fetch, about 15>0 miles. During severe storms with a frequency of about 

 once a year, waves may range up to 11 feet in height in deep water, but 

 ordinarily waves of this height would break before reaching shore 

 structures. Storms waves which cause the greatest movement of beach 

 material are those from the west. Although the predominant direction 

 of littoral drift is eastward, no material reaches the shore past the 

 jettied entrance to Little Souus Bay. Sterling Greek flows through 

 swamps and furnishes no material to the shore. 



The Division and District Engineers and the Beach Erosion Board 

 concluded that the most suitable plan for the protection of Fair Haven 

 Beach State Park consists of: 



a. For the westerly beach, modification of the Sterling 

 Creek outlet and the existing concrete groin, placement of approximately 

 71,000 cubic yards of sand fill, and construction of a new groin at the 

 westerly limit of the beach; 



b. For the bluff area, stone revetment of approximately 

 2,700 feet of shore; and 



c. For the easterly beach, construction of one groin and 

 placement of approximately 27,500 cubic yards of sand fill. 



They found that protection and improvement of the westerly beach 

 at Fair Haven Beach State Park were justified by evaluated benefits, 

 and recommended, subject to certain conditions, adoption of a pro- 

 ject by the United States authorizing Federal participation in an amount 

 equal to one-third of the first cost of the plan for the protection and 

 improvement of the westerly beach area. They further recommended that 

 the State consider adoption of the plans for the bluff and easterly 

 beach areas, but recommended no Federal project for those areas. 



The Chief of Engineers concurred in the views and recommendations 

 of the Beach Erosion Board. 



HAMLIN BEACH STATE PARK, NEW YORK 



Hamlin Beach State Park comprises about 2\ miles of shore in the 

 central part of the southern shore of Lake Ontario. It is located in 

 the town of Hamlin in Monroe, County, about 20 miles west of Rochester. 

 It is thus conveniently located with respect to that population center, 

 with a population of 332,000. The combined population of tributary 

 counties is about 750,000, exclusive of the city of Buffalo with a 

 population of 580,000. Although Buffalo is somewhat beyond a 50-mile 

 radius, it contributes a considerable number of visitors annually to 

 Hamlin Beach. The park has been developed with bathing beach, picnick- 

 ing and parking areas. It is remote from potential sources of pollution 

 likely to endanger the health of bathers. The western 0.3 mile of 

 the shore of the park consists of bluffs of fine sand and clay gradually 

 decreasing in height from a maximum of about 30 feet. The remainder of 

 the shore is relatively flat with elevations of 7 to 15 feet above the 

 lake . It consists of low bluffs alternating with barrier beaches at the 

 drainage courses. Yanty Creek, the largest creek, flows through 



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