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Beaver Kill

Delaware County, New York · 5 listed access points

For October 18, flow is about usual and water temperature is lower than usual.

Water temp

48 °F

15th percentile for the date

19 min ago

Flow

375 ft³/s

58th percentile for the date

19 min ago

Directions New York DEC rules Nearby waters

The last October 18 it ran this low was 2024, at 48 °F.

These readings do not say whether fish are biting, whether there is parking, or whether the season is open.

Before you drive

Overnight	24°F, wind 2 mph Patchy Freezing Fog
Sunday	55°F, wind 0 to 3 mph Patchy Freezing Fog then Sunny
Sunday Night	32°F, wind 2 mph Clear
Monday	63°F, wind 1 to 5 mph Sunny

How this water changes through the year

Flow through the yearFlow through the year

Flow, ft³/s. The band is the middle 60% of years for each week; the line is the median. The marker is the current reading, on today's date.

Water temperature through the yearWater temperature through the year

Water temperature, °F. The band is the middle 60% of years for each week; the line is the median. The marker is the current reading, on today's date.

Over 22 years of record, flow on Beaver Kill peaks in April, when the median runs about 802 ft³/s, and falls to its lowest in September at around 156 ft³/s. Today's 375 sits between the two. The band on the chart is where the middle 60% of years fall, so a reading inside it is ordinary for the date and one outside it is not.

Nearby monitored waters

Beaver Kill1 mi · New York · 48 °F · flow about usual Willowemoc Creek3 mi · New York · 46 °F · flow about usual Mongaup River20 mi · New York · 60 °F · flow about usual

No water here is recommended over another. Same measurements, three closest waters.

Stocking 2011–2025

Fish released by year and speciesFish released by year and species

What DEC released and when. A record of what went in, not a count of what is there now, and not a guide to when fishing is good.

Exact figures by year

Year	Fish released
2025	10,000
2024	9,600
2023	9,560
2022	9,560
2021	9,910
2020	7,030
2019	9,160
2018	8,130
2017	7,770
2016	8,060
2015	8,020
2014	8,070
2013	7,480
2012	8,860
2011	12,930

DEC records 134,140 fish released here in every year the dataset covers, an average of 8,943 a year, mostly Brown Trout. Stocking says what was put in, not what is there now, and nothing at all about when the fishing is good.

Species

Species DEC lists for this water: Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout. From DEC's recommended fishing waters dataset. DEC stars some names and does not say what the star means, so it is not shown.

Listed by DEC, absent from the 2011-2025 stocking records: Rainbow Trout. A statement about two datasets, not about the water. Wild, stocked before 2011, or recorded under another name.

Access points

Coordinates	To gauge
41.9513, -74.9648 · Delaware	0.8 mi
41.9723, -75.0174 · Delaware	2.6 mi
41.9696, -75.0237 · Delaware	2.8 mi
41.9647, -74.9075 · Delaware	3.9 mi
41.9794, -75.0979 · Delaware	6.5 mi

Sources and method

Live: USGS gauge 01420500, BEAVER KILL AT COOKS FALLS NY, 0.8 mi from the listed access point. Fetched 2026-10-18 07:19 UTC.
History: USGS daily values: flow 2005–2026, 7,940 daily values; water temperature 2005–2026, 5,361 daily values. Percentile is the share of readings within 7 days of this calendar date, across all years, below the current one (flow n=315 over 21 years, water temperature n=210 over 14 years).
Stocking: New York State DEC open data, 2011–2025, 196 records for this water.
Rules: Seasons, limits and licences are not on this site and are not copied from the agency that publishes them: New York DEC.
Forecast: NOAA National Weather Service, api.weather.gov, for the coordinates of the nearest access point.

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