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TECHNICAL GUIDANCE FOR LOW FLOW PROTECTION
RELATED TO WITHDRAWAL APPROVALS
Under Policy No. 2012-01

December 14, 2012

LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

Attachment A

TNC Flow Recommendations for the Susquehanna River Ecosystem

Attachment B

Northeast Aquatic Habitat Classification System (NEAHCS) Stream Size Classes

Attachment C1 Attachment C2 Attachment C3 Attachment C4

Aquatic Resource Classes in the Susquehanna River Basin Aquatic Resource Classes in the Chemung Subbasin Aquatic Resource Classes in the Upper Susquehanna Subbasin Aquatic Resource Classes in the West Branch Susquehanna Subbasin

Attachment C5 Attachment C6 Attachment C7 Attachment D

Aquatic Resource Classes in the Middle Susquehanna Subbasin Aquatic Resource Classes in the Juniata Subbasin Aquatic Resource Classes in the Lower Susquehanna Subbasin United States Geological Survey (USGS) Reference Stream Gaging Stations

Attachment E

Monthly Percent Exceedance (Px) Flow Values for USGS Reference Stream Gaging Stations (computed using entire period of record through March 2012)

A water management agency serving the Susquehanna River watershed

Attachment A. TNC Flow Recommendations for the Susquehanna River Ecosystem
Attachment B. Northeast Aquatic Habitat Classification System (NEAHCS) Stream Size Classes
Attachment C1. Aquatic Resource Classes in the Susquehanna River Basin

  • Attachment C2. Aquatic Resource Classes in the Chemung Subbasin
  • Attachment C3. Aquatic Resource Classes in the Upper Susquehanna Subbasin
  • Attachment C4. Aquatic Resource Classes in the West Branch Susquehanna Subbasin
  • Attachment C5. Aquatic Resource Classes in the Middle Susquehanna Subbasin
  • Attachment C6. Aquatic Resource Classes in the Juniata Subbasin
  • Attachment C7. Aquatic Resource Classes in the Lower Susquehanna Subbasin
  • Attachment D. United States Geological Survey (USGS) Reference Stream Gaging Stations

GAGING STATION
No.

  • USGS GAGING STATION NAME
  • STATE
  • HUC
  • LONGITUDE LATITUDE

01428750 01447500 01468500 01469500 01470779 01500000 01500500 01502000 01502500 01503000 01505000 01508803 01509000 01510000 01512500 01515000 01516350 01516500 01518000 01518700 01518862 01520000 01520500 01521500 01523500 01524500 01526500 01527000 01527500 01528000 01529000 01529500 01529950 01530332 01530500 01531000 01531500 01532000 01533400 01534000 01534300
West Branch Lackawaxen River near Aldenville Lehigh River at Stoddartsville Schuylkill River at Landingville Little Schuylkill River at Tamaqua Tulpehocken Creek near Bernville Ouleout Creek at East Sidney Susquehanna River at Unadilla Butternut Creek at Morris
PA PA PA PA PA NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY PA PA PA PA PA PA PA NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY PA PA PA PA PA
02040103 -75.37609375 41.67420667 02040106 -75.62563324 41.13048553 02040203 -76.1247502 02040203 -75.9721756 02040203 -76.1713562
40.62863275 40.80700684 40.41323471
02050101 -75.23485565 42.33342743 02050101 -75.31652069 42.32114029 02050101 -75.23888397 42.54526901 02050101 -75.40587616 42.37797165 02050101 -75.80236816 42.03561401 02050102 -75.51051331 42.67866898 02050102 -76.17639923 42.63841629 02050102 -76.15866089 42.60279083 02050102 -75.89902496 42.54144669 02050102 -75.84864044 42.21815109 02050103 -76.50183105 41.98569489 02050104 -77.07958618 41.79456754
Unadilla River at Rockdale Susquehanna River at Conklin Chenango River at Sherburne West Br Tioughnioga River at Homer Tioughnioga River at Cortland Otsilic River at Cincinnatus Chenango River near Chenango Forks Susquehanna River near Waverly Tioga River near Mansfield Corey Creek near Mainesburg Tioga River at Tioga
02050104 -77.01509252 02050104 -77.1291275
41.7907639
41.90847778
Tioga River at Tioga Junction Cowanesque River at Westfield Cowanesque River near Lawrenceville Tioga River at Lindley
02050104 -77.11536474 41.95265591 02050104 -77.53180695 41.92274475 02050104 -77.13986206 41.99610519 02050104 -77.13167572 42.02885818 02050104 -77.71156311 42.39572525 02050104 -77.68253326 42.33488083
Canisteo River at Arkport Canacadea Creek near Hornell Canisteo River bl Canacadea Creek nr Hornell Tioga River near Erwins

  • 02050104 -77.65087128
  • 42.3137207

02050104 -77.12928772 42.12120819 02050105 -77.50136566 42.50006866 02050105 -77.41776276 42.39760208 02050105 -77.35787201 42.38849258 02050105 -77.19703674 42.30817413
Cohocton River at Cohocton Cohocton River at Avoca Fivemile Creek near Kanona Mud Creek near Savona Cohocton River near Campbell Chemung River at Corning
02050105 -77.2169342 02050105 -77.05721283
42.25247574
42.1473999

  • Chemung River at Elmira
  • 02050105 -76.80153656 42.08698654

  • 02050105 -76.7982254 42.1043663
  • Newtown Creek at Elmira

Chemung River at Chemung Susquehanna River at Towanda Towanda Creek near Monroeton Susquehanna River at Meshoppen Tunkhannock Creek near Tunkhannock Lackawanna River near Forest City
02050105 -76.63446808 42.00249481 02050106 -76.44003585 41.76470024 02050106 -76.48510644 41.70710165 02050106 -76.04866791 02050106 -75.8946588
41.6076889
41.55768516
02050107 -75.47182465 41.67980576

GAGING STATION
No.

  • USGS GAGING STATION NAME
  • STATE
  • HUC
  • LONGITUDE LATITUDE

01534500 01536000 01536500 01537000 01537500 01538000 01539000 01540200 01540500 01541000 01541200 01541303 01541308 01541500 01542000 01542500 01542810 01543000 01543700 01544000 01544500 01545000 01545500 01545600 01546400 01546500 01547100 01547200 01547500 01547700 01547800 01547950 01548005 01548500 01549500 01549700 01550000 01551500 01552000 01552500 01553130 01553500 01553700

  • Lackawanna River at Archbald
  • PA

PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA
02050107 -75.54185122 41.50428284

  • 02050107 -75.74497251 41.3589749
  • Lackawanna River at Old Forge

Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre Toby Creek at Luzerne
02050107 -75.88030034 41.25387513 02050107 -75.89566803 41.28089905
Solomon Creek at Wilkes-Barre Wapwallopen Creek near Wapwallopen Fishing Creek near Bloomsburg Trexler Run near Ringtown

  • 02050107 -75.90514374
  • 41.2274971

02050107 -76.09342194 41.05940247 02050107 -76.4312703 02050107 -76.2794342
41.07793391 40.85265732

  • Susquehanna River at Danville
  • 02050107 -76.62094387 40.95770131

02050201 -78.67717621 40.89723112 02050201 -78.51878727 40.96114102 02050201 -78.45711517 41.00474167 02050201 -78.58358765 40.50926971 02050201 -78.40638856 40.97206575 02050201 -78.26751945 40.84911354 02050201 -78.10853127 41.11770666 02050202 -78.29275969 41.57891583 02050202 -78.19685371 41.41325215
West Branch Susquehanna River at Bower WB Susquehanna River near Curwensville West Branch Susquehanna River at Hyde Bradley Run near Ashville Clearfield Creek at Dimeling Moshannon Creek at Osceola Mills WB Susquehanna River at Karthaus Waldy Run near Emporium Driftwood Br Sinnemahoning Cr at Sterling Run First Fork Sinnemahoning Cr at Wharton First Fork Sinnemahoning Cr nr Sinnemahoning Kettle Creek at Cross Fork

  • 02050202
  • -78.027778
  • 41.51888900

02050202 -78.02419281 41.40163040 02050203 -77.82573396 41.47549145

  • Kettle Creek near Westport
  • 02050203
  • -77.873703
  • 41.31953812

West Branch Susquehanna River at Renovo Young Womans Creek near Renovo Spring Creek at Houserville
02050203 -77.75039283 41.32392978 02050203 -77.69050948 41.39019224 02050204 -77.82746405 40.83374667 02050204 -77.79442978 40.88991611 02050204 -77.78602609 40.93184234 02050204 -77.78656769 40.94341278 02050204 -77.60417938 41.05154419 02050204 -77.60571289 41.05963516
Spring Creek near Axemann Spring Creek at Milesburg Bald Eagle Creek bl Spring Creek at Milesburg Bald Eagle Creek at Blanchard Marsh Creek at Blanchard South Fork Beech Creek near Snow Shoe Beech Creek at Monument

  • 02050204 -77.9039985
  • 41.02421151

02050204 -77.70210615 41.11150843 02050204 -77.54988098 41.08126831 02050205 -77.44784891 41.52187964 02050205 -77.23066149 41.47362592
Bald Eagle Creek near Beech Creek Station Pine Creek at Cedar Run Blockhouse Creek near English Center Pine Creek bl L Pine Creek near Waterville Lycoming Creek near Trout Run WB Susquehanna River at Williamsport Loyalsock Creek at Loyalsockville Muncy Creek near Sonestown

  • 02050205 -77.3242569
  • 41.27380371

02050206 -77.03284854 41.41818392 02050206 -76.9975213 02050206 -76.9117953
41.23717799 41.32490199
02050206 -76.53447066 41.35641863

  • 02050206 -77.0763577 41.05860052
  • Sand Spring Run near White Deer

West Branch Susquehanna River at Lewisburg Chillisquaque Creek at Washingtonville
02050206 -76.87821188 40.96689989 02050206 -76.68045086 41.06204343

GAGING STATION
No.

  • USGS GAGING STATION NAME
  • STATE
  • HUC
  • LONGITUDE LATITUDE

  • 40.8461725
  • 01554000

01554500 01555000 01555500 01556000 01557500 01558000 01559000 01560000 01562000 01563200 01563500 01564500 01565000 01565700 01566000 01567000 01567500 01568000 01568500 01569800 01570000 01570500 01571000 01571500 01572000 01572025 01572190 01573000 01573086 01573160 01573560 01574000 01574500 01575000 01575500 01576000 01576085 01576500 01576754 01578310 01578400
Susquehanna River at Sunbury Shamokin Creek near Shamokin Penns Creek at Penns Creek
PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA PA MD PA
02050301 -76.8096547 02050301 -76.58383179 40.81035995 02050301 -77.04832459 40.86673355 02050301 -76.91191864 40.61112595 02050302 -78.19986725 40.46302414
East Mahantango Creek near Dalmatia Frankstown Br Juniata River at Williamsburg

  • Bald Eagle Creek at Tyrone
  • 02050302 -78.23366547

02050302 -78.14048004 40.61283112 02050302 -78.0185318 40.48520279
40.6837616
Little Juniata River at Spruce Creek Juniata River at Huntingdon

  • Dunning Creek at Belden
  • 02050303 -78.49184734 40.07135688

  • 02050303 -78.26519012 40.21590042
  • Raystown Branch Juniata River at Saxton

Rays Br Juniata R bl Rays Dam nr Huntingdon Juniata River at Mapleton Depot, PA Aughwick Creek near Three Springs Kishacoquillas Creek at Reedsville Little Lost Creek at Oakland Mills Tuscarora Creek near Port Royal Juniata River at Newport

  • 02050303 -77.99124146
  • 40.4284668

02050304 -77.93495178 40.39247513 02050304 -77.92521667 40.21259689 02050304 -77.58309937 40.65473175 02050304 -77.31142426 40.60526276 02050304 -77.41943359 40.51522446 02050304 -77.12814331 40.47891998 02050305 -77.40219116 40.37099838 02050305 -77.16860199 40.32303619 02050305 -76.75134277 40.46029282 02050305 -77.13975525 40.23453522 02050305 -77.02075958 40.25210571
Bixler Run near Loysville Sherman Creek at Shermans Dale Clark Creek near Carsonville Letort Spring Run near Carlisle Conodoguinet Creek near Hogestown Susquehanna River at Harrisburg Paxton Creek near Penbrook

  • 02050305 -76.8892746
  • 40.25160217

02050305 -76.84980011 40.30848694 02050305 -76.89789581 40.22452927 02050305 -76.37734222 40.53712082 02050305 -76.40179443 40.53253555 02050305 -76.53060913 40.47940826 02050305 -76.57713318 40.40256882 02050305 -76.48323059 40.32327271 02050305 -76.56243134 40.34240341 02050305 -76.66815948 40.29866409 02050306 -76.72027588 40.08184814 02050306 -76.85335541 39.87880325 02050306 -76.74901581 39.92055893 02050306 -76.75524902 39.94612885 02050306 -76.53047738 40.05146548 02050306 -75.98845673 40.14482498 02050306 -76.27758789 40.05020142 02050306 -76.36812592 39.94648743 02050306 -76.17344191 39.65986845 02050306 -76.11351776 39.89484787
Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill Lower Little Swatara Creek at Pine Grove Swatara Creek near Pine Grove Swatara Creek near Inwood Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern Beck Creek near Cleona Quittapahilla Creek near Bellegrove Swatara Creek near Hershey West Conewago Creek near Manchester Codorus Creek at Spring Grove South Branch Codorus Creek near York Codorus Creek near York Susquehanna River at Marietta Little Conestoga Creek near Churchtown Conestoga River at Lancaster Conestoga River at Conestoga Susquehanna River at Conowingo Bowery Run near Quarryville

GAGING STATION
No.

  • USGS GAGING STATION NAME
  • STATE
  • HUC
  • LONGITUDE LATITUDE

01580000 01580520 01613050 01639000 03026500 03034000

  • Deer Creek at Rocks
  • MD

MD PA
02050306 02050306 02070004 02070009 05010005 05010006
-76.40329742 39.62986755
Deer Creek near Darlington Tonoloway Creek near Needmore Monocacy River at Bridgeport Sevenmile Run near Rasselas Mahoning Creek at Punxsutawney

  • -76.191876
  • 39.617558

  • -78.13228607
  • 39.8984108

MD PA
-77.23457336 39.67881393 -78.57608298 41.63078118

  • -79.00810242 40.93915939
  • PA

Attachment E. Monthly Percent Exceedance (Px) Flow Values for USGS Reference Stream Gaging Stations

GAGING STATION
No.

  • Px
  • JAN
  • FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01428750 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01447500 01468500 01468500 01468500 01468500 01468500
99 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 30 25 20 10
5
13 17
19 24
24 29
29 37
15 21
8.2 11
5.6 7.2 8.2
9
5.2 6.5 7.3 7.9 8.2 8.8 9.8 11 12 14 15 17 19 23 27 35 63
100
13 16 19 21 24 27 31 35 39 43 49 54 60 75 89
5.3 6.4 7.2 7.8 8.6 9.6 11 13 14 16 18 21 22 29 34 44 94
201 8.5 14 17 20 23 25 28 32 36 40 45 50 57 79 93
4.7 7.4 10 13 16 19 21 23 27 32 37 42 50 66 78 91
5
9.05 17.5
27
11 14

  • 25
  • 27
  • 37
  • 43
  • 25
  • 12.5

14
27

  • 28
  • 28
  • 44
  • 49
  • 28
  • 33

  • 31
  • 30
  • 51
  • 56
  • 31
  • 15
  • 9.6

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 22 26 30 49 81 16 21 25 30 35 39 42 47 52 59 65 71 80
101 114 133

  • 31
  • 38

  • 35
  • 33
  • 56
  • 61
  • 33
  • 17
  • 38
  • 44

  • 39
  • 38
  • 61
  • 66.5

73

  • 37
  • 18
  • 44
  • 49

  • 43
  • 40
  • 70
  • 40
  • 19
  • 48
  • 54

  • 48
  • 44
  • 78
  • 79
  • 45.5

50

  • 20
  • 51
  • 59

  • 50
  • 48
  • 85
  • 84
  • 22
  • 56
  • 63

  • 55
  • 52
  • 96
  • 91.5

101 115 149 175 207 336 533
93

  • 56
  • 24
  • 61
  • 69

  • 60
  • 57
  • 109

120 150 175 204 320 470
69

  • 62
  • 27
  • 65
  • 76

  • 68
  • 64
  • 68.5

83

  • 31
  • 73
  • 84

  • 90
  • 80
  • 42
  • 89
  • 104

120 136 200 297
27
100 120 190 321
20

  • 93
  • 95
  • 51
  • 103

  • 118
  • 109.5

186 269
46
111 183 285
64
61.5 123 202
30
160 180.5 291
11 17 22 28 32 38 42 47 56 64 74 85 97
135 161
299

  • 12
  • 99

95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 30 25 20 10
5

  • 59
  • 60
  • 90
  • 119

141 156 170 184 199 214 233 250 265
282.5 306.5 362.5
400 456 639 840 127 164 186 206 224

  • 82
  • 41
  • 27
  • 50

  • 70
  • 74
  • 108

126 142 160 172 186 202 219 240 256 276 330 369 412 570 765 112 141 162 184 207
100 112 120 131 141 151 164 176 189 206 224 265 295 325 436 571 106 127 144 158 171

  • 48
  • 38.5

51
72

  • 79
  • 84
  • 56
  • 85

  • 88
  • 92
  • 62
  • 67
  • 96

  • 94
  • 100

110 119 124 130 140 150 165
197.5
221
252.5
372 493
88

  • 70
  • 78
  • 108

117 128 140 152 165 182 200 245 272 308 434 581
55
100 110 120 130 140 150 167 202 227 260 386 540
36

  • 77
  • 94.5

110 121 130 140 151 162 196 218 251
84 92
100 110 121 135 166 187

  • 215
  • 104 115.5 188

172 205 258 366.5 420

  • 308.5 194
  • 295 354.5

424
75
290
51 66 73 80 85
507
32 54 64 76 89
99 95 90 85 80
45 56 63 66 71
46 54
27 51 58 64 72

  • 90
  • 105

120 135 153

  • 88
  • 68

105 120 138

  • 97
  • 58.5

61
99
107 117
121

  • 142
  • 64

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    Please do not destroy or throw away this publication. If you have no further use for it write to the Geological Survey at Washington and ask for a frank to return it UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Harold L. Ickes, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. C. Mendenhall, Director Water-Supply Paper 773 E THE NEW YORK STATE FLOOD OF JULY 1935 BY HOLLISTER JOHNSON Prepared in cooperation with the Water Power and Control Commission of the Conservation Department and the Department of Public Works, State of New York Contributions to the hydrology of the United States, 1936 (Pages 233-268) UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1936 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. -------- Price 15 cents CONTENTS Page Introduction......................................................... 233 Acknowledgments...................................................... 234 Rainfall,............................................................ 235 Causes.......................................................... 235 General features................................................ 236 Rainfall records................................................ 237 Flood discharges..................................................... 246 General features................................................ 246 Field work...................................................... 249 Office preparation of field data................................ 250 Assumptions and computations.................................... 251 Flood-discharge records........................................
  • East Sidney Lake 2021 Fact Sheet

    East Sidney Lake 2021 Fact Sheet

    EAST SIDNEY LAKE, NY U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUILDING STRONG® FACT SHEET as of February 1, 2021 AUTHORIZATION: The project is a unit of the comprehensive flood control plan for the protection of communities in southern New York and eastern Pennsylvania authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936. TYPE OF PROJECT: Flood Risk Management, Recreation and Environmental Stewardship CONTRIBUTION TO CHESAPEAKE BAY: Contributes to Executive Order 13508 goals to protect habitat and water quality and expand public access. CONGRESSIONAL INTEREST: Senators Schumer and Gillibrand (NY) and Representative Faso (NY-19) NON-FEDERAL SPONSOR: None BACKGROUND: East Sidney Lake is located on Ouleout Creek, about five miles above the confluence of the creek with the Susquehanna River near Unadilla, NY. The dam is a combined earth fill and concrete gravity type structure, it is 2,010 feet long, rising 146 feet from firm rock and 130 feet above the streambed, with a spillway and five gate-controlled outlets in the concrete section. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 33,550 acre-feet at spillway crest and an area of 1,100 acres when filled to that level. The project was completed in 1950 and federal cost was $6,000,000. STATUS: Flood damages prevented through fiscal 2020 are estimated at $299,587,000. Recreation attendance in fiscal 2019 was 53,106 visitors. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS – BALTIMORE DISTRICT 2 Hopkins Plaza, Baltimore, MD 21201 http://www.nab.usace.army.mil page 1 of 3 BUDGET: Federal Funds Data Total Allocation for FY 20192 766,000 Allocation for FY 20202 685,000 President Budget FY 20211 1,053,000 Allocation for FY 20212 1,053,000 President Budget FY 20221 TBD 1 The President typically sends the budget to Congress in February each year.
  • Index of Surface-Water Records

    Index of Surface-Water Records

    ~EOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 138 July 1951 INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS PART I.-NORTH ATLANTIC SLOPE BASINS TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1950 Prepared by Boston District UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY W. E. Wrather, Director Washington, 'J. C. Free on application to the Geological Survey, Washington 26, D. C. INDEX OF SURFACE-WATER RECORDS PART 1.-NORTH ATLANTIC SLOPE BASINS TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1950 EXPLANATION The index lists the stream-flow and reservoir stations in the North Atlantic Slope Basins for which records have been or are to be published for periods prior to Sept. 30, 1950. The stations are listed in downstream order. Tributary streams are indicated by indention. Station names are given in their most recently published forms. Parentheses around part of a station name indicate that the inclosed word or words were used in an earlier published name of the station or in a name under which records were published by some agency other than the Geological Survey. The drainage areas, in square miles, are the latest figures pu~lished or otherwise available at this time. Drainage areas that were obviously inconsistent with other drainage areas on the same stream have been omitted. Under "period of record" breaks of less than a 12-month period are not shown. A dash not followed immediately by a closing date shows that the station was in operation on September 30, 1950. The years given are calendar years. Periods·of records published by agencies other than the Geological Survey are listed in parentheses only when they contain more detailed information or are for periods not reported in publications of the Geological Survey.
  • Appendix – Priority Brook Trout Subwatersheds Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

    Appendix – Priority Brook Trout Subwatersheds Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

    Appendix – Priority Brook Trout Subwatersheds within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Appendix Table I. Subwatersheds within the Chesapeake Bay watershed that have a priority score ≥ 0.79. HUC 12 Priority HUC 12 Code HUC 12 Name Score Classification 020501060202 Millstone Creek-Schrader Creek 0.86 Intact 020501061302 Upper Bowman Creek 0.87 Intact 020501070401 Little Nescopeck Creek-Nescopeck Creek 0.83 Intact 020501070501 Headwaters Huntington Creek 0.97 Intact 020501070502 Kitchen Creek 0.92 Intact 020501070701 East Branch Fishing Creek 0.86 Intact 020501070702 West Branch Fishing Creek 0.98 Intact 020502010504 Cold Stream 0.89 Intact 020502010505 Sixmile Run 0.94 Reduced 020502010602 Gifford Run-Mosquito Creek 0.88 Reduced 020502010702 Trout Run 0.88 Intact 020502010704 Deer Creek 0.87 Reduced 020502010710 Sterling Run 0.91 Reduced 020502010711 Birch Island Run 1.24 Intact 020502010712 Lower Three Runs-West Branch Susquehanna River 0.99 Intact 020502020102 Sinnemahoning Portage Creek-Driftwood Branch Sinnemahoning Creek 1.03 Intact 020502020203 North Creek 1.06 Reduced 020502020204 West Creek 1.19 Intact 020502020205 Hunts Run 0.99 Intact 020502020206 Sterling Run 1.15 Reduced 020502020301 Upper Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek 1.07 Intact 020502020302 Kersey Run 0.84 Intact 020502020303 Laurel Run 0.93 Reduced 020502020306 Spring Run 1.13 Intact 020502020310 Hicks Run 0.94 Reduced 020502020311 Mix Run 1.19 Intact 020502020312 Lower Bennett Branch Sinnemahoning Creek 1.13 Intact 020502020403 Upper First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek 0.96
  • Susquehanna River Management Plan

    Susquehanna River Management Plan

    SUSQUEHANNA RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN A management plan focusing on the large river habitats of the West Branch Susquehanna and Susquehanna rivers of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Bureau of Fisheries Division of Fisheries Management 1601 Elmerton Avenue P.O. Box 67000 Harrisburg, PA 17106-7000 Table of Contents Table of Contents List of Tables ............................................................................................................................... .ii List of Appendix A Tables ...........................................................................................................iii List of Figures .............................................................................................................................v Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................... viii Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................ix 1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................1 2.0 River Basin Features .......................................................................................................5 3.0 River Characteristics ..................................................................................................... 22 4.0 Special Jurisdictions .....................................................................................................
  • 2021 CBPO Grant Guidance Attachment 18__Dec2020

    2021 CBPO Grant Guidance Attachment 18__Dec2020

    Attachment 18 (Page 1 of 16) Most Effective Basins Funding Allocations Rationale December 2020 In the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Appropriations Conference Report, an increase to the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP) Budget was provided in the amount of $6 million for “state-based implementation in the most effective basins.” This document describes the methodology EPA followed to establish the most effective use of these funds and the best locations for these practices to be implemented to make the greatest progress toward achieving water quality standards in the Chesapeake Bay. The most effective basins (MEBs) to reduce the effects of excess nutrient loading to the Bay were determined considering two factors: cost effectiveness and load effectiveness. Cost effectiveness was considered as a factor to assure these additional funds result in state-based implementation of practices that achieve the greatest benefit to water quality overall. It was evaluated by looking at what the jurisdictions have reported in their Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans (WIPs) as the focus of their upcoming efforts, and by looking at the average cost per pound of reduction for BMP implementation by sector. Past analyses of cost per pound of reduction have shown that reducing nitrogen is less costly by far than reducing phosphorus1. Based on that fact, EPA determined that the focus of this evaluation would be to target nitrogen reductions in the watershed. Evaluating the load reduction targets in all the jurisdictions’ Phase III WIPs shows that the agricultural sector is targeted for 86 percent of the overall reductions identified to meet the 2025 targets collectively set by the jurisdictions.

  • Getting to Know Your Streams and Stream Program Delaware County, NY

    Getting to Know Your Streams and Stream Program Delaware County, NY Prepared by: Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District in partnership with New York City Department of Environmental Protection Contact Information: Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District Stream Management Program 44 West Street, Suite 1 Walton, NY 13856 607-865-5223 Phone 607-865-5335 Fax Staff: Larry Underwood, Executive Director Graydon Dutcher, Stream Program Coordinator Ben Dates, Stream Program Engineer Gale Neale, Stream Program Engineer Jeff Russell, Stream Program Technician Jessica Patterson, Stream Program Technician Mike Coryat, Stream Program Technician Catherine Skalda, Catskill Streams Buffer Initiative Coordinator Jay Dinga, Data Budget Specialist Table of Content Introduction to Streams ........................................................................................... 1 Introduction to Floodplains ...................................................................................... 6 Highway/Public Utility Infrastructure Influence ............................................................. 7 Residential and Commercial Development Influence ..................................................... 9 Agricultural Influence .................................................................................................... 10 Introduction to Riparian Buffer ................................................................................ 11 Healthy Riparian Systems .............................................................................................

  • SUNY, College at Oneonta the Geomorpbology of East-Central New

    A-5 GLACIAL MORPHOLOGY OF UPPER SUSQUEllAJlNA DRAINAGE P . Jay Fleisher SUNY , College at Oneonta INTRODUCTION The geomorpbology of east-central New York State reveals the cumulati ve erosional effects of multiple glacial events. but the deposits of only the last ice sheet are known . Evidence for pre-Wisconsin glaciation has long been recognized along the glacial limit in Pennsylvania and from isolated and widely spaced localities in New York. However, the glacieJ. chronology of the eastern Appalachian Plateau is confined to subdivis ions of the Wisconsin Glaciation as displayed in the landforms and stratigraphy. Those factors that influenced glacier pulses , floW' regime. and ice- marginal activity were widely variable across New York State, resulting in problems of correlation and chronology . In spite o~ this, a compre­ hensive picture has been developed through the combined efforts of many contributors who have concentrated on specific areas~ drainages, and problems. Within tbe area of the upper Susquebanna drainage are the depos its of mid-Wisconsin to late Wisconsin deglaciation . A characteristic • assemblage of depositional landforms const i tutes the valley f l oor morphology and r epresents a par ticular envir onment of deglacial processes. The valley wa.1.ls and divides are , for the most part, examples of the combined effects of erosional and depositional conditions of a different glacial environment. The emphasis of thi s report will be to consider the glacier environments of deposition as represented by the landforms and their stratigraphy. The area under consideration lies within Otsego County. along the upper reaches of the Susquehanna River from Wells Bridge to Otsego Lake.