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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  foregoing 
  sheets 
  are 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  topographic 
  maps 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  either 
  including 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Black 
  river 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area, 
  which 
  were 
  available 
  in 
  1899. 
  We 
  have, 
  however, 
  

   eight 
  sheets 
  either 
  included 
  in 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  Hud- 
  

   son 
  catchment 
  area, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  Newcomb, 
  Bolton, 
  Paradox 
  Lake, 
  

   Elizabeth 
  town, 
  Mount 
  Marcy, 
  Indian 
  Lake, 
  Schroon 
  Lake 
  and 
  

   Thirteenth 
  Lake 
  sheets. 
  The 
  statistics 
  of 
  these 
  sheets 
  are 
  given 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  tabulation 
  : 
  

  

  Topographic 
  sheet 
  

  

  Virgin 
  

   forest, 
  

   square 
  

  

  miles 
  

  

  Culled 
  

   area, 
  

  

  square 
  

   miles 
  

  

  Cleared 
  

  

  area, 
  

  

  square 
  

  

  miles 
  

  

  Water 
  

   area, 
  

   square 
  

   miles 
  

  

  Total 
  

   area, 
  

   square 
  

   miles 
  

  

  Newcomb 
  

  

  

  

  186.10 
  

  

  24.50 
  

  

  4.90 
  

  

  215.5 
  

  

  Bolton 
  

  

  

  

  153.00 
  

  

  43.55 
  

  

  19.85 
  

  

  216.4 
  

  

  Paradox 
  Lake.. 
  

  

  

  171.55 
  

  

  38.60 
  

  

  5.35 
  

  

  215.5 
  

  

  Elizabethtown 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  14.45 
  

  

  137.10 
  

  

  61.50 
  

  

  1.95 
  

  

  215.0 
  

  

  Mount 
  Marcy 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  138.45 
  

  

  9.90 
  

  

  65.00 
  

  

  1.65 
  

  

  215.0 
  

  

  Indian 
  Lake 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  10.40 
  

  

  193.40 
  

  

  6.15 
  

  

  6.45 
  

  

  216.4 
  

  

  Schroon 
  Lake. 
  . 
  

  

  1.10 
  

  

  172.10 
  

  

  35.80 
  

  

  6.50 
  

  

  215.5 
  

  

  Thirteenth 
  Lake 
  

  

  0.25 
  

  

  184.55 
  

  

  29.60 
  

  

  2.00 
  

  

  216.4 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  . 
  164.65 
  

  

  1,207.70 
  

  

  304.70 
  

  

  48.65 
  

  

  1,725.7 
  

  

  Fort 
  Ann 
  

  

  

  32.60 
  

  

  184.70 
  

  

  

  217.3 
  

  

  North 
  Creek 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  117.40 
  

  

  96.05 
  

  

  2.95 
  

  

  216.4 
  

  

  Glens 
  Falls. 
  . 
  .. 
  

  

  

  77.90 
  

  

  125.60 
  

  

  13.08 
  

  

  217.3 
  

  

  Cambridge 
  

  

  

  56.00 
  

  

  160.00 
  

  

  8.22 
  

  

  218.2 
  

  

  Schuylerville 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  

  27.55 
  

  

  182.65 
  

  

  8.00 
  

  

  218.2 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  

  311.45 
  

  

  749.00 
  

  

  32.25 
  

  

  1,087.4 
  

  

  Final 
  total.... 
  

  

  . 
  164.65 
  

  

  1,519.15 
  

  

  1,053.70 
  

  

  80.90 
  

  

  2,813.1 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  totals 
  for 
  the 
  foregoing 
  eight 
  sheets: 
  

   virgin 
  forest, 
  164.65 
  square 
  miles; 
  cuHed 
  area, 
  1207.70 
  square 
  

   miles; 
  cleared 
  area, 
  304.70 
  square 
  mil^; 
  water 
  area, 
  48.65 
  square 
  

   miles 
  ; 
  total 
  area, 
  1725.7 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  