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DRAINAGE AREAS OF NEW YORK STREAMS, BY RIVER BASINS A STREAM GAZETTEER PART I—DATA COMPILED AS OF OCTOBER 1980 by Lloyd A. Wagner U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 81-1055 Prepared in cooperation with the NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS Albany, New York 1982 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR JAMES G. WATT, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Dallas L. Peck, Director For additional information write to: U.S. Geological Survey 343 U.S. Post Office & Courthouse P.O. Box 1350 Albany, New York 12201 ii CONTENTS Page List of river basins................................................... iv Abstract............................................................... 1 Introduct ion .......................................................... 2 Acknowledgments.................................................... 2 Method of data compilation............................................. 3 Method of data presentation............................................ 3 Downstream order and station numbers................................... 4 Reference cited........................................................ 4 Gazetteer of New York streams, by river basin.......................... 24 How to use this compilation........................................ 24 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1. Map showing location of major river basins.................. 5 2. Map showing hydrologic units and drainage areas recomputed before 1980.................................... 6 3. Diagram of river section showing station-numbering system... 8 PLATE (in pocket) Plate 1. Index map of New York showing location of topographic quadrangles TABLES Table 1. U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps of New York: A. Quadrangle names, in alphabetical order B. Quadrangle names, in numerical order by map coordinates shown in plate 1. ............ iii LIST OF RIVER BASINS This gazetteer is grouped by river basins as listed below. Each basin section contains two lists: the first presents data at each site in alphabetical order by stream name; the second presents supplementary data in numerical order by U.S. Geological Survey site number (downstream order along the main stream). NORTH ATLANTIC SLOPE BASINS Page Housatonic River basin........................................... 26 Rippowam River basin............................................. 30 Mianus River basin............................................... 31 Byram River basin................................................ 32 Blind Brook basin................................................ 33 Beaver Swamp basin............................................... 34 Mamaroneck River basin........................................... 35 Hutchinson River basin........................................... 36 Bronx River basin................................................ 37 Streams on Long Island........................................... 38 Hudson River basin............................................... 46 Hudson River basin upstream from Mohawk River.................. 46 Hudson River basin—Mohawk River............................... 58 Hudson River basin from Mohawk River to mouth.................. 71 St reams on Staten Is land......................................... 104 Hackensack River basin........................................... 105 Fassaic River basin.............................................. 107 Delaware River basin............................................. 110 Susquehanna River basin.......................................... 131 Susquehanna River—Chemung River............................... 162 iv LIST OF RIVER BASINS (Continued) Page . _ BASIN Allegheny River basin. ............................................ 177 Lake Erie ........ .......... ... ................................. 190 ST. LAWRENCE RIVER MAIN STE^ Niagara River. ..................... .............................. 206 Streams Tributary to Lake Ontario from Niagara River to Genesee River. ............................................... 214 Genesae River ................................................... 224 Streams Tributary to Lake Ontario from Genesee River to Oswego River. ................................................ 247 Oswego River. ................................................... 255 Streams Tributary to Lake Ontario from Oswego River to Black River. ................................................. 302 Black River. .................................................... 309 Streams Tributary to Lake Ontario from Black River to St. Lawrence River. .......................................... 326 St. Lawrence River from head to Oswegatchie River ................. 327 Oswegatchie River. .............................................. 328 St. Lawrence River from Oswegatchie River to Grass River .......... 335 Grass River. .................................................... 336 Raque tte Ri ver .................................................. 340 St. Regis River. ................................................ 346 Salmon River. ................................................... 349 Chateaugay River. ............................................... 351 Lake Champlain (head of Richelieu River) ........................ 352 CONVERSION FACTORS AND ABBREVIATIONS The following factors may be used to convert inch-pound units of measurement in this report to the International System (SI) of metric units. Multiply inch-pound by To obtain SI units miles (mi) 1.609 kilometer (km) square mile (mi2) 2.590 square kilometer (km^) feet (ft) 3.048 x 10" 1 meter (m) VI DRAINAGE AREAS OF NEW YORK STREAMS, BY RIVER BASINS— A STREAM GAZETTEER PART 1 —DATA COMPILED AS OF OCTOBER 1980 By Lloyd A. Wagner ABSTRACT Hydrologic studies concerned with surface water require geographic data of several types, among which are stream length and size of drainage area from which runoff is contributed. This gazetteer presents all drainage-area data on New York streams that were available as of October 1980. The information is grouped by river basin, and each section consists of two lists. The first gives sites alphabetically by stream name and includes the body of water to which the stream is tributary, county in which the site is located, drainage area above the mouth, coordinates of the topographic quadrangle on the State index map, and the Geological Survey site number. The second list presents site information by U.S. Geological Survey site number (downstream order along the main stream) and includes drainage area, distance of measurement site above the mouth, and location by latitude and longitude. Data were compiled from published and unpublished sources, all of which are available for inspection at the U.S. Geological Survey in Albany, N.Y. Also included are updated values on several river basins that have been redelineated and whose drainage areas have been recomputed and retabulated since 1977. INTRODUCTION New York State has several thousand miles of rivers and more than 4,000 lakes, ponds, and reservoirs. Together these provide a vast number of recreation areas and supply large quantities of water for industry, municipal­ ities, and agriculture. In most parts of the State, these rivers and lakes constitute a major part of the local water resources. Two characteristics of the rivers and lakes that are basic to water- management planning are the drainage area above each measurement site and the number of miles from the site to the mouth. In 1977, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York State Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began a program to obtain this information on all named streams within New York and to compile it for publication. The first phase of the program entailed compilation of drainage-area and river-mile data from all files and administrative reports that were available as of October 1980; this volume presents those data as well as updated infor­ mation on several river basins that were redelineated and whose drainage areas have been recomputed and retabulated since 1977. The second phase of the proj­ ect entails compilation of river miles and drainage areas from the latest U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps. Drainage areas are to be determined for all streams with basin areas exceeding 10 mi 2 (25.9 km2), all named streams with basin areas exceeding 5 mi 2 (13.0 km^), and also at significant structures on these streams such as dams and bridges. Compilations under Phase II have been completed for five of the 15 major basins of the State; these are the Delaware, Black, Genesee, Erie-Niagara, and St. Lawrence River basins. Compilations also have been completed for about 10 percent of the small drainage areas within the Lake Ontario, Lake Champlain, and Hudson-Mohawk basins. Drainage areas yet to be completed include uncompiled areas of the partially completed basins and all of the Oswego, Allegheny, and Susquehanna River basins. Data compilations for river basins completed under Phase II are to be published as supplements to this report. Acknowledgments This study was started in 1977 and is continuing in cooperation with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the New York State Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Array Corps of Engineers. METHOD OF DATA COMPILATION Drainage divides of all streams were drawn on the latest U.S. Geological Survey topographic quadrangle maps.

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