﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  761 
  

  

  is 
  77.1 
  square 
  miles. 
  That 
  of 
  Erieville 
  reservoir 
  and 
  Gazenovia 
  

   lake 
  combined 
  is 
  14.1 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Fayetteville 
  feeder. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  Limestone 
  creek 
  

   is 
  diverted 
  into 
  the 
  Fayetteville 
  feeder 
  at 
  Fayetteville. 
  This 
  feeder 
  

   is 
  1.2 
  miles 
  long 
  and 
  is 
  navigable 
  for 
  0.83 
  of 
  a 
  mile. 
  Near 
  Delphi, 
  

   Limestone 
  creek 
  divides 
  into 
  two 
  branches. 
  De 
  Kuyter 
  reser- 
  

   voir 
  is 
  located 
  at 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  branch 
  from 
  the 
  south. 
  This 
  

   reservoir 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  an 
  earth 
  dam 
  70 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  

   storage 
  capacity 
  of 
  504,468,000 
  cubic 
  feet, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  area 
  

   of 
  626 
  acres 
  and 
  depth 
  of 
  18.5 
  feet. 
  It 
  impounds 
  water 
  from 
  

  

  /50x25k/0' 
  DfT 
  

  

  V 
  

  

  CAPAC/TY 
  J3 
  3J3 
  3US//&.5 
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  W/J£AT 
  

  

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  Fig. 
  54 
  Boat 
  recommended 
  by 
  Canal 
  Committee 
  for 
  Barge 
  canal. 
  

  

  18.2 
  square 
  miles 
  of 
  the 
  catchment 
  of 
  Tioughnioga 
  river. 
  Its 
  

   location 
  is 
  15 
  miles 
  southeasterly 
  from 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  diver- 
  

   sion 
  dam 
  at 
  Fayetteville, 
  and 
  the 
  intermediate 
  catchment 
  is 
  

  

  77.1 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  total 
  catchment 
  above 
  Fayetteville 
  is 
  

  

  95.2 
  square 
  miles; 
  below 
  this 
  village 
  the 
  feeder 
  intercepts 
  

   Bishops 
  brook, 
  with 
  a 
  catchment 
  of 
  8.3 
  square 
  miles. 
  The 
  total 
  

   catchment 
  area 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Fayetteville 
  feeder 
  is 
  therefore 
  

   103.5 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  The 
  storage 
  capacity 
  of 
  De 
  Ruyter 
  reservoir 
  is 
  at 
  the 
  rate 
  

   of 
  27,800,000 
  cubic 
  feet 
  per 
  square 
  mile 
  of 
  tributary 
  catchment, 
  

   as 
  figured 
  on 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  18.2 
  square 
  miles 
  of 
  catchment 
  area. 
  

  

  Orrville 
  feeder. 
  At 
  a 
  point 
  2.2 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  canal 
  at 
  

   De 
  Witt 
  the 
  water 
  of 
  Butternut 
  creek 
  is 
  diverted 
  through 
  the 
  

   Orrville 
  feeder 
  into 
  the 
  canal. 
  Jamesville 
  reservoir, 
  2.4 
  miles 
  

   above 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  the 
  feeder, 
  is 
  formed 
  by 
  a 
  dam 
  across 
  the 
  

   creek. 
  The 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  reservoir 
  formed 
  is 
  252 
  acres; 
  average 
  

  

  