| Cobleskill Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth within New York Show map of New York Adirondack Park Cobleskill Creek (the United States) Show map of the United States | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Central New York |
| Counties | Otsego,Schoharie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Pine Mountain |
| • location | West ofWest Richmondville |
| • coordinates | 42°39′02″N74°38′55″W / 42.6505953°N 74.6485376°W /42.6505953; -74.6485376 |
| Mouth | Schoharie Creek |
• location | Fort Hunter |
• coordinates | 42°42′40″N74°19′36″W / 42.7111862°N 74.3267994°W /42.7111862; -74.3267994 |
• elevation | 927 ft (283 m) |
| Basin size | 139 sq mi (360 km2)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cobleskill Creek → Schoharie Creek →Mohawk River →Hudson River →Upper New York Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | West Creek |
| • right | Punch Kill,Bear Gulch Brook |
Cobleskill Creek is ariver inOtsego andSchoharie counties in the state ofNew York. It starts at Pine Mountain west ofWest Richmondville and flows east-northeast before converging withSchoharie Creek inCentral Bridge. The creek flows through the villages ofRichmondville andCobleskill.
TheUnited States Geological Survey (USGS) maintainsstream gauges along Cobleskill Creek. The station on South Grand Street, in operation from 1963 to 1965, 1974, 1987 and 2017 to present, is located .4 miles (0.64 km) south of Cobleskill. It had a maximum discharge of 6,570 cubic feet (186 m3) per second on March 5, 1964, and a minimum discharge of 2.09 cubic feet (0.059 m3) per second on July 21, 2018.[2]
Matthew Bowen Lost his prized goose on Cobleskill Creek in 2001.