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Appendix C-1b • Sucker Brook - discharges to Lake Quonnipaug • Quonnipaug Pond - (common name for swampy northern end of Lake Quonnipaug); flows under Route 77 to Lake Quonnipaug • Lake Quonnipaug - (major recreational water body); outlet at southern end begins the West River • Schoolhouse Brook - (flows through ravine along Hemlock Avenue); discharges to West River • Baldwin Dudley Pond - (bisected by Ledge Hill Road) • Ivy Swamp - drains to West River • Unnamed swamp and stream - drain to Endres Pond • Endres Pond - outlets to Spinning Mill Brook • Thirsty Lake - outlets to West River • Witch Hazel Mill Pond - an impoundment of West River • Bishops Pond - outlets to unnamed brook west of Cox Elementary School, which drains to West River • Town Millpond - an impoundment of a branch of the West River • Spinning Mill Brook - discharges to West River (at Long Hill Road near Route 1) • West River and West River Tidal Marshes - discharge to Guilford Harbor, part of the Sound East River Basin (#5108) - half this basin lies within Guilford and half within Madison. • Little Meadow Brook - (headwaters begin just over the Madison line); (public water supply watershed area); drains south, diverted to SCCRWA Genesee Tunnel Aqueduct; ... undiverted flow continues south, discharging to Capello Pond • Hall Lot Brook - (parallels Hoop Pole Road, to the east); joins Little Meadow Brook • Kelsey Pond - an impoundment of Hall Lot Brook • Malley’s Pond - (just south of Route 80); an impoundment of Little Meadow Brook • Iron Stream - (headwaters in Madison); discharges to Laurel Lake (northern-most Guilford Lake) • Maupus Pond - (west side of Maupus Road)-drains via unnamed stream to third Guilford Lake • Two unnamed ponds - (west side of Maupus Road) • Guilford Lakes - a lake system which drains south from Laurel Lake, to Middle Lake, to Lower Lake; outlet drains south to Capello Pond • Capello Pond - (in Nut Plains); outlet begins the East River • Three unnamed ponds - (former gravel pits); drain to East River • Old Scroggie Pond - (east side of Clapboard Hill Road); outlets south via unnamed stream to East River marshes • East River - (a freshwater-brackish-tidal river; near I-95, a segment of river forms Guilford/Madison boundary line); (original drainage altered by Amtrak construction) basin boundary is the Amtrak bed (south of this point river and marshes flow directly into Sound, part of the South Central Shoreline Basin - see below) Neck River Basin (#5107) - small section of basin lies within Guilford. Majority of basin flows through Madison, discharging to the East River at the town line at Grass Island. • Neck River - (river segment from Podunk Road area to Opening Hill Road just south of Gould’s Pond; river forms town boundary between Guilford and Madison here; headwaters and balance of river lie in Madison; discharges to East River at town line at Grass Island) • Gould’s Pond - (bisected by town line); an impoundment of Neck River Sluice Creek Basin (#5109) - basin lies entirely within Guilford. • Unnamed stream - drains freshwater marsh (west of Goose Lane) to the south • Unnamed stream - (draining area to the west); joins above stream Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment Town of Guilford, CT
• Unnamed stream - flows under Route 1 and Route 146 to tidal marsh (just east of Leete Elementary School) • Sluice Creek - (headwaters just west of Fairgrounds); discharges to Guilford Harbor, part of the Sound • Unnamed pond - drains to tidal marsh, and hence, to confluence with Sluice Creek South Central Coast Major Basin (#5) /South Central Shoreline (#50) (The latter division is a regional grouping of a series of small local coastal sub-basins from Milford to Old Saybrook that drain directly - primarily overland - to the Sound.) South Central Shoreline Basin (#5000) - (only overland areas and water bodies within Guilford are listed for this sub-basin.) • East River (lower, tidal stretch) - discharges to Guilford Harbor, part of the Sound • Guilford Point area - drains to Sound • Mulberry Point area - drains to Sound • Long Cove - drains to Indian Cove, part of the Sound • Indian Point area - drains to Sound • Sachem Head area - drains to Sachem Head Harbor and the Sound • Beattie Pond - (lies between Amtrak bed and Route 146) • Lost Lake (a tidal marsh) - drains to Great Harbor Marsh • Great Harbor Marsh (and “The Sluice”) - drain to Joshua Cove, part of the Sound • Leetes Island - drains to Sound • Leetes Island Tidal Marsh - drains to Island Bay, part of the Sound • Wolf Swamp - drains south to Towner Swamp • Kneuer Pond (near Guilford/Branford town line, southern side of Route 1); drains west into Branford, then east into Guilford, to Towner Swamp • Towner Swamp - drains to Hoadley Creek • Hoadley Creek - drains to Sound • Hoadley Neck area - drains to Sound Natural Resource Inventory and Assessment Town of Guilford, CT C-1c Appendix
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TOWN OF GUILFORD, CONNECTICUT Natur
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TOWN OF GUILFORD Natural Resource I
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Acknowledgments The Conservation Co
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Introduction What are natural resou
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INTRODUCTION 1 Orthophoto 2 Land Us
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ACRONYMS Acronyms used in this docu
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Section A. GEOLOGY A.1 Introduction
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of us give much thought. The reason
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former river delta. This material,
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A.9 Summary Guilford’s geological
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Section B. COAST B.1 Introduction S
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oysters and clams are raised in upw
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Mammals: Mink, deer, raccoon, otter
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Habitat destruction Before passage
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Section C. FRESHWATER C.1 Introduct
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Fishes: largemouth bass (non-native
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Floodplains are low-lying areas tha
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evaluation of current designated ar
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Section D. Uplands D.1 Definition a
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Black oak, red oak, and white oak d
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Traprock Ridges This ecosystem is r
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Invasive plants in Guilford’s upl
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Page 49 and 50: Timberlands The approximately 600-a
Page 51 and 52: Endnotes 1 For statutory definition
Page 53 and 54: Section F THE DARK NIGHT SKY F.1 In
Page 55 and 56: Section G NATURAL SCENIC RESOURCES
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Page 59 and 60: G.4 Summary Guilford’s scenic res
Page 61 and 62: Section H OPEN SPACE H.1 Introducti
Page 63 and 64: the Scenic Roads Advisory Committee
Page 65 and 66: • State of Connecticut’s Guilfo
Page 67 and 68: Town of Guilford, Planning and Zoni
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Page 71 and 72: particularly in North Guilford, are
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Page 81 and 82: GAPS Areas for Future Study and Con
Page 83 and 84: Afterword Future Considerations As
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Page 87 and 88: APPENDIX B-1 Guilford Coastal Data
Page 89 and 90: APPENDIX B-2 Natural Resource Inven
Page 91 and 92: Natural Resource Inventory and Asse
Page 93 and 94: APPENDIX B-4 Quick Facts About Long
Page 95: APPENDIX C-1 Listing of Guilford’
Page 99 and 100: APPENDIX C-2 Wetland Soil Categorie
Page 101 and 102: APPENDIX C-3 Water Protection Agenc
Page 103 and 104: APPENDIX D-1 Birds of Guilford, Con
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Page 111 and 112: Appendix D-2 Natural Resource Inven
Page 113 and 114: APPENDIX E-1 Agricultural Products
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Page 123 and 124: GPA’s Favorite Scenes and Places
Page 125 and 126: APPENDIX G-2 a Natural Resource Inv
Page 127 and 128: APPENDIX G-2b Natural Resource Inve
Page 129 and 130: APPENDIX G-3 Guilford’s Town Owne
Page 131 and 132: APPENDIX G-4 Guilford’s Notable T
Page 133 and 134: APPENDIX H-1 A Compilation of Guilf
Page 135 and 136: APPENDIX H-2a Metacomet Ridge Conse
Page 137 and 138: APPENDIX H-3 Public Act 490 Prefere
Page 139 and 140: APPENDIX I-1 Recreational Facilitie
Page 141: APPENDIX J-1 Benefits of Buffer by
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