PLATTE KILL SUB-BASIN
The Platte Kill watershed is located within three different townships in Delaware County: Middletown, Andes, and a small portion of Delhi. New Kingston is the only population center in this sub-basin. The drainage area of the Platte Kill is approximately 35.36 square miles and the mainstem is 12.1 stream miles from the headwaters to the confluence with the East Branch Delaware River mainstem.
NYS Route 28 and County Route 6 junction - NYCDEP lands
The Platte Kill mainstem is a fifth order stream. There are 7 major tributaries that enter the mainstem in addition to the unnamed tributaries: Jones Hollow, Canada Hollow, Bryants Brook, Weaver Hollow, Sanford Hollow, Winter Hollow, and Thomas Hollow. The Platte Kill is primarily a C stream type with some B sections in the headwaters. The confinement ratio shows that the valley is generally broad to very broad with a few sections that are narrow. The land is predominately forested with some agricultural fields. The average annual rainfall in the watershed is predominately in the range of 35-30 inches/year with a couple of areas in the headwaters that experience 39-41 inches/year.
CLICK HERE to access the Platte Kill portion of the EAST BRANCH DELAWARE STREAM MANAGEMENT PLAN
EXISTING RECREATIONAL ACCESS
NYCDEP owns/maintains many access points along the Platte Kill (between New Kingston and Dunraven). It is up to us to do a better job promoting them!
Existing and Existing (but limited) – data forthcoming
Potential – forthcoming
Where are the access points maintained by NYCDEP?. I have driven the entire length of the Platte Kill and all lands along it and its branches appear to be posted. Along the few spots without posted signs every 50 feet I’d be walking through someone’s front and backyard to access the Kill..
John,
Brook Road – http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/maps/Brook_Road.pdf
Trow Bridge – http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/maps/Trow_Bridge.pdf
Alpaca Ridge – http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/maps/Alpaca_Ridge.pdf
Thanks for the three maps of access points along the Platte Kill.