NIAGARA RIVER AT BUFFALO NY
USGS 04216000 · New York · reports discharge (daily means)
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USGS 04216000 · New York · reports discharge (daily means)
No current reading. USGS answered but returned no recent value for this gauge (ice, maintenance or a seasonal gauge).
USGS publishes this gauge's flow once a day; the daily values did not answer just now.
Map of USGS gauge 04216000 and the river around it
Where NIAGARA RIVER AT BUFFALO NY sits and our water's map point.
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer: the trout lines New York DEC uses are 70°F.
Species the agency lists for Niagara River: Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon.
Source: Pacific Salmon Fishing in Lake Ontario Tributaries: the more popular salmon fishing tributaries (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), Bureau of Fisheries).
Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
The National Weather Service has no flood-stage gauge here, so no official flood category is shown.
This gauge is on Niagara River: regulations, guides and shops
Checked Nov 5, 11:01 PM EST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.