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Sugar River near Adirondack River Outfitters. ARO Adventures

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About this river

Sugar River is a 4.4 mile river near Adirondack River Outfitters. ARO Adventures in New York. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Black River near Boonville NY (site 04252500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1911 to 2026

Sugar River typically runs highest in April, at a median 1,555 cfs, and lowest in August, at 229 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,100 cfs, in 1985.

Typical flow by month at Black River near Boonville NY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January490350 to 737
February450330 to 645
March754460 to 1,260
April1,5551,060 to 2,505
May776490 to 1,130
June395283 to 622
July277184 to 463
August229157 to 360
September260172 to 436
October410251 to 700
November631433 to 953
December560400 to 913

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 115 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Black River near Boonville NY (site 04252500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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