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Adirondack Park Land Use Classification Statistics - May 21, 2014

Land Use Classification Acreage by County within the Adirondack Park - May 2014
Land Use Classification Clinton Essex Franklin Fulton Hamilton Herkimer Lewis Oneida Saratoga St. Lawrence Warren Washington Park acres % of Park
Hamlet 3,050 19,081 7,079 3,623 4,827 1,528 0 239 1,250 2,171 10,881 0 53,728 0.92%
Moderate Intensity 7,172 20,222 9,325 4,768 12,410 4,421 1,635 1,303 5,584 2,530 25,133 4,972 99,475 1.71%
Low Intensity 31,229 76,923 21,069 17,930 27,976 22,388 11,621 42 10,199 2,457 38,537 8,038 268,409 4.61%
Rural Use 121,583 180,624 132,375 47,470 42,024 50,460 40,511 7,214 73,464 96,093 170,750 42,097 1,004,664 17.26%
Resource Management 72,329 283,585 270,014 28,890 233,065 106,295 49,717 470 32,764 322,301 76,162 20,873 1,496,465 25.71%
Industrial Use 58 6,290 628 0 136 0 0 0 0 3,927 1,359 0 12,398 0.21%
Wilderness 0 366,640 57,228 0 473,279 134,796 4,722 0 0 61,634 62,957 0 1,161,257 19.95%
Canoe Area 0 0 17,637 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17,637 0.30%
Primitive 952 8,572 7,995 0 6,130 122 0 0 0 15,111 101 0 38,984 0.67%
Wild Forest 69,609 174,655 167,806 75,167 291,569 208,597 51,977 6,588 14,471 88,091 127,325 22,354 1,298,209 22.30%
Intensive Use 337 6,680 1,764 303 5,035 1,626 0 0 5 275 6,399 280 22,704 0.39%
Historic 0 530 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 531 0.01%
State Administrative 1,045 359 357 8 152 0 0 0 0 36 46 0 2,003 0.03%
Pending Classification 33 3,749 2,189 1,967 913 273 104 34 1,081 2 30 0 10,375 0.18%
Water 19,454 76,770 41,225 23,117 58,615 28,375 4,577 727 9,988 28,462 39,937 3,337 334,584 5.75%
County Total Acreage 326,850 1,224,679 736,692 203,244 1,156,130 558,881 164,865 16,617 148,805 623,090 559,616 101,951 5,821,421  
County as % of Park 5.61% 21.04% 12.65% 3.49% 19.86% 9.60% 2.83% 0.29% 2.56% 10.70% 9.61% 1.75%    
% County as Private 72.03% 47.91%
 59.79%
 50.52%
 27.72%
 33.12%
 62.77%
 55.77%
 82.83%
 68.93%
 57.69%
 74.53%
    
% County as State Land 22.02% 45.82%
 34.61%
 38.1%
 67.21%
 61.8%
 34.45%
 39.85%
 10.45%
 26.50%
 35.18%
 22.2%
    

 

Park Pie Chart Land Classes

Park Pie Chart Basic

May 2014 Parkwide Acreage
Private Land 2,935,138 50.42%
State Land 2,551,699 43.83%
Water 334,584 5.75%
Total Park 5,821,421 100.0%

Park Pie Chart Private Land

May 2014 Park Private Land Acreage
and Percent of all Private Land
Hamlet 53,728 1.8%
Moderate Intensity 99,475 3.4%
Low Intensity 268,409 9.1%
Rural Use 1,004,664 34.2%
Resource Management 1,496,465 51.0%
Industrial Use 12,398 0.4%
All Private Land 2,935,138 100.0%

Park Pie Chart State Land

May 2014 Park State Land Acreage
and Percent of all State Land
Wilderness 1,161,257 45.5%
Canoe Area 17,637 0.7%
Primitive 38,984 1.5%
Wild Forest 1,298,209 50.9%
Intensive Use 22,704 0.9%
Historic 531 0.02%
State Administrative 2,003 0.08%
Pending Classification 10,375 0.4%
All State Land 2,551,699 100.0%

 

  • These statistics were generated from the Adirondack Park Agency Geographic Information System Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan and State Land Map database on May 21, 2014.
  • 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 several sources including County Real Property Tax Map data, Department of Environmental Conservation Real Property data and Department of Transportation base maps. Due to map scale of source information, these data are intended 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.
  • As of 2009, state lands Pending Classification that surround Great Sacandaga Lake are under the jurisdiction of the Hudson River - Black River Regulating District.
  • 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.