The Mohawk River has a relatively long record of flooding that has been documented back to settlement in the 17th century. The average volume of water that flows through the Mohawk is about every year. Much of the water flows through the watershed in the spring as snow melts rapidly and enters the tributaries and the main trunk of the river. The maximum average daily flow on the river occurs between late March and early April. For the period between 1917 and 2000, the highest mean daily flow is c. as measured at Cohoes, near the confluence with the Hudson. The lowest mean daily flow of occurs in late August. There is a long record of significant and damaging floods along the entire length of the river.