Cobleskill Creek

Cobleskill Creek
Cobleskill Creek is located in New York Adirondack Park
Cobleskill Creek
Location of the mouth within New York
Cobleskill Creek is located in the United States
Cobleskill Creek
Cobleskill Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCentral New York
CountiesOtsego, Schoharie
Physical characteristics
SourcePine Mountain
 • locationWest of West Richmondville
 • coordinates42°39′02″N 74°38′55″W / 42.6505953°N 74.6485376°W / 42.6505953; -74.6485376
MouthSchoharie Creek
 • location
Fort Hunter
 • coordinates
42°42′40″N 74°19′36″W / 42.7111862°N 74.3267994°W / 42.7111862; -74.3267994
 • elevation
927 ft (283 m)
Basin size139 sq mi (360 km2)[1]
Basin features
ProgressionCobleskill Creek → Schoharie Creek → Mohawk River → Hudson River → Upper New York Bay
Tributaries 
 • leftWest Creek
 • rightPunch Kill, Bear Gulch Brook

Cobleskill Creek is a river in Otsego and Schoharie counties in the state of New York. It starts at Pine Mountain west of West Richmondville and flows east-northeast before converging with Schoharie Creek in Central Bridge. The creek flows through the villages of Richmondville and Cobleskill.

Hydrology

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains stream gauges along Cobleskill Creek. The station on South Grand Street, in operation from 1963 to 1965, 1974, 1987 and 2017 to present, is located .4 miles (0.64 km) south of Cobleskill. It had a maximum discharge of 6,570 cubic feet (186 m3) per second on March 5, 1964, and a minimum discharge of 2.09 cubic feet (0.059 m3) per second on July 21, 2018.[2]

References

  1. ^ "USGS 0135133105 COBLESKILL CREEK AT MOUTH AT CENTRAL BRIDGE NY". usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "USGS 01351298 COBLESKILL CREEK AT S GRAND ST AT COBLESKILL NY". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

Matthew Bowen Lost his prized goose on Cobleskill Creek in 2001.