Delaware River at Fishs Eddy, Delaware County NY (FSHN6)
Gage Location: Delaware County, New York	Site Location: Delaware County, New York
Latitude: 41.973	Longitude: -75.174	Elevation: 955.96 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 784 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 13 ft.	Moderate Stage: 16 ft.	Major Stage: 18 ft.
First Flood: 1903-10-09	Last Flood: 2012-09-19 Crest: 13.5 ft.	Datum change: 1967-11-02	Number of Floods: 64

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1903-10-09 23.6 70000 Major *** (5) 1913-03-27 17.4 32500 Moderate *** (5) 1914-03-28 15.8 30000 Minor *** (5) 1917-10-30 15.4 27400 Minor *** (5) 1920-03-13 -9999 30400 Missing *** (5) 1921-11-29 13.46 22000 Minor *** (5) 1924-09-30 19 45000 Major *** (5) 1926-11-17 14 26700 Minor *** (5) 1927-12-08 14.4 25200 Minor *** (5) 1929-03-14 14.1 24200 Minor *** (5) 1932-10-06 17.78 39000 Moderate *** (5) 1933-08-24 20.6 53300 Major *** (5) 1934-12-01 14.47 25500 Minor *** (5) 1936-03-11 16.68 34200 Moderate *** (5) 1936-03-18 19.21 46000 Major *** (5) 1937-02-22 13.54 22200 Minor *** (5) 1937-10-23 15.05 27700 Minor *** (5) 1938-08-11 17.14 36000 Moderate *** (5) 1938-09-22 18.21 41000 Major *** (5) 1938-12-06 13.39 21700 Minor *** (5) 1940-03-31 16.99 35500 Moderate *** (5) 1942-05-23 17.18 34900 Moderate *** (5) 1942-09-28 17.02 34100 Moderate *** (5) 1942-12-30 16.22 32400 Moderate *** (5) 1943-11-09 14.05 23200 Minor *** (5) 1945-03-18 13.66 21600 Minor *** (5) 1946-03-09 13.43 18400 Minor *** (5) 1947-04-06 13.85 21100 Minor *** (5) 1948-03-22 18.64 43200 Major *** (5) 1948-12-30 17.45 37200 Moderate *** (5) 1950-04-05 13.77 21100 Minor *** (5) 1950-11-26 17.15 35800 Moderate *** (5) 1950-12-04 15.12 26600 Minor *** (5) 1951-03-31 18.6 43000 Major *** (5) 1952-04-06 13.48 20000 Minor *** (5) 1952-12-11 17.69 38400 Moderate *** (5) 1955-08-19 15.29 27400 Minor *** (5) (6 1957-12-21 17.32 36600 Moderate *** (5) (6 1960-04-05 14.44 23800 Minor *** (5) (6 1961-04-25 13.83 21300 Minor *** (5) (6 1962-04-01 13.55 20200 Minor *** (5) (6 1964-03-10 13.4 19700 Minor *** (5) (6 1973-02-23 13.2 -9999 Minor (1) (6) 1976-01-27 14.38 -9999 Minor (1) (6) 1977-03-14 13.91 34500 Minor (6) 1979-03-06 14.01 15600 Minor (6) 1981-02-02 13.72 -9999 Minor (1) (6) 1982-02-04 15.23 -9999 Minor (1) (6) 1986-03-15 13.19 30000 Minor (6) 1996-01-19 16.88 53000 Moderate (4) (6) 1996-12-02 14.05 35300 Minor (6) 2000-12-17 14.78 37100 Minor (6) 2003-09-04 15.7 20100 Minor (6) 2003-10-29 15.88 24190 Minor (6) 2004-09-18 21.11 10840 Major (6) 2005-01-14 15.34 18500 Minor (6) 2005-04-03 22.49 65000 Major (6) 2006-06-26 13.19 29000 Minor (6) 2006-06-28 21.45 78600 Major (6) 2010-10-01 16.21 45400 moderate none 2011-03-11 13.34 29700 Minor none 2011-08-28 16.04 44400 Moderate none 2011-09-08 15.79 43100 Minor none

MARFC Codes
Code Description
(!!!) Datum changed during this year.
(1) Backwater Effect.
(2) 15.77 ft also occurred on 11/25/1950 but only counted as one flood.
(3) Estimated from currrent USGS rating table.
(4) Estimated height from the USGS.
(5) Gage height at a different site and/or datum
(6) Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion
(7) Due to changes, prior floods were based on present flood stage. Therefore, flood data could possibly be incomplete.
(8) Gage is a staff gage and not the offical USGS gage. Therefore, some floods may be missing from our study.
(9) Discharge effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up
(A) Discharge affected to unknown degree by regulation or diversion.
(B) Month or day of occurrence is unknown or not exact.
(C) All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization, or other factors.
(D) Crest height adjusted to current datum.
(E) Estimated discharge.
(F) Only annual maximum peak available for this year.
(O) This flood occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. This is only a historical flood.
** Crest information looks reasonable despite potential problems. This data was used in our study.
*** Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and was not used in our flood frequency study.
**** Gauge was discontinued in 2004. 2004 and later was not used in our study.
none No code

Updated: 08:58 AM Jun 28, 2012