Saranac River at Plattsburgh NY
Clinton County, New York · USGS 04273500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Saranac River at its USGS monitoring location in Clinton County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 27 minutes ago
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 · Steady
Streamflow is currently 302 ft³/s, 33% below the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 450 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →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 | 442 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 388 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 392 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 385 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 404 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 429 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 527 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 467 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 414 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 406 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 391 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 353 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 427 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 578 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 493 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 433 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 500 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 612 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 470 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 455 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 597 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 627 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 575 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 331 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 370 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 366 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 390 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 333 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 317 CFS |
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