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in the village downriver that would later take his name. Millers in the Black Dirt Region clashed heavily with farmers in what were known as the Muskrat and Beaver Wars for decades afterwards, since the millers needed the water to flow freely while the farmers depended on keeping it diverted. In 1871
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In Ulster, vacationers frequented the Springtown neighborhood of New Paltz during the late 19th to early 20th century, making use of the Wallkill for recreation. Many of the larger older homes still on Springtown Road were boarding houses for these people escaping from the summer heat to the cool
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In late summer 2016, the Wallkill River Watershed Alliance, along with Riverkeeper, documented a potentially toxic large blue-green algae bloom, prompting the two groups to warn that could be harmful to people, dogs or other pets. After the samples were taken from the River, New York's
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The Wallkill tends to cross political borders much more often than it forms them, at least in New York (in New Jersey it divides several townships). Other than the brief segment that follows the Orange-Ulster line, there is only southern Orange County, where it divides the towns of
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Settlers recognized the agricultural possibilities of the Drowned Lands almost as soon as they moved in. Efforts to divert the river and create more farmland appear to have begun as early as 1760. It would take 66 years, however, before a
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At the turn of the century, a Wallkill River Task Force was formed, with representatives from both Ulster and Orange counties. From the 'Acknowledgements' of the "Wallkill River Watershed Conservation and Management Plan":
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of the region named it first the Palse River, after New Paltz. Later, when it was clear that the river continued well beyond the original New Paltz patent, it took after the
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confirmed a Harmful Algae bloom with High Levels of Toxins. Riverkeeper responded by calling on government officials to define the causes of the algae.
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at the New Jersey/New York state line. Most of the New Jersey portion is navigable by canoe. Then it is heavily diverted as it flows through the rich
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The Wallkill near floodstage in September 2006, in the National Wildlife Preserve, in Sussex County, NJ. The bridge has since been removed.
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brought heavy rainfall to the region. Heavy flooding of the river and its smaller tributaries from the
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the farmers finally won. What industry there was would be confined to Montgomery and Walden where the
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There have been several efforts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries to clean up the river.
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By that time industry was beginning to harness the river, too, as Jacob Walden established his
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One result of that Task Force's work was the drafting of a conservation and management plan.
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Dam, falls and NYSEG power station at Walden, seen here after heavy rainfall in October 2005
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to the east. Two villages, Montgomery and New Paltz, are also bounded by the river in part.
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The river is unusual because it flows north between two major south-flowing rivers, the
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Sturgeon Pool, created by impounding the Wallkill shortly before it joins the Rondout.
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U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data.
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succeeded in draining the land and making enough available to profitably cultivate.
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digs in the region. For the indigenous peoples, it was not only important for its
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In August 1955, the river experienced record-breaking flooding when hurricanes
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The Wallkill has 69 tributaries in New York alone. Thirty are named.
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in New York, two school districts take their name from the river:
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forced a number of road closures and evacuations of homes in its
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becomes more noticeable, on the way to its mouth at the Rondout.
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The broad valley of the Wallkill River nestles between the main
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Wallkill River at Gardiner, NY; average annual discharge table
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Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District, 2005,
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Draft Wallkill Watershed Conservation and Management Plan
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have been built in the past to provide power for local
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After briefly serving as the line between Orange and
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Tributary of Rondout Creek in New York and New Jersey
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resources. The river and its valley are abundant in
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After lending its name to the town of 484: 2790:Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge 1334:Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge 977:List of crossings of the Wallkill River 515:Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge 355:1,365 cu ft/s (38.7 m/s) 2808: 1357: 1015: 1013: 33:Islands in the river near Walden, NY 2841:Rivers of Sussex County, New Jersey 321:785 sq mi (2,030 km) 13: 1240: 1010: 830:Moving downriver (south to north) 469:into a small body of water called 14: 2862: 2846:Rivers of Orange County, New York 2836:Rivers of Ulster County, New York 1284: 2795:West Canada Lake Wilderness Area 2715:Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present) 961: 947: 576:is visible as it winds past the 27: 2851:Tributaries of the Hudson River 1255: 1234: 1210: 1129:. 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Rondout Creek
United States
New York
New Jersey
Counties
Ulster, NY
Orange, NY
Sussex, NJ
New Paltz, NY
Walden, NY
Montgomery, NY
Sparta, NJ
Lake Mohawk, New Jersey
Sparta
Sussex County
NJ
41°01′58″N 74°38′38″W / 41.03278°N 74.64389°W / 41.03278; -74.64389
Mouth
Rondout Creek
Rifton
Ulster County
NY
41°51′13″N 74°02′55″W / 41.85361°N 74.04861°W / 41.85361; -74.04861
Gardiner, NY
Shawangunk Kill
Papakating Creek
tributary
Hudson

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