Chenango River near Chenango Forks, Broome County NY (CNON6)
Gage Location: Broome County, New YorkSite Location: Broome County, New York
Latitude: 42.218Longitude: -75.849Elevation: 871.63 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 1483 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 10 ft. Moderate Stage: 12.6 ft.Major Stage: 20.3 ft.
First Flood: 1913-01-08Last Flood: 2011-09-08 Crest: 14.93 ft.Datum change: 1936-08-03Number of Floods: 94

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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 ft4143.610 ft or above 94100.0
11 ft to 12 ft2122.311 ft or above 5356.4
12 ft to 13 ft1414.912 ft or above 3234.0
13 ft to 14 ft1010.613 ft or above 1819.1
14 ft to 15 ft66.414 ft or above 88.5
15 ft to 16 ft11.115 ft or above 22.1
16 ft to 17 ft00.016 ft or above 11.1
17 ft to 18 ft00.017 ft or above 11.1
18 ft to 19 ft00.018 ft or above 11.1
19 ft to 20 ft00.019 ft or above 11.1
20 ft to 21 ft11.120 ft or above 11.1
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 ft2846.710 ft or above 60100.0
11 ft to 12 ft1423.311 ft or above 3253.3
12 ft to 13 ft813.312 ft or above 1830.0
13 ft to 14 ft58.313 ft or above 1016.7
14 ft to 15 ft58.314 ft or above 58.3
15 ft to 16 ft00.015 ft or above 00.0
16 ft to 17 ft00.016 ft or above 00.0
17 ft to 18 ft00.017 ft or above 00.0
18 ft to 19 ft00.018 ft or above 00.0
19 ft to 20 ft00.019 ft or above 00.0
20 ft to 21 ft00.020 ft or above 00.0





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: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013