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Community Profile: Appendix 5
Land Area, Density & Land Classification Town of Newcomb

Land Area & Density Square Miles
Total Area (Square Miles) 225.2
Land Area (Square Miles) 218.7
1990 Density
Population per Square Mile 2.5
Housing Units per Square Mile 3.3
     
Land Classification Acres Percentage
State Land 60378 42.2
Private Land 77350 54.1
Water 5354 3.7
     
Private Lands Classification
Hamlet 1402 1.8
Moderate Intensity 720 0.9
Low Intensity 3154 4.1
Rural Use 19018 24.6
Resource Management 49627 64.2
Industrial 3429 4.4
 
 
State Lands Classification
Wilderness 41028 68.0
Canoe Waters 0 0.0
Primative 7 0.0
Wild Forest 18963 31.4
Intensive Use 380 0.6
Historic 0 0.0

   
NOTE: Land Area Classifications area as of January 1986. An Amendment to the Official Adirondack Park Land Use and Development Plan Map identified 375.0 acres of Wild Forest classification which would alter figures slightly.
SOURCE:
(a) Land Area and Density: 1990 U.S. Census
(b) Land Classification, Adirondack Park Agency.

 

 

Appendix VI: Essex County Socioeconomic Profile

Appendix VII: 1990 Central Adirondacks Study Area Socioeconomic Profile

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