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793 acres and an average depth of 7 feet. Its storage capacity 

 is 212,444,000 cubic feet. The catchment area is 147 square 

 miles. There are also a number of lakes, ponds and reservoirs 

 in the upper portion of the catchment area of Black river which 

 are utilized but which are not specifically mentioned here because 

 they are tabulated on page 544. 



^Yoocl creek feeder. This stream flows into Erie canal in the 

 western part of Rome. Its catchment area is 7 square miles, and 

 since the amount of water furnished by this catchment is so small 

 as to be inappreciable, it is not taken into account in the pre- 

 ceding tabulation. The minimum flow amounts to about 0.3 cubic 

 foot per second. 



Oneida feeder. Oneida feeder enters Erie canal at Durham- 

 ville. A portion of the water of Oneida creek is diverted into 

 Oneida feeder at Oneida. The catchment area of the creek above 

 the diversion dam is 73 square miles. There are no storage reser- 

 voirs upon Oneida creek. 



Cowasclon feeder. This feeder empties into the Erie canal 2.5 

 miles west of Durhamville. The catchment area above the feeder 

 is 28 square miles. There are no storage reservoirs upon this 

 stream. 



Chittenango feeder. The Chittenango creek unites with the 

 outlet of Cazenovia lake at Cazenovia and is diverted into the Chit- 

 tenango feeder at Chittenango. 



The Erieville reservoir is situated in the extreme south- 

 eastern portion of the catchment on one of the smaller branches 

 of Chittenango creek. The tributary catchment is 5.4 square 

 miles and its storage capacity 318,424,000 cubic feet. The water 

 surface is 340 acres and the average depth is 21.5 feet. 



The outlet of Cazenovia lake unites with Chittenango creek 9.4 

 miles above the feeder. The catchment area of the lake is 8.7 

 square miles, and according to recent determinations the water 

 surface is 1.7 square miles, although in the reports of the Canal 

 Department it is slated at 2.S square miles. The outlet is also 

 stated to be so controlled as to afford a storage of 348,523,000 

 cubic feet by drawing off a depth of 4.5 feet. This depth on an 

 area of 1.7 square miles gives a storage of only 20C>,997,000 

 cubic feet. The area of the catchmenl above the diversion dam 



