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 876 - MOHAWK RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN › Section 876.2 - Definitions and conditions

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 number.
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
					 specifically 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 watersheds of the State. The primary waters of a drainage
					 basin, such as rivers or large lakes are usually referred to by name or an
					 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 and 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 Mohawk River 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-240-144
East Canada Creek
The 144th tributary of the Mohawk River numbered
								  from its confluence with the Hudson River.
H-240-144-13
Sprite Creek
The 13th tributary of East Canada Creek numbered
								  consecutively upstream from the mouth.
H-240-144-13-P 717
Canada Lake
The 717th pond, lake or reservoir encountered in
								  the biological survey area of the Mohawk River-Upper Hudson River
								  Watershed.
H-240-144-13-P 717-3
Irving Pond Outlet
The 3rd tributary of Canada Lake numbered in a
								  clockwise direction from the outlet.