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Beaver Kill

Sullivan County, New York · 3 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

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

Overnight24°F, wind 1 mph
Clear
Sunday57°F, wind 0 to 3 mph
Sunny
Sunday Night32°F, wind 1 mph
Clear
Monday65°F, wind 0 to 3 mph
Sunny

How this water changes through the year

Flow through the yearFlow through the year
Flow for each week of the year from 2005 to 2026: the median and the middle 60 per cent of readings, with today's reading marked on today's date.05001k1.5k2kJanMarMayJulSepNovToday 375medianmiddle 60% of yearsft³/sFlow for each week of the year from 2005 to 2026: the median and the middle 60 per cent of readings, with today's reading marked on today's date.05001k1.5k2kJanMarMayJulSepNovToday 375medianmiddle 60% of yearsft³/s
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 for each week of the year from 2005 to 2026: the median and the middle 60 per cent of readings, with today's reading marked on today's date.20406080JanMarMayJulSepNovToday 48medianmiddle 60% of years°FWater temperature for each week of the year from 2005 to 2026: the median and the middle 60 per cent of readings, with today's reading marked on today's date.20406080JanMarMayJulSepNovToday 48medianmiddle 60% of years°F
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

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
Fish released by year from 2011 to 2025, split by category. 2011: 7,520; 2012: 7,440; 2013: 6,200; 2014: 6,950; 2015: 6,900; 2016: 9,550; 2017: 10,690; 2018: 7,020; 2019: 7,420; 2020: 36,210; 2021: 8,470; 2022: 7,797; 2023: 7,828; 2024: 7,800; 2025: 8,198010k20k30k40k20132016201920222025Brown TroutFish released by year from 2011 to 2025, split by category. 2011: 7,520; 2012: 7,440; 2013: 6,200; 2014: 6,950; 2015: 6,900; 2016: 9,550; 2017: 10,690; 2018: 7,020; 2019: 7,420; 2020: 36,210; 2021: 8,470; 2022: 7,797; 2023: 7,828; 2024: 7,800; 2025: 8,198010k20k30k40k201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Brown Trout
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
YearFish released
20258,198
20247,800
20237,828
20227,797
20218,470
202036,210
20197,420
20187,020
201710,690
20169,550
20156,900
20146,950
20136,200
20127,440
20117,520

DEC records 145,993 fish released here in every year the dataset covers, an average of 9,733 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

CoordinatesTo gauge
41.9496, -74.9280 · Sullivan2.7 mi
41.9456, -74.9168 · Sullivan3.2 mi
41.9813, -74.8356 · Sullivan
Camping available onsite.
7.8 mi

Sources and method

Live
USGS gauge 01420500, BEAVER KILL AT COOKS FALLS NY, 2.7 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, 219 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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