| Sauquoit Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New York#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Sauquoit Creek in New York State. |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New York |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Oneida |
| Length: | 17miles |
| Source1 Location: | Paris |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 42.9744°N -75.3158°W |
| Mouth: | Mohawk River |
| Mouth Location: | Whitesboro |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 43.1247°N -75.2681°W |
Sauquoit Creek is a 17adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in New York, United States. It lies within the southern part of Oneida County. The creek flows eastward, then turns sharply and flows generally northward through the Sauquoit Valley to the Mohawk River, entering the river on the east side of Whitesboro. It is therefore part of the Hudson River watershed.
The word Sauquoit is a form of spelling of the Oneida word Sa-da-quoit, which means "smooth pebbles in a stream".[2]
The first cotton mills in the area were located on the Sauquoit at New York Mills in 1804.[3]
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains a stream gauge on the creek 2miles upstream from the mouth and 420feet upstream from NY 5A. The station has been in operation since September 2014. The station had a maximum discharge of 6170cuft/s and a gauge height of 10.17feet on October 31, 2019. It had minimum discharge of 13cuft/s per second on many days in September 2018 and a minimum gauge height of 10.17feet on August 10, 2016.[4]
Flooding is common in the portion of Whitesboro along the creek, often causing road closures. One of the most impactful floods occurred on the night of Halloween 2019, when residents were evacuated and houses were destroyed. A FEMA buyout is being pursued by the village of Whitesboro.[5]
Sauquoit Creek offers trout fishing along of Public Fishing Rights easements. The stream is stocked annually approximately 6,000 yearling brown trout, in addition to 330 two-year-old fish. Wild brown and brook trout are found in the stream's headwaters.[6]
The Sauquoit Creek Basin Intermunicipal Commission (SCBIC), which consists of municipalities, agencies and organizations who are signatories to an intermunicipal agreement, addresses issues related watershed management, flooding, and stormwater along Sauquoit Creek.[7]