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Cornwall Natural Resources Inventory 2019 | 19 BASE MAP & AERIAL IMAGERY Map(S) Referenced: Base Map; Aerial Imagery 2007; Aerial Imagery 2016 FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION Sands Ring Homestead, built circa 1732. CHAPTERS, MAPS, AND RELATED CONTENT Base Map & Aerial Imagery Base Map Aerial Imagery 2007 Aerial Imagery 2016 Historic & Cultural Resources Historic & Cultural Resources Map Cornwall Natural Resources Inventory 2019 | 19 BASE MAP & AERIAL IMAGERY Map(s) referenced: Base Map; Aerial Imagery 2007; Aerial Imagery 2016 Why You Need This Map A Base Map depicts background reference information such as roads, landmarks, political boundaries, and landforms, onto which the other thematic information of this NRI is displayed. The Base Map also provides a visual reference of areas of residential and commercial development, as well as important municipal features. The Base Map includes the entire Town and a one-mile extension to show the resources that extend beyond the municipal borders for all maps. The Town of Cornwall has a land area of 26.65 square miles based on 2010 US Census Bureau data. Base Map The map shows both the Town of Cornwall and the Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson. The Town of New Windsor borders Cornwall to the north, the towns of Highlands and Woodbury border to the south, and the Town of Blooming Grove borders to the west. The Base Map includes key road names, route numbers, and municipal authority designations as well as other transportation infrastructure. Also included are important municipal structures and notable natural features like bodies of water and elevational topography. Transportation networks Cornwall is divided by two heavily travelled roadways, Interstate Route 87 and US (Federal) Route 9W. There are no access points in Cornwall for Route 87, but there are numerous access points for Route 9W. Some of the Route 9W access points can be considered dangerous due to the speed at which people drive and the angle of entry / exit. Roadways in Cornwall are either black topped or tarmac. In the preparation of tarmac roads, excess stone aggregate is moved to drainage ditches by moving cars. The excess stone aggregate is then transported to our streams during rain events. Cornwall’s transportation networks are listed below. • Interstate Route 87 • US (Federal) Route 9W • NY State Routes: 94, 32, and 218 (Storm King Highway) • County Roads: 20 (Orrs Mills Road), 32 (Willow Avenue), 79 (Pleasant Hill Road), and 107 (Quaker Avenue) • Regional commuter rail stations (Salisbury Mills/Cornwall) • Inactive railroad beds, which are of particular interest as potential rail trail recreation resources, are illustrated on the Zoning & Parcels Maps and found in grid sectors A2, B1, B2, and C2. Important municipal structures Cornwall’s important municipal structures are largely concentrated in the vicinity of the roadway that begins as Quaker Avenue in the Town and transitions to Main Street, continuing onto Hudson Street in the Village. Fire houses and post offices are also located in hamlets. Cornwall’s important municipal structures are listed below. Cornwall Town Hall; Cornwall-on-Hudson Village Hall Cornwall Central School District buildings 20 | Cornwall Natural Resources Inventory 2019 U.S. Post Offices St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital Town and Village police departments Town and Village fire houses and Emergency Management Services Schools and local museums Surface Water Features Surface water features in the form of waterbodies and streams are prevalent throughout Cornwall. Some streams are adjacent to roadways, while others are pristine and sourced within Cornwall’s state parks and conserved forest. Cornwall’s surface water features are listed below. • Water Bodies Beaver Dam Lake Upper Reservoir Aleck Meadow Reservoir Arthur’s Pond Sphagnum Pond Sutherland Pond Streams Moodna Creek Woodbury Creek Baby Brook Major landmarks • Municipal boundaries • Hamlets Aerial Maps: 2007 & 2016 The two Aerial Imagery Maps are also helpful for general orientation. They display two distinct views of the Town and Village eight years apart. The 2007 orthoimagery was taken using a DMC sensor flown at a nominal height of 4500 feet AMT (above mean terrain). The 2016 orthoimagery was taken using a Microsoft Ultracam Eagle sensor flown at a nominal height of 7400 feet AMT. The pixel sizes are half a foot for both natural color and color infrared images. The resolution is listed as being four feet horizontally at 95% confidence interval for true one- foot resolution. New York State started offering one-foot resolution after 2014. A comparison of the two aerial images shows very little change to the general characteristics of the Town’s development, open spaces, and forest cover between 2007 and 2016. Intermittent residential development along State Rt. 32 is the exception. Current zoning permits development of the unprotected stepping stone forest north of the intersection at Willow Avenue and Rt. 9W. Notes on the Map(s) The Base Map was noted to be missing the below listed information. Fire Engines: Highland Engine Company #1 at 1 Quaker Avenue, Cornwall, and Mountainville Engine Company #1. Return to Table of Contents Return to Foundational Information section header Cornwall Natural Resources Inventory 2019 | 21 22 | Cornwall Natural Resources Inventory 2019 A B C D E TOWN OF CORNWALL VILLAGE OF CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ORANGE COUNTY, NY Silver Str Vails Gate High Tech NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY NEW WINDSOR Magnet School 9W 1 1 McQuade Children's Services 74 Hudson River Base Map VAILS GATE DUTCHESS COUNTY Town and Village Interstate Moodna Cr PUTNAM COUNTY New York Military Academy Boundary NEW WINDSOR 87 Federal Cornwall Central St. Thomas of Canterbury School Other Municipal High School Highway Cornwall Central Middle School Cornwall-on-Hudson Elementary School Boundary Beaverdam Lake 94 BAY VIEW AVE Cornwall Elementary School State Route HUDSON ST Willow Avenue Elementary School Hamlets County Road 2 2 Water Bodies 32 QUAKER AVE ORRS MILLS RD CORNWALL-ON- Local Road WASHINGTONVILLE 20 SALISBURY MILLS HUDSON Streams WASHINGTONVILLE 107 BOULEVARD d n a C r e e k Moodna Cr TAYLOR RD o o Schools Town Hall M OTTERKILL RD Storm King School Post Offices Village Hall RESERVOIR 218 Police Station Commuter Rail Station P Firehouse e r r Hospital y 3 3 C Ambulance r Upper Reservoir e e Corps Museum k 79 Municipal Scenic MOUNTAINVILLE Aleck Meadow Reservoir B a b y B r o o k Court Overlook 27 LONG HILL RD Library MINERAL SPRINGS RD Sphagnum Pond Arthurs Pond Tamarack Pond Woodbury Cr Sutherland Pond 4 Mineral Spring Bk Bog Meadow Pond 4 BLOOMING Jims Pond HIGHLANDS GROVE 9 DATA SOURCES: United States Geological Survey, 2017; New York State Dept. of Transportation, 2017; Orange County Dept. of Planning, 2018 Creating Natural Resources Inventories (NRIs) in Orange County Mineral Spring Bk Communities is a partnership project between OCWA and Cornell University Department of Natural Resources, with funding from the Environmental Protection Fund through the New York State WOODBURY Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program. 5 5 Orange County Department of Planning B. Freiman 6/20/2018 The Orange County Water Authority and the County of Orange make no warranty whatsoever as to the accuracy or completeness of any information depicted on this map. Scale 1:50,000 Data depicted here may have been developed in cooperation with other County departments, as well as other Federal, State and Local government agencies. Popolopen Lake The County of Orange hereby disclaims liability for any loss or damage resulting from the use of the information and/or representations contained herein. 0 0.5 1 2 Miles A B C D E The Orange County Water Authority A B C D E TOWN OF CORNWALL VILLAGE OF CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ORANGE COUNTY, NY NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY 9W NEW WINDSOR Hudson River 1 1 Aerial Imagery 74 2007 DUTCHESS COUNTY PUTNAM COUNTY Municipal Boundaries 87 Town and Village Boundary HUDSON ST BAY VIEW AVE MAILLER AVE Beaverdam Lake 94 WILLOW AVE Other Municipal Boundary 2 2 Roads 32 QUAKER AVE CORNWALL-ON- ORRS MILLS RD Interstate 20 HUDSON 107 WASHINGTONVILLE BOULEVARD Federal Highway TAYLOR RD State Route OTTERKILL RD County Road RESERVOIR 218 9W 32 3 3 Upper Reservoir 79 Aleck Meadow Reservoir 27 LONG HILL RD MINERAL SPRINGS RD Sphagnum Pond Arthurs Pond Tamarack Pond Sutherland Pond 4 Bog Meadow Pond 4 BLOOMING Jims Pond HIGHLANDS GROVE 9 DATA SOURCES: United States Geological Survey, 2017; New York State Dept. of Transportation, 2017; Orange County Dept. of Planning, 2018; New York Statewide Digital Orthoimagery Program, 2016 Creating Natural Resources Inventories (NRIs) in Orange County Communities is a partnership project between OCWA and Cornell University Department of Natural Resources, with funding from the 34 Environmental Protection Fund through the New York State WOODBURY Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River Estuary Program. 5 5 Orange County Department of Planning B. Freiman 6/20/2018 The Orange County Water Authority and the County of Orange make no warranty whatsoever as to the accuracy or completeness of any information depicted on this map. Scale 1:50,000 Data depicted here may have been developed in cooperation with other County departments, as well as other Federal, State and Local government agencies. The County of Orange hereby disclaims liability for any loss or damage resulting from the Popolopen Lake use of the information and/or representations contained herein. 0 0.5 1 2 Miles A B C D E The Orange County Water Authority A B C D E TOWN OF CORNWALL VILLAGE OF CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ORANGE COUNTY, NY NATURAL RESOURCES INVENTORY 9W NEW WINDSOR Hudson River 1 1 Aerial Imagery 74 2016 DUTCHESS COUNTY PUTNAM COUNTY Municipal Boundaries 87 Town and Village Boundary HUDSON ST BAY VIEW AVE MAILLER AVE Beaverdam Lake 94 WILLOW AVE Other Municipal Boundary Roads 2 2 32 QUAKER AVE CORNWALL-ON- Interstate ORRS MILLS RD 20 HUDSON WASHINGTONVILLE 107 BOULEVARD Federal Highway State Route TAYLOR RD OTTERKILL RD County Road 9W RESERVOIR 218 32 3 3 Upper Reservoir 79 Aleck Meadow Reservoir 27 LONG HILL RD MINERAL SPRINGS RD Sphagnum Pond Arthurs Pond Tamarack Pond Sutherland Pond 9 4 Bog Meadow Pond 4 BLOOMING Jims Pond HIGHLANDS GROVE DATA SOURCES: United States Geological Survey, 2017; New York State Dept.
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