Little Delaware River

Little Delaware River is a river in Delaware County, New York. It begins along the western slope of Plattekill Mountain, northeast of the Hamlet of Bovina and flows generally westward before converging with the West Branch Delaware River by the Village of Delhi.[3]

Little Delaware River
Little Delaware shown as a tributary of the West Branch Delaware
Location of the mouth within New York
Little Delaware River (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCatskills
CountyDelaware
TownsBovina, Delhi
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed mountain
 • locationNE of Bovina
 • coordinates42°17′23″N 74°39′58″W[1]
MouthWest Branch Delaware River
 • location
Delhi
 • coordinates
42°15′35″N 74°55′43″W[1]
 • elevation
1,325 ft (404 m)[1]
Length16 mi (26 km)[2]
Basin size52.2 sq mi (135 km2)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationDelhi
 • minimum.8 cubic feet per second (0.023 m3/s)
 • maximum6,100 cubic feet per second (170 m3/s)
Basin features
River systemDelaware River
Tributaries 
 • leftMountain Brook, Coulter Brook
 • rightBrush Brook, Glen Burnie,
Hughes Brook, Toll Gate Brook

Fishing

In the Little Delaware River the wild brown trout and brook trout populations are supplemented with the stocking of about 700 brown trout yearlings each year. The fish are stocked in a 0.8 miles (1.3 km) zone at the mouth and a 1.2 miles (1.9 km) zone downstream of the hamlet of Bovina Center. Brown trout are the dominant wild trout in the stream, but there are also large amounts of brook trout upstream of Bovina Center.[2]

Watershed

The Little Delaware River's watershed makes up for 7.84% of the West Branch Delaware River's drainage area.[3][4]

Hydrology

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains one stream gauge along the Little Delaware River.

The station by the Village of Delhi has been in operation since October 1937, but only making maximum measurements since December 1996. It is located on left bank 10 feet (3.0 m) downstream from bridge on Thomson Cross Road and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) upstream from the mouth. This station had a maximum discharge of about 6,100 cubic feet per second (170 m3/s) and a gauge height of 8.51 feet (2.59 m) from floodmark on January 19, 1996 and a minimum discharge of .8 cubic feet per second (0.023 m3/s) on August 10–12, 1964 and September 24–25,1964.[5]

References
  1. "Little Delaware River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  2. "Public Fishing Rights Maps: Little Delaware River". dec.ny.gov. dec.ny.gov. 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019. data
  3. "USGS 0142250005 LITTLE DELAWARE RIVER AT MOUTH AT DELHI NY". usgs.gov. usgs. 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019. data
  4. "USGS 0142712905 W BR DELAWARE RIVER AT MOUTH AT HANCOCK PA". usgs.gov. usgs. 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019. data
  5. "USGS 01422500 LITTLE DELAWARE RIVER NEAR DELHI NY". waterdata.usgs.gov. waterdata.usgs.gov. May 24, 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019. data


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