﻿H4 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  county 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  but 
  there 
  are 
  larger 
  areas 
  of 
  sandy 
  

   soil 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  that 
  will 
  eventually 
  be 
  covered 
  wih 
  a 
  forest 
  

   that 
  are 
  now 
  covered 
  with 
  little 
  but 
  brush. 
  This 
  region 
  naturally 
  

   belongs 
  to 
  the 
  pine 
  type. 
  The 
  swamp 
  type 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  low 
  lying 
  val- 
  

   leys 
  and 
  prehistoric 
  lake 
  basins. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  very 
  little 
  importance 
  be- 
  

   cause 
  it 
  makes 
  but 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  forested 
  area. 
  

  

  DESCRIPTION 
  

  

  Oneida 
  county 
  contains 
  720,778 
  acres, 
  is 
  centrally 
  located, 
  and 
  oc- 
  

   cupies 
  a 
  region 
  surrounding 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk. 
  It 
  

   contains 
  the 
  divides 
  separating 
  the 
  watershed 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  from 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  and 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  It 
  occupies 
  an 
  

   important 
  position 
  because 
  it 
  extends 
  for 
  enough 
  north 
  to 
  include 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  land 
  that 
  should 
  always 
  be 
  forested 
  and 
  

   far 
  enough 
  south 
  to 
  include 
  lands 
  that 
  are 
  agricultural 
  in 
  their 
  

   nature. 
  Much 
  of 
  Lewis 
  county 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  Herkimer 
  on 
  the 
  

   east 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  the 
  permanent 
  timber 
  region, 
  while 
  Madison 
  on 
  

   the 
  south 
  and 
  west 
  with 
  Oswego 
  on 
  the 
  west, 
  ranks 
  it 
  along 
  with 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  agricultural 
  interests. 
  

  

  PHYSIOGRAPHY 
  AND 
  TOPOGRAPHY 
  

  

  The 
  lowest 
  part 
  of 
  Oneida 
  county 
  is 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  shore 
  of 
  

   Oneida 
  lake. 
  The 
  elevation 
  is 
  about 
  400 
  feet. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  belt 
  of 
  low 
  

   country 
  extending 
  east 
  and 
  west 
  across 
  the 
  entire 
  county. 
  This 
  is 
  

   narrow 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  where 
  it 
  contains 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  

   broadens 
  out 
  toward 
  the 
  west 
  like 
  a 
  fan 
  until 
  it 
  includes 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  

   lowland 
  adjacent 
  to 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  At 
  no 
  point 
  does 
  it 
  reach 
  more 
  

   than 
  about 
  450 
  feet 
  elevation. 
  From 
  this 
  low 
  lying 
  belt, 
  it 
  rises 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  abruptly, 
  both 
  toward 
  the 
  north 
  and 
  toward 
  the 
  south, 
  

   until 
  it 
  reaches 
  the 
  highest 
  point 
  in 
  the 
  county, 
  1944 
  feet 
  in 
  the 
  

   southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Marshall. 
  The 
  highest 
  point 
  north 
  

   of 
  the 
  low 
  lying 
  belt 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Steuben, 
  where 
  it 
  

   reaches 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  1780 
  feet. 
  The 
  county, 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  low 
  

   belt, 
  is 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  narrow 
  valleys 
  separated 
  by 
  broad 
  ranges 
  of 
  

   hills. 
  The 
  valleys 
  contain 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  drainage 
  systems. 
  The 
  

   hills 
  rise 
  abruptly 
  from 
  the 
  narrow 
  valleys 
  and 
  form 
  broad 
  rolling 
  

   tablelands 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  intervening 
  valleys. 
  

  

  