Soft Maple Reservoir
Soft Maple Reservoir is located in New York Adirondack Park
Soft Maple Reservoir
Soft Maple Reservoir
Location within New York
Soft Maple Reservoir is located in the United States
Soft Maple Reservoir
Soft Maple Reservoir
Soft Maple Reservoir (the United States)
LocationLewis County, New York,
United States
Coordinates43°54′50″N 75°13′10″W / 43.9137849°N 75.2193231°W / 43.9137849; -75.2193231[1]
TypeReservoir
Primary inflowsBeaver River, Fish Creek
Primary outflowsBeaver River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area338 acres (1.37 km2)[1]
Average depth22 feet (6.7 m)
Max. depth63 feet (19 m)[2]
Shore length16.1 miles (9.8 km)
Surface elevation1,289 feet (393 m)[1]
Islands9
SettlementsEagle Falls, New York
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Soft Maple Reservoir is a reservoir located by Eagle Falls, New York. Fish species present in the lake are tiger muskie, white sucker, pickerel, smallmouth bass, rock bass, yellow perch, and black bullhead. There is a carry down on Soft Maple Road, on the southwest shore.[3]

Locations and tributaries

  • Engle Pond A bay of Soft Maple Reservoir, located north of the dam.
  • Soft Maple Dam Pond An 89-acre lake located west of the reservoir. It is the secondary outflow of the Soft Maple Reservoir. There is access to the pond via a small channel from Soft Maple Reservoir.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Soft Maple Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. "Soft Maple Reservoir" (PDF). dec.ny.gov. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  3. Sportsman's Connection (Firm) (2004-01-01), Western Adirondacks New York fishing map guide: includes lakes & streams for the following counties: Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Oneida, St. Lawrence., Sportsman's Connection, ISBN 1885010672, OCLC 61449593, retrieved 2017-05-02
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