The Hudson River, at the point of intake, has a drainage area of 8240 square miles. Of this, 4541 square miles are tributary to the Hudson above Troy, 3493 are tributary to the Mohawk, and 168 are tributary to the Hudson below the Mohawk. The minimum flow may be estimated at 1657 cubic feet per second, or 1,060,000,000 gallons per 24 hours, or at least fifty times the maximum consumption. The cities and larger towns upon the river above the intake, with estimated populations and distances, are as follows: MOST IMPORTANT CITIES, TOWNS, AND VILLAGES ON THE WATERSHED OF THE HUDSON ABOVE ALBANY. ------------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------- | |Approximate| Population in Place. | County. | Distance +--------+-------+------------ | | above | 1880. | 1890. | 1900. | | Intake, | | | | | Miles. | | |(Estimated.) ------------+-----------+-----------+--------+-------+------------ Troy |Rensselaer | 4 | 56,747 | 60,956| 65,470 Watervliet |Albany | 4 | 8,820 | 12,967| 19,040 Green Island|Rensselaer | 5 | 4,160 | 4,463| 4,788 Cohoes |Albany | 8 | 19,416 | 22,509| 26,450 Lansingburg |Rensselaer | 8 | 7,432 | 10,550| 14,980 Waterford |Saratoga | 9 | (1,822)| 1,822| (1,822) Schenectady |Schenectady| 28 | 13,655 | 19,002| 26,450 Hoosic Falls|Rensselaer | 44 | 4,530 | 7,014| 10,860 Amsterdam |Montgomery | 44 | 9,466 | 17,336| 31,730 Glens Falls |Warren | 49 | 4,900 | 9,509| 18,450 Saratoga |Saratoga | 51 | 8,421 | 11,975| 17,010 Springs | | | | | Johnstown |Fulton | 56 | 5,013 | 7,768| 12,040 Gloversville|Fulton | 58 | 7,133 | 13,864| 26,930 North Adams,| | | | | Mass. |Berkshire | 68 | 10,191 | 16,074| 25,340 Adams, Mass.|Berkshire | 75 | 5,591 | 9,213| 15,181 Little Falls|Herkimer | 82 | 6,910 | 8,783| 11,160 Utica |Oneida | 107 | 33,914 | 44,007| 57,090 Rome |Oneida | 127 | 12,194 | 14,991| 18,430 32 villages | | | 52,523 | 61,869| 76,194 ------------+-----------+-----------+--------+-------+------------ Total, not including rural | | | population |272,838 |354,672| 479,415 Per square mile | 33 | 43| 59 ------------------------------------+--------+-------+------------