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Thatcher Brook in New York

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Thatcher Brook is a 5.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Thatcher Brook at Gowanda NY (site 04213508). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2021 to 2026

Thatcher Brook typically runs highest in April, at a median 13 cfs, and lowest in September, at 2.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 152 cfs, in 2022.

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Typical flow by month at Thatcher Brook at Gowanda NY, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January8.65.9 to 17
February8.85.1 to 16
March1311 to 19
April1310 to 21
May7.84.8 to 13
June3.72.9 to 5.6
July3.02.4 to 4.7
August2.92.3 to 4.8
September2.42.0 to 6.0
October3.92.7 to 9.4
November8.64.0 to 13
December118.1 to 17

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 5 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Thatcher Brook at Gowanda NY (site 04213508). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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