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Hydrograph for Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls

The following data is preliminary. Record information will be updated once the data has been checked.

The data shown here is a snapshot of what the river stage was during the flooding event. For the latest stages, river forecasts and other information about this site, go to the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service page.

What is a hydrograph? This type of graph shows how the river level changes over time at a specific location. River level or stage is in feet and on the left side of the hydrograph.

Times on the graphic are in Z time in a military or 24 hour time format. What is Z time?

Hydrograph for Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls

Flood stage is 10 feet. Max stage on this graph is 20.37 feet, shown near the top part of the hydrograph.

Key: The purple line shows the level of a Major flood. The blue line shows the level of a Moderate flood. The red line shows flood stage.

Historical Crests

(1) 0 ft on 1926/11/16
(1) 0 ft on 1970/04/2
(3) 18.97 ft on 2005/04/3
(4) 17.80 ft on 1933/08/24
(5) 17.79 ft on 1996/01/19

Low Water Records

(1) 0.8 ft on 1995/09/ 8
(2) 0.9 ft on 1991/10/ 5
(3) 1.3 ft on 1994/09/ 22
(3) 1.3 ft on 1993/10/ 12
(5) 0 ft on 1964/11/ 22

Impacts

17.7 THIS IS THE CREST OF THE JANUARY 19 1996 RAPID SNOW MELT AND HAEVY RAIN EVENT.
16.0 WATER STARTS SPREADING ACROSS COOKS FALLS ROAD IN COOKS FALLS.
10.0 MINOR FLOODING BEGINS


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