﻿510 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek. 
  The 
  mean 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  

   stream 
  at 
  Fort 
  Hunter 
  for 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  August, 
  1899, 
  was 
  142 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  (catchment, 
  947 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  

   of 
  0.15 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  In 
  July, 
  1900, 
  the 
  

   mean 
  flow 
  was 
  115 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.12 
  

   cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  For 
  three 
  days 
  during 
  this 
  

   month 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  76 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  and 
  for 
  one 
  day 
  72 
  

   cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  

  

  Gagings 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  at 
  Schoharie 
  falls 
  

   over 
  a 
  sharp-crested 
  weir, 
  25 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  during 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   1900 
  and 
  1901. 
  According 
  to 
  these 
  gagings 
  the 
  mean 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  

   stream 
  for 
  August, 
  1900, 
  was 
  89 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second; 
  for 
  Sep- 
  

   tember, 
  32 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  and 
  for 
  October, 
  40 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second. 
  In 
  February, 
  1901, 
  the 
  flow 
  was 
  166 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  

   second. 
  The 
  catchment 
  area 
  at 
  this 
  point 
  is 
  930 
  square 
  miles. 
  

   Hence, 
  32 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  was 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.04 
  cubic 
  foot 
  

   per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1900, 
  the 
  writer 
  reported 
  at 
  length 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  low- 
  

   water 
  flow 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek. 
  At 
  that 
  time, 
  the 
  Empire 
  State 
  

   Power 
  Company 
  was 
  contemplating 
  extensive 
  developments 
  on 
  

   this 
  creek 
  and 
  had 
  procured 
  reports 
  from 
  several 
  engineers. 
  These 
  

   reports 
  agreed 
  that 
  the 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  would 
  not 
  

   be 
  less 
  than 
  about 
  400 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  In 
  .regard 
  to 
  this 
  

   matter, 
  it 
  was 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  

   had 
  been 
  taken 
  too 
  high, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  sufficiently 
  appreciated 
  by 
  

   considering 
  the 
  figures 
  derived 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   which 
  had 
  then 
  been 
  studied. 
  Figures 
  were 
  given 
  for 
  Oatka 
  creek. 
  

   Genesee 
  river, 
  Hemlock 
  lake, 
  west 
  branch 
  of 
  Canadaway 
  creek. 
  

   Oswego 
  river, 
  Black 
  river, 
  Mohawk 
  river, 
  Hudson 
  river, 
  Croton 
  

   river 
  and 
  Niagara 
  river, 
  and 
  the 
  conclusion 
  was 
  arrived 
  at 
  from 
  

   such 
  comparison, 
  based 
  on 
  general 
  considerations 
  purely, 
  that 
  the 
  

   flow 
  of 
  Schoharie 
  creek 
  might 
  go 
  down 
  to 
  as 
  low 
  as 
  0.2 
  cubic 
  foot 
  

   per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile, 
  or 
  to 
  about 
  190 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  

   The 
  following 
  was 
  the 
  conclusion 
  of 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  : 
  

  

  If, 
  therefore, 
  we 
  were 
  to 
  accept 
  the 
  idea 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  

   0.4 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  minimum 
  flow 
  in 
  Scho- 
  

   harie 
  creek, 
  we 
  should 
  have 
  about 
  the 
  best 
  flowing 
  stream 
  in 
  the 
  

   State 
  — 
  better 
  even 
  than 
  the 
  Hudson 
  and 
  Mohawk. 
  A 
  stream. 
  

  

  