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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Minimum 
  floto 
  of 
  Sauquoit 
  creek. 
  The 
  mean 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  stream 
  

   at 
  New 
  York 
  Mills 
  for 
  September, 
  1899, 
  was 
  14 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  sec- 
  

   ond 
  (catchment, 
  52 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.27 
  cubic 
  foot 
  

   per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  ; 
  for 
  August, 
  1899, 
  it 
  was 
  16 
  cubic 
  feet 
  

   per 
  second, 
  and 
  for 
  October, 
  1899, 
  17 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  For 
  

   September, 
  1900, 
  the 
  mean 
  flow 
  was 
  15 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second. 
  

  

  Minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  Oriskany 
  creek. 
  The 
  low-water 
  flow 
  of 
  this 
  

   stream 
  is 
  likely 
  to 
  occur 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  when 
  canal 
  navigation 
  

   is 
  closed, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  the 
  water 
  flowing 
  is 
  only 
  the 
  natural 
  con- 
  

   tribution 
  from 
  the 
  catchment 
  area. 
  For 
  ten 
  days 
  in 
  December, 
  

   1899, 
  the 
  mean 
  flow 
  at 
  Oriskany 
  was 
  53.5 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second 
  

   (catchment, 
  144 
  square 
  miles), 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.37 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  

   second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  For 
  four 
  days 
  during 
  this 
  month 
  the 
  

   mean 
  flow 
  was 
  31 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  second, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  of 
  0.22 
  cubic 
  

   foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Minimum 
  floto 
  of 
  Allegheny 
  river 
  and 
  tributaries. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  

   known, 
  minimum 
  flows 
  have 
  not 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  determined 
  for 
  the 
  

   Allegheny 
  river 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  They 
  are, 
  however, 
  small 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  0.05 
  to 
  0.1 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Minimum 
  floiv 
  of 
  Susquehanna 
  river 
  and 
  tributaries. 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  

   known, 
  minimum 
  flows 
  have 
  not 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  determined 
  for 
  

   Susquehanna 
  river 
  and 
  tributaries. 
  They 
  are, 
  however, 
  small 
  

   and 
  may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  0.05 
  to 
  0.1 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  

   square 
  mile. 
  

  

  Minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  Delaware 
  river 
  and 
  tributaries. 
  'So 
  far 
  as 
  

   known, 
  minimum 
  flows 
  have 
  not 
  thus 
  far 
  been 
  determined 
  for 
  

   Delaware 
  river 
  and 
  tributaries. 
  They 
  are, 
  however, 
  small 
  and 
  

   may 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  0.05 
  to 
  0.1 
  cubic 
  foot 
  per 
  second 
  per 
  square 
  mile. 
  

  

  The 
  preceding 
  discussion 
  of 
  minimum 
  flow 
  is 
  of 
  considerable 
  

   value 
  in 
  that 
  it 
  includes 
  comparison 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  

   streams 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1899, 
  which, 
  as 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  rainfall 
  statis- 
  

   tics, 
  was 
  rather 
  a 
  dry 
  year, 
  although 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  for 
  sup- 
  

   posing 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  minimum 
  dry 
  year. 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  information 
  regarding 
  minimum 
  flows. 
  Summar- 
  

   izing 
  the 
  present 
  knowledge 
  of 
  minimum 
  flow 
  of 
  streams 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  State, 
  we 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  streams 
  

   like 
  Genesee 
  river 
  issuing 
  from 
  regions 
  of 
  heavy, 
  compact 
  soil, 
  

  

  