Nowadaga Creek

Summary

Nowadaga Creek is a river in Herkimer County in the state of New York. The basin drains portions of the towns of Danube, Stark, and Little Falls, as well as a small portion of the town of Warren, in southern Herkimer County before converging with the Erie Canal in Indian Castle, New York. The drainage basin is approximately 49 percent forested. The creek has an average slope of 1.7 percent over its entire stream length of 10.0 miles. On a 1790 land patent map it is spelled "Inchanando Creek".[3]

Nowadaga Creek
Nowadaga Creek with tributary waterfall in background
Nowadaga Creek is located in New York Adirondack Park
Nowadaga Creek
Location of the mouth of Nowadaga Creek
Nowadaga Creek is located in the United States
Nowadaga Creek
Nowadaga Creek (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
RegionCentral New York
CountyHerkimer
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth-northeast of Paines Hollow
 • coordinates42°58′33″N 74°53′09″W / 42.9759045°N 74.8857073°W / 42.9759045; -74.8857073[1]
 • elevation558 ft (170 m)
MouthErie Canal
 • location
Indian Castle
 • coordinates
43°00′35″N 74°46′25″W / 43.0097934°N 74.7734812°W / 43.0097934; -74.7734812[1]
 • elevation
325 ft (99 m)[1]
Basin size31.4 sq mi (81 km2)[2]
Basin features
ProgressionNowadaga Creek → Erie Canal → Mohawk RiverHudson RiverUpper New York Bay
Tributaries 
 • rightOhisa Creek

Geology edit

 
Mouth of Nowadaga Creek at Erie Canal

Nowadaga Creek flows over a bedrock bed for much of its length and, therefore, is not subject to alluvial processes as seen in many similarly sized river basins. Despite its natural and relatively undeveloped setting, for much of its length the creek lacks a well- developed natural floodplain. In many areas along the creek, the bedrock channel is disintegrating, and pieces of stone that originate from the channel bed are conveyed downstream and deposited in lower velocity reaches of the channel, contributing to debris jams, avulsions, and flooding.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Nowadaga Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "USGS 0134690005 Nowadaga Creek at mouth at Indian Castle NY". usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "Inchanando creek". historicmapworks.com. historicmapworks.com. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. ^ "Emergency Transportation Infrastructure Recovery Water Basin Assessment and Flood Hazard Mitigation Alternatives - Nowadaga Creek - Herkimer County, New York" (PDF). cornell.edu. Milone & MacBroom, Inc. April 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 5, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.