Erie Canal in New York
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Around Erie Canal
Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Erie Canal is a 50.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Erie (barge) Canal at Lock 30 at Macedon NY (site 04219000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1998 to 2026
Erie Canal typically runs highest in July, at a median 269 cfs, and lowest in April, at 0.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 441 cfs, in 2006.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6 | 0.0 to 51 |
| February | 9.8 | 0.1 to 49 |
| March | 3.4 | 0.1 to 39 |
| April | 0.8 | 0.1 to 43 |
| May | 177 | 136 to 228 |
| June | 232 | 179 to 275 |
| July | 269 | 216 to 298 |
| August | 265 | 228 to 292 |
| September | 263 | 226 to 282 |
| October | 222 | 171 to 248 |
| November | 130 | 69 to 173 |
| December | 5.0 | 0.1 to 40 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Erie (barge) Canal at Lock 30 at Macedon NY (site 04219000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
7 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Erie Canal, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Widewaters Canal Park, Mile 228.78Erie CanalPublic
- Abbey Park, Mile 221.33Erie CanalPublic
- Palmyra Macedon Aqueduct Park, Mile 235.81Erie CanalPublic
- Lock E30 Canal Park, Mile 239.39Erie CanalPublic
- Ayrault Road, Mile 249.08Erie CanalPublic
- Clyde, Mile 211.15Erie CanalPublic
- Pittsford, Mile 254.94Erie CanalPublic
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