﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  267 
  

  

  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  would 
  give 
  only 
  about 
  15.3 
  gross 
  

   horsepower 
  per 
  foot 
  of 
  fall. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  true, 
  the 
  Battenkill 
  is 
  an 
  

   exceedingly 
  good 
  water 
  yielder, 
  although 
  definite 
  data 
  derived 
  

   from 
  stream 
  measurements 
  are 
  entirely 
  lacking. 
  It 
  is 
  understood 
  

   that 
  gagings 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  by 
  

   private 
  parties, 
  but 
  the 
  results 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  been 
  published. 
  

  

  Fish 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream, 
  which 
  flows 
  into 
  the 
  Hudson 
  at 
  

   Schuylerville, 
  is 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Saratoga 
  lake. 
  Its 
  chief 
  tributary 
  

   is 
  the 
  Kayaderosseras 
  creek, 
  which 
  drains 
  the 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  

   Saratoga 
  county. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Fish 
  creek 
  at 
  its 
  mouth 
  

   is 
  estimated 
  at 
  253 
  square 
  miles. 
  Both 
  Fish 
  creek 
  and 
  Kayader- 
  

   osseras 
  creek 
  are 
  extensively 
  utilized 
  for 
  water 
  power. 
  

  

  Sacandaga 
  river. 
  This 
  stream 
  is 
  the 
  next 
  important 
  tributary 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  in 
  the 
  ascending 
  order. 
  It 
  has 
  three 
  principal 
  

   branches, 
  which 
  unite 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  main 
  river 
  in 
  the 
  southeastern 
  

   part 
  of 
  Hamilton 
  county. 
  The 
  west 
  branch 
  is 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Piseco 
  

   lake; 
  the 
  middle 
  branch 
  is 
  the 
  outlet 
  of 
  Sacandaga 
  and 
  Pleasant 
  

   lakes, 
  while 
  the 
  east 
  branch 
  issues 
  from 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  small 
  ponds 
  

   and 
  lakes 
  in 
  the 
  southwestern 
  part 
  of 
  Warren 
  county, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  

   Bakers 
  Mills. 
  The 
  east 
  and 
  middle 
  branches 
  unite 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  

   to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Wellstown, 
  and 
  the 
  west 
  branch 
  joins 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  Wellstown. 
  The 
  river 
  then 
  flows 
  southeasterly 
  to 
  about 
  

   5 
  miles 
  below 
  Northville, 
  where 
  it 
  turns 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  right 
  

   angle 
  and 
  flows 
  irregularly 
  northeast 
  to 
  the 
  main 
  Hudson 
  at 
  

   Hadley. 
  The 
  principal 
  tributary 
  of 
  the 
  Sacandaga, 
  aside 
  from 
  

   its 
  several 
  branches, 
  is 
  East 
  Stony 
  creek. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  several 
  subdivisions 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  area 
  

   of 
  Sacandaga 
  river 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  m 
  1,040 
  

  

  South 
  branch 
  240 
  

  

  Middle 
  branch 
  115 
  

  

  East 
  branch 
  124 
  

  

  Stony 
  creek 
  212 
  

  

  Main 
  river 
  below 
  Stonv 
  creek 
  223 
  

  

  

  