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 8 - LAKE ERIE-NIAGARA RIVER DRAINAGE BASIN SERIES › Part 838 - CATTARAUGUS CREEK DRAINAGE BASIN › Section 838.3 - 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 which has been
					 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 Department of Environmental Conservation
					 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 numbers 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 Department of Environmental
					 Conservation in its biological survey of the Lake Erie-Niagara River watershed
					 in 1928 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 Department of Environmental Conservation at the time of its
					 1928 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 Cattaraugus Creek drainage basin may be
					 illustrated as follows:
Waters index
								  number
Name
Explanation
E
Lake Erie
Primary waters.
E-23
Cattaraugus Creek
The 23rd tributary of Lake Erie proceeding
								  consecutively clockwise from its outlet at the Niagara River.
E-23-48
Elton Creek
The 48th tributary entering Cattaraugus Creek
								  upstream from its mouth.
E-23-48-3
Lime Lake Outlet
The 3rd tributary entering Elton Creek upstream
								  from its mouth.
E-23-48-3-P 130
Lime Lake
The source of Lime Lake Outlet. The 130th pond,
								  lake or reservoir encountered in the biological survey area of the Lake
								  Erie-Niagara River watershed. It is located on the 3rd tributary upstream from
								  the mouth of Elton Creek.