Sacandaga River
Sacandaga River | |
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• coordinates | 43°28′34″N 74°22′56″W / 43.47611°N 74.38222°W |
• elevation | 1,726 ft (526 m) |
Mouth | Hudson River |
• coordinates | 43°18′50″N 73°50′34″W / 43.31389°N 73.84278°W |
• elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Kunjamuk River East Branch Sacandaga River East Stony Creek |
• right | West Branch Sacandaga River West Stony Creek |
The Sacandaga River is a 64-mile-long (103 km)[1] river in the northern part of New York in the United States. Its name comes from the Native American Sa-chen-da'-ga, meaning "overflowed lands".[2]
The Sacandaga River is a tributary of the Hudson River, flowing into it at Hadley, at the border of Saratoga and Warren counties.
River course
The Sacandaga River's headwaters north of
Near the town boundary between
The East Branch joins the trunk stream in the town of Wells. After flowing through Wells, the river enters Lake Algonquin, a manmade
The Sacandaga flows out of Lake Algonquin into a
Hydrology
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains a few stream gauges along Sacandaga River. The one station located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) upstream from Hope, had a maximum discharge of 32,000 cubic feet (910 m3) per second on March 27, 1913, and a minimum discharge of 16 cubic feet (0.45 m3) per second on September 30, 1913.[5] Another station located 1.4 miles (2.3 km) upstream from the mouth in operation since 1907, had a maximum discharge of 35,500 cubic feet (1,010 m3) per second on March 28, 1913, and a minimum discharge of 4.2 cubic feet (0.12 m3) per second on May 4, 1985, March 30–31, and many days in April 1992. Since the construction of Great Sacandaga Lake in 1930, the maximum discharge was 16,500 cubic feet (470 m3) on May 2, 2011.[6]
Tributaries
Right
Johnson Vly Stream
Shanty Brook
Dunning Creek
West Branch Sacandaga River
Groff Creek
Petes Creek
West Stony Creek
Cloutler Creek
Batcheller Creek
Gordons Creek
Daly Creek
Breen Brook
Left
Kunjamuk River
Fly Creek
Robbs Creek
Macomber Creek
East Branch Sacandaga River
Mill Creek
Coulombe Creek
Doig Creek
East Stony Creek
Beecher Creek
Sand Creek
Glasshouse Creek
Paul Creek
Allentown Creek
Bell Brook
Mink Brook
Man Shanty Brook
Dam and reservoir
The Conklingville Dam, finished in 1930, located by the west town line of Hadley, greatly expanded the width of the river, creating Great Sacandaga Lake, formerly called the Great Sacandaga Reservoir.[7]
See also
- List of New York rivers
References
- ^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved Feb 11, 2011.
- ^ Aboriginal place names of New York, By William Martin Beauchamp, page 23
- ^ "ACME Mapper".
- ^ a b Adirondack Scenic By-Ways: Adirondack Trails and the Sacandaga River
- ^ "USGS 01321000 SACANDAGA RIVER NEAR HOPE NY". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ "USGS 01325000 SACANDAGA RIVER AT STEWARTS BRIDGE NR HADLEY NY". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
- ^ Saratoganygenweb.com: Sacandaga River and the Conklingville Dam