(From 1997 Open Space and Recreation Plan, Hamilton Open Space Working Group)
REFERENCES
The Bay Circuit Guide to Walks in Hamilton and Wenham. The Hamilton and Wenham Bay Circuit Committee. 1989.
Passport to Greenbelt: A Guide to Open Space in Essex County. Essex County Greenbelt Association, Inc. Essex, MA. 1988.
Planning for Hamilton Massachusetts, Report for Hamilton Planning Board, prepared by Charles W. Eliot, Planning Consultant, July 1965. "The Master Plan" Comprehensive General Development Plan. HCC. Charles W. Eliot, who died in 1993, was head of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a major figure in American planning. His master plan for Hamilton is a perceptive and thoughtful work and should be studied carefully by anyone interested in land use and development in the town
Zoning By-law, Town of Hamilton, adopted 1954, with amendments. Contains many provisions relevant to resource protection. See especially Sections I.A. Limitations on land subject to flooding, I.B. Limitations on ways across wetlands and floodplains, V.C. Use regulations, Conservancy District, V.D. Groundwater Protection Overlay District,V.A.12 Flexible Plan Subdivision provision, an innovative attempt to trade density for protected open space (cluster zoning).
Subdivision regulations, Hamilton Planning Board, adopted July 1955, with amendments to June 1990.
Conservation and Recreation Plan, Town of Hamilton, sponsored by the Hamilton Conservation Commission, June 1982
Conservation and Recreation Plan, Town of Hamilton, sponsored by the Hamilton Conservation Commission, August 1987.
Report on Aquifer Planning Study, Town of Hamilton, by Haley and Aldrich, Inc., May 1981. A very important information resource, both for its text and tables on Hamilton's water resources, and its maps, which the ConCom map case has large-format prints of, covering surficial geology, depth to bedrock, aquifer recharge areas, etc.
Hamilton, Massachusetts 201 Facilities Planning Study. Camp, Dresser and McKee, Inc. 1982. HCC, HPL. Valuable source on water resources and more general background information.
Metropolitan Area Planning Council, North Shore water supply protection study: Beverly, Essex, Hamilton, Manchester, Wenham. June 1988. Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 110 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108.
Inventory and analysis of current and projected water use. vol 1, Ipswich River Basin, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, by Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Division of Water Resources, June 1987.
Preliminary report relative to Round Pond, Manchester, Massachusetts, Town of Manchester, by Whitman and Howard, Inc. July, 1987.
Soil Survey of Essex County, Southern Part. USDA Soil Conservation Survey, 1983. Available from the U.S. Natural Resource Conservation Service office in Amherst. Comprehensive descriptions and tabulations of properties of soils, along with a set of 1:15840 maps of soil boundaries overlaid on aerial photographs. The areas mapped as having hydric soils are a good guide to wetlands resource areas.
The physical geography, geology, mineralogy and paleontology of Essex County, Massachesetts. Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1905. Quite out of date, of course, but still an interesting overview.
Bedrock geology of the Salem Quadrangle and vicinity, Massachusetts. P. Toulmin, 3rd, USGS Bulletin 1163-A, 1964.
Surficial Geology of the Salem Quadrangle, Mass. Robert N. Oldale, 1964, Department of the Interior, USGS Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-271. A 1:24000 scale map of the Quaternary glacial and marine deposits of part of the town, with a brief overview of the most recent million years of Hamilton geologic history.
Surficial Geology of the Ipswich Quadangle, Massachusetts. E. A. Sammel, 1963, USGS Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-189. The same, for the northeast part of town.
Surficial Geologic Map of the Georgetown Quadrangle, Essex County, Massachusetts. Norman P. Coppels, 1969, USGS Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ 850.
Minimum requirements for the subsurface disposal of sanitary sewage, State Environmental Code, Title 5. 310 CMR 15.00.
Chapter VI of the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Health. Town of Hamilton, June 1, 1982.
Nonpoint source management manual, a guidance document for municipal officials. Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, Office of Watershed Management. Revised May 1994.
Erosion & sedimentation control in site development, Massachusetts Conservation Guide, Volume I. USDA Soil Conservation Service, Amherst, MA, 1983. HCC. Erosion management recommendations for construction.
Vegetative practices in site development, Massachusetts Conservation Guide, Volume II. USDA Soil Conservation Service, Amherst, MA. HCC. Detailed planting methods for erosion management.
Guidelines for soil and water conservation in urbanizing areas of Massachusetts. USDA SCS, 1977. HCC. The predecessor to the above series, still worthwhile for its additional information on estimating runoff and soil loss.