Salmon River level at Pulaski
New York · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 04250200 — SALMON RIVER AT PINEVILLE NY · NWS forecast point PNVN6
Reading taken · as of 1 hour ago
Below normal — good wading, low and clear
At 220 CFS, this gauge is in the lowest quarter of the 33 years USGS has recorded for this date (1993–2026), at 53% of the 419 CFS median.
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Flood stages at Pulaski
National Weather Service categories for gauge PNVN6, WFO BUF. Impact wording is the NWS's own, verbatim.
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Action 10.0 ft
- Right now 5.32 ft
Flow history at Pulaski
Daily values from USGS 04250200, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for PNVN6 reissued through the day. Provisional.
About Salmon River at Pulaski
USGS publishes this station as Salmon River at Pineville, NY, not at Pulaski, which is the name to look for if you are cross-checking the reading against a map or another service.
The seasonal shape is the thing worth knowing here. Published monthly medians bottom out at 254 CFS in August and then climb steadily through autumn, 428 in September, 473 in October, 626 in November and 864 in December, before the April high of 1,610. Most rivers on this site fall through the autumn. This one rises. Daily statistics cover 1993 to 2026, and within that window the series runs from 64 CFS on 21 August 1995 to 9,880 CFS on 8 January 1998.
Salmon River at Pulaski — common questions
6 questions
What flood information is available for this gauge?
Less than for most. The NWS maintains a forecast point here, under the name Salmon River near Pineville, but only action stage is defined, at 10 feet. There are no minor, moderate or major flood stages published, and the historical crest list is empty. The USGS annual peak record is what is left: the largest on file is 24,800 CFS at 16.36 feet on 29 December 1984, out of thirty-six peaks running from 1952 to 2025.
Is there a nearby gauge to compare this one against?
Not usefully. The nearest gauge on this site that reports discharge is the Hudson at North Creek, 103.4 miles away, which is well beyond the 70 mile limit used for the peer comparisons elsewhere on the site. No correlation figure is shown on this page for that reason.
Does the daily record cover the whole peak record?
No, and the gap matters. The annual peak series starts in December 1952, but the daily series this page compares against begins in November 1992. The 1952, 1972 and 1984 peaks, three of the five largest ever recorded, all sit before the daily window opens.
What makes the flow change on Salmon River at Pulaski?
Rain upstream, plus seasonal baseflow. The 12-month chart shows how it behaves through the year.
Is Salmon River at Pulaski high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 419 CFS, from 33 years of record (1993–2026). Today sits in the lowest quarter of those years, at 53% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 04250200 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for PNVN6 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.