Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Wading River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Wading River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
Wading River is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 7,719. It is adjacent to Shoreham and shares a school district.
Most of Wading River lies within the Town of Riverhead, but a small portion is in the Town of Brookhaven. The name of the hamlet comes from the original Algonquian name for the area, Pauquaconsuk, meaning "the place where we wade for thick, round-shelled clams". "Wading in the River" or Wading River was adopted by the first English colonists.