Adirondack Park Land Use Area Statistics

Adirondack Park Land Use Classification Acreage and Percent
by County and the Park
August 28, 2007

	Clinton	Essex	Franklin	Fulton	Hamilton	Herkimer	Lewis	Oneida	Saratoga	St. Lawrence	Warren	Washington	Park Total acres & percent
Hamlet	3051	18984	7075	3717	4819	1531		239	1250	2180	10884		53730
	0.93%	1.55%	0.96%	1.83%	0.42%	0.27%		1.44%	0.84%	0.35%	1.94%		0.92%
Moderate Intensity	7183	20281	9339	5550	12458	4746	1670	1303	6341	2518	25143	4972	101504
	2.20%	1.66%	1.27%	2.73%	1.08%	0.85%	1.01%	7.85%	4.26%	0.40%	4.49%	4.88%	1.74%
Low Intensity	31292	77576	21084	18442	28064	22738	11619	51	10296	2396	38458	8038	270054
	9.57%	6.33%	2.86%	9.07%	2.43%	4.07%	7.05%	0.31%	6.92%	0.38%	6.87%	7.88%	4.64%
Rural Use	125279	184700	132970	47993	43071	50737	40622	7248	73283	96100	170422	42096	1014521
	38.33%	15.08%	18.05%	23.61%	3.73%	9.08%	24.64%	43.69%	49.25%	15.42%	30.45%	41.29%	17.43%
Resource Management	88434	307730	271387	29275	236353	106646	49715	470	32918	322463	76328	20872	1542592
	27.06%	25.13%	36.84%	14.40%	20.44%	19.08%	30.16%	2.83%	22.12%	51.75%	13.64%	20.47%	26.50%
Industrial Use	58	6456	628		140					3927	1359		12567
	0.02%	0.53%	0.09%		0.01%					0.63%	0.24%		0.22%
Wilderness		336565	57222		444374	134781	4678			54850	62667		1095138
		27.48%	7.77%		38.43%	24.12%	2.84%			8.80%	11.20%		18.81%
Canoe Area			17627										17627
			2.39%										0.30%
Primitive	952	21715	7797		13773	122				21554	311		66224
	0.29%	1.77%	1.06%		1.19%	0.02%				3.46%	0.06%		1.14%
Wild Forest	49625	166069	167768	74834	310613	207168	51686	6552	14472	87671	127622	22354	1286433
	15.18%	13.56%	22.77%	36.82%	26.87%	37.07%	31.35%	39.49%	9.73%	14.07%	22.81%	21.93%	22.10%
Intensive Use	337	6659	1763	303	2219	1512			5	273	6397	280	19747
	0.10%	0.54%	0.24%	0.15%	0.19%	0.27%			0.00%	0.04%	1.14%	0.27%	0.34%
Historic		530											530
		0.04%											0.01%
State Administrative	729	341	427		118					10	37		1661.3
	0.22%	0.03%	0.06%		0.01%					0.00%	0.01%		0.03%
Pending Classification	443	352	370	8	1379	543	292	1	245	660	57		4349
	0.14%	0.03%	0.05%	0.00%	0.12%	0.10%	0.18%	0.01%	0.16%	0.11%	0.01%		0.07%
Water	19449	76614	41235	23118	58790	28345	4579	727	9992	28476	39918	3337	334580
	5.95%	6.26%	5.60%	11.37%	5.08%	5.07%	2.78%	4.38%	6.71%	4.57%	7.13%	3.27%	5.75%
County Total Acreage	326832	1224570	736691	203240	1156171	558869	164862	16591	148802	623077	559603	101949	5821257
County as % of Park	6%	21%	13%	3.5%	20%	10%	2.8%	0.3%	2.6%	11%	10%	1.8%
% County as Private	78.11%	50.28%	60.06%	51.65%	28.10%	33.35%	62.86%	56.12%	83.39%	68.95%	57.65%	74.53%
% County as State Land	15.94%	43.46%	34.34%	36.97%	66.81%	61.58%	34.37%	39.50%	9.89%	26.48%	35.22%	22.20%

Parkwide acreage totals as of August 2007:	Private	2,994,968	51.45%
	State	2,491,709	42.80%
	Water	334,580	5.75%
	Total Park	5,821,257

These statistics were generated from the Adirondack Park Agency Land Classification geographic information system database.
Although acreage figures are shown to one acre accuracy, the geographic information used for area calcuations is approximate. Base map features such as roads, surface water, and municipal boundaries are mapped at one inch equals two thousand feet. Parcel boundaries are derived from County Real Property Tax Map data, Department of Environmental Conservation Real Property data and Department of Transportation base maps. These data are used for regional planning purposes.
County acreage totals represent the portion of the county within the Adirondack Park. Only Essex and Hamilton counties are wholly within the Adirondack Park.
More information about land use area classifications can be found in the Adirondack Park Agency Act (pdf 294kb) and the State Land Master Plan (pdf 440kb). In addition, see descriptions of private and state land use classifications at www.apa.ny.gov.