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

 at New York Mills for September, 1899, was 11 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, IT 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, 111 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 flow 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 flow 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. 



Sum man/ of information regarding minimum flows. Summar- 

 izing the present knowledge of minimum flow of streams in New 

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

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



