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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01328770 HUDSON RIVER AT THOMSON, NY
LOCATION - Lat 43°07'31.4", long 73°35'05.7" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Washington County, NY, Hydrologic Unit 02020003, on left bank 1,400 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 4 at Thomson, and 500 ft upstream from dam at Lock 5 of the Champlain (Barge) Canal.
DRAINAGE AREA - 3,000 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - September 2014 to September 2022 (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 81.65 ft above NAVD of 1988.
REMARKS - Flow regulated appreciably by Great Sacandaga Lake since March 1930 (station 01323500) and Indian Lake since 1898 (station 01314500). Diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants upstream from station. Water is diverted into St. Lawrence River basin through Glens Falls feeder, Bond Creek, and Champlain (Barge) Canal, and occasionally may be received from that basin through summit level of Champlain (Barge) Canal at Dunham Basin.
Water Years 2014-22: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Years 2014-22: Records good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 36,400 ft³/s, Nov. 2, 2019, gage height, 24.89 ft; minimum discharge, 1,120 ft³/s, Aug. 23, 2022, gage height, 19.70 ft; minimum gage height, 19.68 ft, May 29, Sept. 9, 2015.
