New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter X - DIVISION OF WATER RESOURCES › Subchapter B - CLASSES AND STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND PURITY ASSIGNED TO FRESH SURFACE AND TIDAL SALT WATERS › Article 11 - MOHAWK RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN SERIES › Part 880 - WEST CANADA CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN › Section 880.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The several terms, words, or phrases hereinafter
						mentioned shall be construed as follows:
(a)
Item No.
In table I an item number is assigned to each
						specifically designated waters or portions thereof.
(b)
Waters index number
as
					 appearing in table I shall mean that number or abbreviation assigned to any
					 designated waters or portions thereof for the purpose of identification.
(1) The numbering or index system used to
					 identify specific waters of New York State was adapted from that used by the
					 New York State Conservation Department in its biological survey series of
					 reports on the watersheds of the State. The primary waters of a drainage basin,
					 such as rivers or large lakes, are usually referred to by name or abbreviation.
					 Tributaries of primary waters are consecutively numbered progressing upstream
					 from the mouth. Ponds and lakes are numbered consecutively as they are
					 encountered, such number being preceded by the letter P. Tributaries of such
					 lakes or ponds are numbered consecutively as they enter, progressing clockwise
					 around the lake or pond from its outlet or mouth. When isolated lakes and ponds
					 are referenced by a waters index number, it is merely for convenience of their
					 identification and location within a subdrainage basin, and it is not
					 necessarily indicative of their being tributary to any waters to which no
					 surface connection is shown on the reference maps.
(2) This system was applied to the basin
					 under consideration by the Conservation Department in its biological survey of
					 the Mohawk-Hudson watershed in 1934 and has been closely followed in connection
					 with the identification of the waters with the following exceptions: some of
					 the stream numbers do not run consecutively due to the omission of streams
					 originally shown on older maps employed by the Conservation Department at the
					 time of its 1934 survey, but not shown on newer maps reproduced herein.
					 Conversely, a few streams not shown on the older maps, but appearing on the
					 newer maps, are designated by the letters a, b, c etc.
(3) The system as applied to the
					 identification of waters in the West Creek drainage basin may be illustrated as
					 follows:
Waters Index
								  Number
Name
Explanation
H
Hudson River
Primary waters.
H-240
Mohawk River
The 240th tributary of the Hudson River numbered
								  consecutively upstream from the mouth.
H-240-180
West Canada Creek
The 180th tributary of the Mohawk River numbered
								  consecutively upstream from the mouth.
H-240-180-P 799
Hinckley Reservoir
The 799th pond, lake or reservoir encountered in
								  the biological survey area of the Mohawk-Hudson watershed.
H-240-180-P 799-19
Black Creek
The 19th tributary of Hinckley Reservoir numbered
								  in a clockwise direction from the mouth.