HYDROLOGY OF NEW YORK 



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In order to show the relative proportions of virgin forest, 

 culled area from which the merchantable timber has been removed 

 (which, in the case of the Adirondacks, is soft wood), the cleared 

 area, and the water area for a considerable extent of the Adiron- 

 dack region, several of the topographical sheets of the United 

 States Geological Survey have been taken and the areas of the 

 different classes, as just detailed, colored in, the data used for 

 this purpose being that gathered by the United States Geological 

 Survey in the original preparation of the maps. The following 

 are the figures derived from three sheets covering areas either in or 

 adjacent to the headwaters of Black river, namely, Old Forge. 

 Wilmurt and Canada Lakes sheets. The following tabulation 

 shows that for these three topographic sheets the total area of 

 virgin forest is 234.91 square miles; of culled area, 358.73 square 

 miles; of cleared area, 39.88 square miles; water area of lakes 

 and ponds, 17.50 square miles; the total area included in the 

 three maps is 651 square miles. The Eemsen sheet, which covers 

 an area just in the edge of the great northern forests shows 83.98 

 square miles of culled area and 133.01 of cleared area, the total 

 of the sheet being 217 square miles. Farther to the north and 

 west, in the vicinity of Carthage, Watertown and in the lower 

 part of the Black river basin, generally the cleared area is pro- 

 portionately considerably larger than on the Remsen sheet. It is 



in many places 



substantially 



like the 



Schuylerville and 



Glens 



Falls sheets tabulated farther on. 









Virgin 

 forest, 

 square 



Topographic sheet miles 



Culled 

 area, 

 square 

 miles 



Cleared 

 area. 



square 

 miles 



Water 

 area, 



square 

 miles 



Total 

 area, 

 square 

 miles 



Old Forge 



59.96 



130.85 



14.25 



11.30 



216.40 





4.75 



186.23 



24.38 



1.95 



217.30 



Canada Lakes 



170.20 



47 . 65 



1.25 



4.25 



217.30 



Total 



234.91 



358.73 



39.88 



17.50 



651.00 



Remsen 





83.98 



133.01 





217.00 









Final total. 



234.91 



442.71 



172.89 



17.50 



868.00 



