Erie(barge)canal(w of Genesee R)at Rochester NY
Monroe County, New York · USGS 04218700
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Erie(Barge)Canal(W Of Genesee R)At Rochester Ny at its USGS monitoring location in Monroe County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 21 minutes ago
Observed
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Below historical median · Falling
Streamflow is currently 79 ft³/s, 52% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 187 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 165 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Current water conditions
Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 211 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 200 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 199 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 164 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 214 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 273 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 186 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 204 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 200 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 90 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 259 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 207 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 147 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 145 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 120 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 259 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 234 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 139 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 138 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 263 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 231 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 105 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 138 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 194 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 124 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 193 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 183 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 282 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 234 CFS |
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