﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
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  Schoharie 
  creek. 
  Chuctenunda 
  creek 
  itself 
  has 
  too 
  small 
  a 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  much 
  value. 
  

  

  Cayadutta 
  creek 
  is 
  another 
  small 
  stream 
  which 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  cen- 
  

   tral 
  part 
  of 
  Fulton 
  county, 
  and 
  flows 
  south 
  through 
  the 
  cities 
  of 
  

   G 
  lovers 
  ville 
  and 
  Johnstown 
  into 
  the. 
  Mohawk 
  river 
  at 
  Fonda. 
  

   There 
  is 
  considerable 
  water 
  power 
  developed 
  upon 
  it, 
  but 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  quantity 
  are 
  not 
  at 
  hand. 
  The 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  above 
  its 
  mouth 
  is 
  62 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  catchment 
  at 
  

   Johnstown 
  is 
  40 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Schoharie 
  creek. 
  This 
  stream 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Greene 
  county, 
  whence 
  it 
  flows 
  18 
  miles 
  northwesterly, 
  and 
  then 
  

   northerly 
  about 
  50 
  miles 
  to 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  Its 
  catchment 
  

   comprises 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  county 
  and 
  portions 
  of 
  

   Greene, 
  Albany, 
  Delaware, 
  Otsego, 
  Montgomery 
  and 
  Schenectady 
  

   counties. 
  Its 
  headwaters, 
  which 
  lie 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  1800 
  

   feet 
  above 
  tidewater, 
  drain 
  the 
  western 
  and 
  northern 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   the 
  Catskill 
  mountains. 
  The 
  lower 
  reaches 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  flow 
  

   through 
  a 
  long, 
  flat 
  valley 
  in 
  a 
  channel 
  largely 
  covered 
  with 
  

   flat 
  boulders. 
  At 
  Central 
  Bridge, 
  about 
  19 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  creek, 
  the 
  water 
  surface 
  is 
  560 
  feet 
  above 
  

   tidewater; 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  the 
  elevation 
  is 
  274 
  feet. 
  Notwithstand- 
  

   ing 
  this 
  large 
  fall, 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  is 
  not 
  considered 
  specially 
  

   valuable 
  for 
  water-power 
  development. 
  It 
  is 
  subject 
  to 
  great 
  

   extremes 
  of 
  flood 
  and 
  low-water 
  flow. 
  This 
  is 
  largely 
  explainable 
  

   by 
  the 
  nearly 
  complete 
  cutting 
  off 
  of 
  the 
  forests 
  from 
  the 
  catch- 
  

   ment 
  area 
  many 
  years 
  ago. 
  The 
  impervious 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  

   soil 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  taken 
  into 
  account. 
  The 
  principal 
  subdivision's 
  of 
  

   the 
  catchment 
  area 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles 
  

  

  At 
  mouth 
  947 
  

  

  Central 
  Bridge 
  684 
  

  

  Gilboa 
  308 
  

  

  Water 
  power 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek. 
  With 
  one 
  exception 
  the 
  water 
  

   powers 
  thus 
  far 
  developed 
  in 
  the 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  catchment 
  are 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  small 
  and 
  unimportant. 
  The 
  principal 
  tributaries 
  of 
  

   the 
  stream 
  are 
  the 
  Cobles 
  kill 
  and 
  the 
  Batavia 
  kill, 
  but 
  neither 
  of 
  

  

  