David Diaz (& all),
That's a great map of the Cayuga Lake Watershed, but it differs from the 1925 map Wiegand & Eames drew of the Cayuga Lake Basin, and the David Cup adopted, in several important respects:
* W&E included south-flowing drainage toward the Seneca River and Erie Canal, so that the Basin has always traditionally included the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (the National Wildlife Refuge, Howland Island & other DEC lands, the Montezuma Audubon Center, some TNC land, private mucklands...). This is the biggest functional difference for birders.
* In the northwest part of the Cayuga Lake Watershed ("Seneca River Area"), W&E did not include the north-flowing Kendig Creek, thus the Basin boundary goes north to the Seneca River about a mile west of Waterloo (I cannot explain this, but it is plainly seen on their map). The Basin then uses the the Seneca River as the boundary westward to Packwood Corners, then goes west and north to include Black Brook as shown on the Watershed map. However, the Basin also goes farther north to include the Junius Ponds (including Burnett Pond) and the northward drainage via Pond Brook to the Erie Canal. The Basin includes all drainage, both northward and southward, into the Erie Canal east of a point about a mile and a half downstream of the Village of Lyons, thus including another small north-flowing stream west of Pond Brook. (Excluded, however, is a south-flowing creek whose name I don't know, just east of the Village of Lyons.) This is a lot of land which birders aren't famous for using, but it does include the famous flock of Wood Storks from late summer of 2001 around Clyde.
* To the northeast of the Cayuga Lake Watershed, the Basin includes Crane Brook, thus all land which does not flow directly east into Owasco Lake, and even some western outskirts of the City of Auburn. The Basin does not include the Owasco Outlet and its tributaries, except for downstream of NYS-38, thus allowing basin birders to include the length of Howland Island Road as they approach the pedestrian-only iron bridge access to the island. (Port Byron, however, is out!) The Basin Boundary then goes east, bending north to cross the Seneca River/Erie Canal close to the intersection of Emerson and Smith Roads north of Weedsport, thus just including River Forest Park and a substantial rather triangular island to the north in the Seneca River. The Basin boundary includes all south-flowing drainage into the Seneca River this far east, thus encompassing Stark Pond, Mud Pond (the one in the Town of Conquest), and Duck Lake. Excluded are Parker Pond and Otter Lake. Streams flowing north directly to Lake Ontario are out, such as Sterling Creek, Little Sodus Creek, Red Creek, Wolcott Creek (and Millpond), Mudge Creek, Sodus Creek, Third Creek, and Second Creek.
That's a great map of the Cayuga Lake Watershed, but it differs from the 1925 map Wiegand & Eames drew of the Cayuga Lake Basin, and the David Cup adopted, in several important respects:
* W&E included south-flowing drainage toward the Seneca River and Erie Canal, so that the Basin has always traditionally included the Montezuma Wetlands Complex (the National Wildlife Refuge, Howland Island & other DEC lands, the Montezuma Audubon Center, some TNC land, private mucklands...). This is the biggest functional difference for birders.
* In the northwest part of the Cayuga Lake Watershed ("Seneca River Area"), W&E did not include the north-flowing Kendig Creek, thus the Basin boundary goes north to the Seneca River about a mile west of Waterloo (I cannot explain this, but it is plainly seen on their map). The Basin then uses the the Seneca River as the boundary westward to Packwood Corners, then goes west and north to include Black Brook as shown on the Watershed map. However, the Basin also goes farther north to include the Junius Ponds (including Burnett Pond) and the northward drainage via Pond Brook to the Erie Canal. The Basin includes all drainage, both northward and southward, into the Erie Canal east of a point about a mile and a half downstream of the Village of Lyons, thus including another small north-flowing stream west of Pond Brook. (Excluded, however, is a south-flowing creek whose name I don't know, just east of the Village of Lyons.) This is a lot of land which birders aren't famous for using, but it does include the famous flock of Wood Storks from late summer of 2001 around Clyde.
* To the northeast of the Cayuga Lake Watershed, the Basin includes Crane Brook, thus all land which does not flow directly east into Owasco Lake, and even some western outskirts of the City of Auburn. The Basin does not include the Owasco Outlet and its tributaries, except for downstream of NYS-38, thus allowing basin birders to include the length of Howland Island Road as they approach the pedestrian-only iron bridge access to the island. (Port Byron, however, is out!) The Basin Boundary then goes east, bending north to cross the Seneca River/Erie Canal close to the intersection of Emerson and Smith Roads north of Weedsport, thus just including River Forest Park and a substantial rather triangular island to the north in the Seneca River. The Basin boundary includes all south-flowing drainage into the Seneca River this far east, thus encompassing Stark Pond, Mud Pond (the one in the Town of Conquest), and Duck Lake. Excluded are Parker Pond and Otter Lake. Streams flowing north directly to Lake Ontario are out, such as Sterling Creek, Little Sodus Creek, Red Creek, Wolcott Creek (and Millpond), Mudge Creek, Sodus Creek, Third Creek, and Second Creek.
--Dave Nutter
On Jan 28, 2014, at 12:18 AM, David Diaz <dmdia...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Regarding a map for the David Cup: Perhaps the map the Cayuga Watershed Network has could be used. It accurately depicts the Cayuga Lake watershed (and all it's sub-watersheds) Here's the link...
http://www.cayugalake.org/the-watershed.htmlDavid DiazTburg, NY
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