the map above.

1496.6 of the 1496.6 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 48% of it.

Every named stream in the basin

All 214 of them, longest first. 11 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
Hudson River 90.6 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Schroon River 74.6 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Cedar River 42.6 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Boreas River 27.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mill Creek 23.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Indian River 22.9 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Jessup River 21.3 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Fishing Brook 19.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Miami River 17.8 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Trout Brook 17.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Opalescent River 17.1 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Rock River 16.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Spuytenduivel Brook 16.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
The Branch 16.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stony Creek 16.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Beaver Brook 16.2 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Minerva Stream 15.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Big Brook 14.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stewart Brook 14.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wolf Creek 13.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Alder Brook 13.0 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Mill Brook 12.7 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Chester Creek 12.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sucker Brook 11.8 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Patterson Brook 11.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Round Pond Brook 11.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Beaver Meadow Brook 10.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Black Brook 10.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Glen Creek 10.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Paradox Creek 9.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Deer Creek 9.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Vanderwhacker Brook 9.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Porter Brook 8.8 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Alder Creek 8.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Number Nine Brook 8.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Baker Brook 8.6 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Goodnow River 8.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Santanoni Brook 8.4 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Roaring Branch 8.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pharoah Lake Brook 7.5 untyped — —
Falls Brook 7.4 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
West Mill Brook 7.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Niagara Brook 7.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
North Creek 6.9 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Burnt Mill Brook 6.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Rogers Brook 6.9 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Sixmile Brook 6.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Thirteenth Brook 6.7 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Kibby Creek 6.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
East Mill Brook 6.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Humphrey Brook 6.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Skylight Brook 6.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Newcomb River 6.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Dun Brook 6.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Potter Brook 6.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mossy Vly Brook 6.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
John Mack Brook 6.0 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Paragon Brook 5.9 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Buell Brook 5.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Durgin Brook 5.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Millington Brook 5.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Browns Brook 5.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Berry Pond Brook 5.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
East Inlet 5.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Lindsey Brook 5.5 untyped — —
Newport Brook 5.4 untyped — —
Onion Brook 5.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Flat Brook 5.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hoffman Notch Brook 5.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Perch Brook 5.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Platt Brook 5.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hyslop Brook 5.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Raquette Brook 5.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sand Pond Brook 5.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bell Mountain Brook 4.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Desolate Brook 4.9 untyped — —
LeClaire Brook 4.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Nate Pond Brook 4.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hour Pond Brook 4.8 untyped — —
Calamity Brook 4.7 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Stony Pond Brook 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Little Vanderwhacker Brook 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ben Wood Brook 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wakely Brook 4.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Johnson Brook 4.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Indian Pass Brook 4.4 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Balm of Gilead Brook 4.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
New Pond Brook 4.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Shanty Bottom Brook 4.4 untyped — —
Wolf Pond Outlet 4.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Crowfoot Brook 4.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Swede Pond Brook 4.3 untyped — —
Sprague Brook 4.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ash Craft Brook 4.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Johnson Pond Brook 4.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Chatiemac Brook 4.1 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Vly Brook 4.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Lily Pond Brook 4.1 untyped — —
Wilson Brook 4.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Branch Goodnow River 4.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ryan Brook 4.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
East Branch Trout Brook 4.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Jones Brook 4.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ferguson Brook 4.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
White Lily Brook 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pine Ridge Brook 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Branch Trout Brook 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
North Branch Trout Brook 3.9 untyped — —
Fuller Brook 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Inlet 3.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kelso Brook 3.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Upper Twin Brook 3.7 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Dug Mountain Brook 3.7 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
John Pond Brook 3.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Grassy Brook 3.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Woodland Brook 3.6 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Horseshoe Pond Brook 3.6 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Willow Brook 3.4 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
North Branch Wolf Creek 3.4 untyped — —
Bullhead Pond Brook 3.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Putnam Brook 3.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hewitt Pond Brook 3.4 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Red Fin Brook 3.4 untyped — —
Wills Creek 3.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Buttermilk Brook 3.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bear Trap Brook 3.2 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Crystal Brook 3.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Colvin Brook 3.1 untyped — —
Brant Brook 3.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cold Brook 3.0 untyped — —
Whitaker Lake Outlet 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Payne Brook 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Slide Brook 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Aldous Brook 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Clear Pond Inlet 3.0 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Smears Creek 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Forks Brook 2.9 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
O K Slip Brook 2.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Marshall Brook 2.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Fly Creek 2.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Page Brook 2.8 untyped — —
Stony Brook 2.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bailey Pond Inlet 2.8 untyped — —
Big Sucker Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Griffin Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Puffer Pond Brook 2.7 untyped — —
Collins Brook 2.7 untyped — —
Raymond Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Walker Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Freemont Brook 2.6 untyped — —
Walter Coon Brook 2.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
The Gulf Brook 2.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Butternut Brook 2.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Nickel Vly Brook 2.5 untyped — —
Burch Brook 2.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Johnny Mack Brook 2.4 untyped — —
Donnelly Brook 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wolf Pond Brook 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Straight Brook 2.4 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Knob Brook 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Rock Pond Brook 2.4 untyped — —
Huggins Brook 2.4 untyped — —
Cataract Brook 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Twin Brooks 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Little Sucker Brook 2.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cellar Brook 2.3 untyped — —
Doherty Brook 2.3 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Snyder Brook 2.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Nellie Brook 2.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pole Brook 2.2 untyped — —
Carroll Brook 2.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Nicholas Brook 2.2 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Andrew Brook 2.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Peaked Mountain Brook 2.2 untyped — —
Fodder Brook 2.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Lower Twin Brook 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Center Pond Brook 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Moose Pond Brook 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Breakneck Brook 2.1 untyped — —
Crazy Creek 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cosgrove Brook 2.0 untyped — —
Roaring Brook 2.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pyramid Brook 2.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Number Twentysix Brook 2.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Tank Brook 2.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pease Brook 1.9 untyped — —
Callahan Brook 1.9 untyped — —
Lowrence Brook 1.9 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Dillon Brook 1.9 untyped — —
Powers Brook 1.9 untyped — —
Lillian Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kenyontown Creek 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kidder Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Vanauken Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Podunk Brook 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Stanley Brook 1.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Guide Board Brook 1.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Uphill Brook 1.7 untyped — —
Bloodgood Brook 1.7 untyped — —
Black Mountain Brook 1.6 untyped — —
Paintbed Brook 1.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Little Brook 1.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cannon Brook 1.5 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Big Sally Brook 1.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Aber Brook 1.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Moss Pond Brook 1.5 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Ford Brook 1.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
McGinn Brook 1.4 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source
Virginia Brook 1.3 untyped — —
Feldspar Brook 1.1 untyped — —
Little Sally Brook 1.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Herbert Brook 1.0 untyped — —
Bradys Brook 0.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Allen Brook 0.7 untyped — —

Public land in the watershed

593,936 acres in 28 units, which is 55.8% of the 1,064,776 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 593,294 100% 24
County land 392 0% 1
Another state agency 223 0% 2
City and township land 27 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.