Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls, Delaware County NY (CKFN6)
Gage Location: Delaware County, New YorkSite Location: Delaware County, New York
Latitude: 41.946Longitude: -74.98Elevation: 1151.7 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 241 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 10 ft. Moderate Stage: 16 ft.Major Stage: 18 ft.
First Flood: 1914-03-28Last Flood: 2013-03-12 Crest: 10.18 ft.Datum change: 1933-10-01Number of Floods: 129

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Height Above Flood Stage for Entire Period of Record
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
10 ft to 11 ft4736.710 ft or above 128100.0
11 ft to 12 ft3325.811 ft or above 8163.3
12 ft to 13 ft1410.912 ft or above 4837.5
13 ft to 14 ft129.413 ft or above 3426.6
14 ft to 15 ft75.514 ft or above 2217.2
15 ft to 16 ft86.215 ft or above 1511.7
16 ft to 17 ft21.616 ft or above 75.5
17 ft to 18 ft32.317 ft or above 53.9
18 ft to 19 ft10.818 ft or above 21.6
19 ft to 20 ft00.019 ft or above 10.8
20 ft to 21 ft10.820 ft or above 10.8
Height Above Flood Stage After Datum Change
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
10 ft to 11 ft4437.310 ft or above 118100.0
11 ft to 12 ft3025.411 ft or above 7462.7
12 ft to 13 ft1311.012 ft or above 4437.3
13 ft to 14 ft119.313 ft or above 3126.3
14 ft to 15 ft75.914 ft or above 2016.9
15 ft to 16 ft75.915 ft or above 1311.0
16 ft to 17 ft21.716 ft or above 65.1
17 ft to 18 ft21.717 ft or above 43.4
18 ft to 19 ft10.818 ft or above 21.7
19 ft to 20 ft00.019 ft or above 10.8
20 ft to 21 ft10.820 ft or above 10.8





Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 09:54 PM Mar 12, 2013