Chenango River at Sherburne, NY
River level and flood forecast · Chenango County
The river is 6.8 ft below flood stage (8.5 ft).
Forecast to rise to 2.3 ft Wed 8 AM, below the 8.5 ft flood stage.
Flow: 54 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 2:48 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 10.6 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 9.5 ft |
| Flood stage | 8.5 ft |
| Action stage | 6.5 ft |
| Record crest (September 8, 2011) | 11.64 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 11.6 ftThis is the flood stage caused by natural flow from Spetember 2011. It is the modern flood of record of this stream gage.
- 11.4 ftThis is the level of the major flood of June 2006.
- 11.3 ftFEMA flood insurance risk maps indocate that this level, as measured at the stream gage, marks the 100 year (1 percent) floodplain. Your property is at risk for flooding during a major flood event. A 100 year flood is a flood that has a 1 percent chance of occurring in any year.
- 11 ftThree feet of water covers Main Street in Sherburne.
- 10 ftAbout 2 feet of water covers north Main Street, Knapp Street, and Gould Drive.
- 9.5 ftWater covers Blanding Road near State Highway 12, South Cross Road, Conley Road, and the north end of Williams Road. Water begins seeping across north Main Street from downtown Sherburne to the Big M.
- 8.5 ftWater spreads throughout agricultural lands nearest the river on the West side of Sherburne.
- 8 ftThe river begins to overflow the bank on the east side of the river.
Highest crests on record
- 11.64 ft — September 8, 2011
- 11.35 ft — June 28, 2006
- 11.2 ft — March 28, 1914
- 11.14 ft — July 1, 2013
- 10.78 ft — April 3, 2005
Recent crests: 9.05 ft (April 1, 2026) · 10.45 ft (June 22, 2025) · 9.85 ft (December 18, 2023) · 8.56 ft (May 1, 2023) · 9.24 ft (October 27, 2021)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (SHBN6); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.