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Upper Susquehanna River Watershed, New York

3,672 miles of mapped stream across 2,289 square miles of drainage in Otsego, Delaware, Chenango, Broome, Herkimer, Madison, Schoharie, Oneida counties, in 139 named streams. New York designates 782 of those miles as trout water, on 110 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 02050101 in the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset. Every figure below adds up the river pages in this basin — same records, one basin at a time.

3,672 mi
of mapped stream
10,208 NHD reaches
2,289 sq mi
drainage area
1,464,638 acres
47,442 ac
public land
3.2% of the basin · 36 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 44% of this basin's stream miles (1629.1 of 3,672); the rest is untyped and is drawn grey on the map above.

1629.1 of the 1629.1 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 44% of it.

Every named stream in the basin

All 139 of them, longest first. 17 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
Susquehanna River 111.7 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Unadilla River 71.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Butternut Creek 46.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wharton Creek 45.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cherry Valley Creek 37.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Charlotte Creek 33.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Otego Creek 32.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ouleout Creek 31.4 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Schenevus Creek 29.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Beaver Creek 19.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Oaks Creek 18.5 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Center Brook 18.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Middle Brook 15.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Elk Creek 14.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Red Creek 14.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Treadwell Creek 13.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wylie Brook 13.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Carrs Creek 13.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ocquionis Creek 13.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Mill Creek 13.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Great Brook 13.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kortright Creek 12.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Branch Otego Creek 12.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Kelsey Creek 11.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Guilford Creek 11.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
North Winfield Creek 11.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Branch Unadilla River 10.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Fly Creek 10.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Tallette Creek 10.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Shadow Brook 10.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Pleasant Brook 9.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Herkimer Creek 9.1 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
East Branch Handsome Brook 8.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wilkins Brook 8.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Spring Brook 8.8 Cold — Class B — swimming and contact recreation, Class C — fishing
Harrison Creek 8.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Shawler Brook 8.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
East Branch Otsdawa Creek 8.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Decatur Creek 8.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cahoon Creek 8.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sand Hill Creek 8.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Brier Creek 7.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bumps Creek 7.8 untyped — —
Kent Brook 7.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hyder Creek 7.6 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Masonville Creek 7.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Pool Brook 7.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Flax Island Creek 7.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Occanum Creek 7.3 untyped — —
Hayden Creek 7.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Little Elk Creek 7.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Cornell Creek 6.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Branch Otsdawa Creek 6.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Belden Brook 6.8 untyped — —
Oneonta Creek 6.7 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
West Branch Handsome Brook 6.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Park Creek 6.7 untyped — —
Morehouse Brook 6.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Dunderberg Creek 6.3 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Cripple Creek 6.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
East Masonville Creek 6.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sage Creek 5.9 untyped — —
Snyder Creek 5.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Chase Creek 5.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ouaquaga Creek 5.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Tuscarora Creek 5.8 untyped — —
Shellrock Creek 5.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Lake Brook 5.7 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Calhoun Creek 5.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Yaleville Brook 5.6 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Pierce Creek 5.5 untyped — —
Stanley Hollow Creek 5.5 untyped — —
Oak Creek 5.4 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Clark Brook 5.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Morris Brook 5.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Leatherstocking Creek 5.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mink Creek 4.9 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Gifford Creek 4.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Dundee Brook 4.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Thorp Brook 4.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Dry Brook 4.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Campbell Brook 4.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Still Creek 4.8 untyped — —
Stony Creek 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
West Branch Great Brook 4.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Newton Brook 4.7 untyped — —
Sparrowhawk Brook 4.5 Cold — Class AA — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Fly Brook 4.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Willey Brook 4.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
West Creek 4.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Sanford Creek 4.1 untyped — —
Stratton Mill Creek 4.1 untyped — —
Button Creek 4.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Palmer Creek 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Potato Creek 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Clapper Hollow Creek 3.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Lidell Creek 3.8 untyped — —
Moses Brook 3.8 untyped — —
Ideuma Brook 3.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Reed Creek 3.8 untyped — —
Indian Creek 3.7 untyped — —
Mohican Brook 3.6 untyped — —
Tedle Brook 3.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Dona Brook 3.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Osborn Brook 3.5 Cold — Class C — fishing
Crawford Brook 3.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Martin Brook 3.4 untyped — —
Landers Creek 3.4 untyped — —
Whitney Brook 3.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Coye Brook 3.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Knapp Brook 3.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bennettsville Creek 3.3 Cold — Class C — fishing
Bayless Creek 3.3 untyped — —
White Store Brook 3.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Negro Brook 3.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Roaring Brook 3.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Halbert Brook 3.0 Cold — Class C — fishing
Peckham Brook 3.0 untyped — —
O'Connell Brook 2.8 Cold — Class C — fishing
Keyes Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Shaw Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Handsome Brook 2.7 Cold — Class C — fishing
Mud Pond Creek 2.7 Cold — Class A — drinking water source
Keyser Brook 2.6 Cold — Class C — fishing
Hotchkiss Creek 2.5 untyped — —
Cooper Creek 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Otsdawa Creek 2.4 Cold — Class C — fishing
Acre Creek 2.4 untyped — —
Phinney Creek 2.3 untyped — —
Trout Brook 2.2 Cold — Class A — drinking water source, Class C — fishing
Willow Brook 2.2 untyped — —
Gay Creek 2.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Ivanhoe Brook 2.2 Cold — Class C — fishing
Watersnake Creek 2.2 untyped — —
Mine Brook 2.1 Cold — Class C — fishing
Wheaton Creek 1.9 Cold — Class C — fishing
Chamberlain Creek 1.9 untyped — —
Cranberry Bog 0.5 untyped — —
Mud Lake 0.2 untyped — —

Public land in the watershed

47,442 acres in 36 units, which is 3.2% of the 1,464,638 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 35,756 75% 28
County land 4,392 9% 3
State park agency 4,251 9% 2
Another state agency 1,852 4% 1
City and township land 1,191 3% 2

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.