﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
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  Iii 
  order 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  relative 
  proportions 
  of 
  virgin 
  forest, 
  

   culled 
  area 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  merchantable 
  timber 
  has 
  been 
  removed 
  

   (which, 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  is 
  soft 
  wood), 
  the 
  cleared 
  

   area, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  area 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  region, 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  topographical 
  sheets 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Geological 
  Survey 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  and 
  the 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  

   different 
  classes, 
  as 
  just 
  detailed, 
  colored 
  in, 
  the 
  data 
  used 
  for 
  

   this 
  purpose 
  being 
  that 
  gathered 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  

   Survey 
  in 
  the 
  original 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  maps. 
  The 
  following 
  

   are 
  the 
  figures 
  derived 
  from 
  three 
  sheets 
  covering 
  areas 
  either 
  in 
  or 
  

   adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Black 
  river, 
  namely, 
  Old 
  Forge, 
  

   Wilmurt 
  and 
  Canada 
  Lakes 
  sheets. 
  The 
  following 
  tabulation 
  

   shows 
  that 
  for 
  these 
  three 
  topographic 
  sheets 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  of 
  

   virgin 
  forest 
  is 
  234.91 
  square 
  miles; 
  of 
  culled 
  area, 
  358.73 
  square 
  

   miles; 
  of 
  cleared 
  area, 
  39.88 
  square 
  miles; 
  water 
  area 
  of 
  lakes 
  

   and 
  ponds, 
  17.50 
  square 
  miles; 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  

   three 
  maps 
  is 
  651 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  Rernsen 
  sheet, 
  which 
  covers 
  

   an 
  area 
  just 
  in 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  northern 
  forests 
  shows 
  83.98 
  

   square 
  miles 
  of 
  culled 
  area 
  and 
  133.01 
  of 
  cleared 
  area, 
  the 
  total 
  

   of 
  the 
  sheet 
  being 
  217 
  square 
  miles. 
  Farther 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  

   west, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Carthage, 
  Watertown 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  basin, 
  generally 
  the 
  cleared 
  area 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   portionately 
  considerably 
  larger 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  Remsen 
  sheet. 
  It 
  is 
  

   in 
  many 
  places 
  substantially 
  like 
  the 
  Schuylerville 
  and 
  Glens 
  

   Falls 
  sheets 
  tabulated 
  farther 
  on. 
  

  

  Virgin 
  Culled 
  Cleared 
  Water 
  Total 
  

  

  forest, 
  area, 
  area, 
  area, 
  area, 
  

  

  square 
  square 
  square 
  square 
  square 
  

  

  Topographic 
  sheet 
  miles 
  miles 
  miles 
  miles 
  miles 
  

  

  Old 
  Forge 
  ' 
  59.96 
  130.85 
  14.25 
  11.30 
  216.40 
  

  

  Wilmurt 
  4.75 
  186.23 
  24.38 
  1.95 
  217.30 
  

  

  Canada 
  Lakes 
  170.20 
  47.65 
  1.25 
  4.25 
  217.30 
  

  

  Total 
  234.91 
  358.73 
  39.88 
  17.50 
  651.00 
  

  

  Remsen 
  83.98 
  133.01 
  217.00 
  

  

  Final 
  total 
  234.91 
  442.71 
  172.89 
  17.50 
  868.00 
  

  

  