Ouleout Creek below East Sidney Dam

Highest listed crest 6.19 ftFlood stage 4.5 ft8 crests since 1944

The Ouleout Creek below East Sidney Dam crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 8 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1944 to 2013. The highest, 6.19 ft on April 7, 1960, was major flooding, 1.69 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 6.19 ft; April 7, 1960; 4,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage: 4.5 ft; Major flooding from 6.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 98th of 160 gauges in New York
Most recent flood crest: September 3, 2013; 4.56 ft, minor flooding
Location: Delaware County; Near Oneonta (12.0 mi)
Identifiers: NWS ESIN6; USGS 01500000

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Ouleout Creek below East Sidney Dam

Action stage	4.5	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	4.5	5	Sep 3, 2013	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	5.0	2	Mar 16, 1948	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	6.0	1	Apr 7, 1960	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

8 crests from 1944 to 2013. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
2 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 6.55 ft on May 23, 1932; 7.62 ft on Dec 30, 1942.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Ouleout Creek below East Sidney Dam

1	Apr 7, 1960	6.19	+1.69	Major	4,000
2	Mar 17, 1944	5.92	+1.42	Moderate	3,960
3	Mar 16, 1948	5.86	+1.36	Moderate	4,380
4	Mar 1, 2000	4.97	+0.47	Minor	2,280
5	Apr 18, 2001	4.88	+0.38	Minor	2,190
6	Jan 26, 1999	4.81	+0.31	Minor	2,120
7	May 30, 2013	4.58	+0.08	Minor	1,911
8	Sep 3, 2013	4.56	+0.06	Minor	1,894

Gauges on the Ouleout Creek

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Ouleout Creek

East Sidney Dam	NY	1,203.0	1,204.35 ft, Jul 1, 2006	0
East Sidney Dam this gauge	NY	4.5	6.19 ft, Apr 7, 1960	1

Other gauges in Delaware County

Flood gauges in Delaware County

Cooks Falls	10.0	20.55 ft, Jun 28, 2006	2
Arkville	10.5	15.50 ft, Jan 19, 1996	5
Downsville below Pepacton Dam	9.0	16.00 ft, Oct 9, 1903	7
Fishs Eddy	13.0	21.45 ft, Jun 28, 2006	3
Harvard	10.0	16.93 ft, Sep 22, 1938	8
Margaretville	11.0	15.97 ft, Aug 28, 2011	3
Pepacton Reservoir	1,281.0	1,283.74 ft, Jun 28, 2006	0
Hancock	18.0	28.23 ft, Jun 28, 2006	3
East Sidney Dam	1,203.0	1,204.35 ft, Jul 1, 2006	0
Dunraven	7.0	11.20 ft, Jan 19, 1996	1
Sidney	979.5	988.30 ft, Jun 28, 2006	2
Andes	6.8	6.96 ft, Aug 9, 2024	0
Trout Creek	6.3	7.48 ft, Aug 9, 2024	3
Delhi	8.0	12.53 ft, Aug 29, 2011	5
Cannonsville Reservoir	1,153.0	1,158.00 ft, Jun 29, 2006	3
Hale Eddy	11.0	20.30 ft, Oct 10, 1903	9
Walton	11.5	16.85 ft, Jun 28, 2006	2

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ESIN6, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.