﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  483 
  

  

  Floods 
  in 
  Schoharie 
  creek. 
  The 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  at 
  Fort 
  

   Hunter 
  in 
  1892 
  was 
  41,715 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment 
  94T 
  

   square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  44 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  

   mile. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  36 
  Cross-section 
  of 
  dam 
  of 
  Empire 
  State 
  Power 
  Company 
  at 
  Scho- 
  

   harie 
  falls. 
  

  

  In 
  1899 
  and 
  1900 
  the 
  Empire 
  State 
  Power 
  Company 
  erected 
  a 
  dam 
  

   and 
  power 
  plant 
  on 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  at 
  Schoharie 
  falls, 
  seven 
  miles 
  

   from 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Amsterdam. 
  The 
  crest 
  of 
  this 
  dam 
  was 
  originally 
  

   380 
  feet 
  in 
  length. 
  During 
  a 
  flood 
  on 
  March 
  21, 
  1901, 
  the 
  water 
  

   attained 
  a 
  depth 
  on 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  11.2 
  feet. 
  The 
  calculated 
  dis- 
  

   charge 
  was 
  49,600 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  930 
  square 
  

   miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  53 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  