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]
| Soft Maple Reservoir | |
|---|---|
  Soft Maple Reservoir Location within New York  Soft Maple Reservoir Soft Maple Reservoir (the United States) | |
| Location | Lewis County, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 43°54′50″N 75°13′10″W / 43.9137849°N 75.2193231°W[1] |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Beaver River, Fish Creek |
| Primary outflows | Beaver River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 338 acres (1.37 km2)[1] |
| Average depth | 22 feet (6.7 m) |
| Max. depth | 63 feet (19 m)[2] |
| Shore length1 | 6.1 miles (9.8 km) |
| Surface elevation | 1,289 feet (393 m)[1] |
| Islands | 9 |
| Settlements | Eagle Falls, New York |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Locations and tributaries edit
- 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 edit
- ^ a b c "Soft Maple Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
- ^ "Soft Maple Reservoir" (PDF). dec.ny.gov. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- ^ 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