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New York (State). Dept. of State. Adirondack Park land use planning county maps.

The print version of the finding aid was compiled by Jackson McPeters, New York State Archives.

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Content Description
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Overview of the Collection

Repository:	New York State Archives
Sponsor:	Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Series Number:	A3318
Creator:	New York (State). Dept. of State.
Title:	Adirondack Park land use planning county maps.
Dates:	1973
Physical Description:	6 cu. ft. (including 17 maps): print, col. plastic film overlays; 149 x 104 cm or smaller.
Summary:	The series consists of maps produced by the Adirondack Park Agency for the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan of 1973. The maps consist of a printed base map ofeach county (sometimes done in sections) prepared by the Office of Planning Services, with an attached plastic film overlay in colors representing the various land use classifications. Additionally, wilderness areas and “primitive areas" are represented.

Arrangement

Geographical by county.

Overview

The series consists of maps produced by the Adirondack Park Agency for the Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan of 1973. Maps are included for Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties. The maps consist of a printed base map of each county (sometimes done in sections) prepared by the Office of Planning Services, with an attached plastic film overlay in colors representing the various land use classifications. Base maps are dated from May 1967 to July 1968. They car a title (county name/section), ruled scale (one inch to one mile, and some with an additional metric scale in kilometer elevation (in feet), and degrees of latitude and longitude. Statements on each tell whether they are based on the New York Coordinate System and/or the Universal Transverse Mercator System.

The plastic film overlays are done in six colors representing the various land use areas, as follows: hamlet areas brown); moderate intensity use areas (red); low intensity use areas (orange); rural use areas (yellow); resource management areas (green); and industrial use areas (purple). Additionally, diagonal lines appear to represent wilderness areas, and horizontal lines represent “primitive areas." Dotted areas are also shown, but their significance is unknown. State borders are marked in blue. The map of Washington County is missing its overlay.

Maps range in size from 95 x 94 cm to 149 x 104 cm. Each map has a typed slip attached to it identifying it as a “certified copy of the official Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map." They are stamped as filed with the Department of State, Secretary of State, 1973, and also contain notices of amendment. A statement als appears that small islands less than 10 acres are not shown on the map (these are located in the green classification areas).

Information on the text portion of the plan, its character descriptions, definitions, purposes, guidelines for development, and classification of compatible land uses can be found in the agency's plan (August 1973), available at the New York State Library.

Historical Sketch

Chapter 706 of the Laws of 1971 created the Adirondack Park Agency to ensure preservation of t Adirondack wilderness area that had been designated as the Adirondack Park in 1892. In consultation with local governments, the agency was charged to prepare and submit the plan to the legislature for approval and modification on or before January 1, 1973. The plan would apply to the entire area of the Adirondack Park, except for state owned land, and was to be submitted together with the recommendations of the agency for its implementation. The plan divides land into areas and estimates the intensity of land use (its type, character, and extent) and the development permissible within each area. The plan was approved on March 3, 1973; a certified copy was filed with the Secretary of State and facsimiles were filed with the clerk of each county and local government wholly or partially within t Adirondack Park.

Administrative Information

Processing Information
This series description was enhanced as a part of the New York State Archives Environmental History Virtual Research Collection Project, 2004. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided funding for this project.

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Corporate Names
New York (State). Dept. of StateAdirondack Park Agency (N.Y.)

Subjects
Environmental law -- New York (State)
Environmental policy -- New York (State)
Fishing -- New York (State)
Forestry -- New York (State)
Hunting -- New York (State)
Outdoor recreation -- New York (State)
Trapping -- New York (State)
Conservation of natural resources
Mountains -- New York (State)
Regional planning
Natural resources -- Economic aspects
Recreation and state
Land use -- Planning


Geographic Names
New York (State)
New York (State)
Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
Adirondack Park (N.Y.)
Clinton County (N.Y.)
Fulton County (N.Y.)
Franklin County (N.Y.)
Hamilton County (N.Y.)
Herkimer County (N.Y.)
Lewis County (N.Y.)
Oneida County (N.Y.)
St. Lawrence County (N.Y.)
Saratoga County (N.Y.)
Warren County (N.Y.)
Washington County (N.Y.)


Genre/Form
Regulations
Maps
Overlays
Land use maps


Function
Managing natural resources
Protecting natural resources
Environmental policy
Planning land use
Managing natural resources

Container List

Dates	Contents	Box	Folder
1973	Essex County (West)	1
1973	Essex County (East)	2
1973	Franklin County (South)	3
1973	Franklin County (North)	4
1973	Fulton County	5
1973	Hamilton County (South)	6
1973	Hamilton County (North)	7
1973	Herkimer County (North)	8
1973	Herkimer County (South)	9
1973	Lewis County	10
1973	Oneida County (North)	11
1973	Saratoga County	12
1973	St. Lawrence County (North East)	13
1973	St. Lawrence County (South East)	14
1973	St. Lawrence County (South West)	15
1973	Warren County	16
1973	Washington County [overlay missing]	17