State of New York peat-resource inventory. Volume II

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6145900

A comprehensive peat resource inventory of New York State has been prepared based on airphoto interpretation supported by field reconnaissance and detailed surveys of certain selected peatlands. The entire state, with the exception of the Adirondack Park and a number of other protected areas, was included in the study. A total of 872 peatlands were identified, of which 235 individual deposits were judged usable for peat mining, based on criteria presented within the text, and then mapped using airphotos. The study shows that the state has over 145,910 acres of peatland containing an estimated 336 million tons of peat (at 50% moisture content) located in deposits which may be technically mineable. However, various other factors, such as ownership, location in park or wildlife management holdings, and existing uses, may exclude some of the otherwise potential deposits from possible use. Section 1 of Volume 2 contains all the bore hole logs compiled in the field during the detailed and reconnaissance surveys. This data was not included in the main report due to bulkiness and the fact that the data can be regarded as semi-raw field information which has been used as a partial basis for the resource calculations, included in Volume 1. The details on the information codes contained in the bore hole logs are explained in Section 3, Volume 1, pages 3-6.

• Research Organization: Carlson and Sweatt - Monenco, Inc., New York (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG01-81FE05110
• OSTI ID: 6145900
• Report Number(s): NYSERDA-82-25-Vol.2; ON: DE83014379
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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