This map depicts features within Orange County that are used as sources of drinking water. Water supply watersheds were created by the Orange County Department of Planning from a 2-foot digital elevation model (DEM) provided by the NYS Office of Information Technology Services GIS Program Office. These features represent regions where streams drain into drinking water reservoirs.

This map depicts major watersheds and sub-watersheds as represented in the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Watershed Boundary Dataset (2016). Major watersheds are defined as 10-digit hydrologic unit codes and sub-watersheds are defined as 12-digit hydrologic unit codes.

The displayed data is based off major projects reviewed by the Orange County Planning Department, as per NYS General Municipal Law 239-m & n, from January 2016 through June 2021. The thresholds for each category differ based on their potential for intermunicipal or countywide impacts to traffic, water resources and/or other natural resources, as well as local knowledge for potential externalities related to the impact on intrinsic resources of the communities in which they are proposed.

This map depicts the regional trail network in Orange County and surrounding counties.