Goey Pond

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Goey Pond
Location of Goey Pond within New York State
Location Otsego County, New York
Coordinates 42°37′32″N74°58′27″W / 42.62556°N 74.97417°W / 42.62556; -74.97417 Coordinates: 42°37′32″N74°58′27″W / 42.62556°N 74.97417°W / 42.62556; -74.97417
Type Freshwater
Surface area35 acres (14 ha)
Max. depth47 ft (14 m)
Surface elevation1,627 feet (496 m) [1]
Settlements Milford, New York

Goey Pond or Goey's Pond (also known as Little Pond) [1] is a small lake located northwest of the Village of Milford in the Town of Hartwick in Otsego County, New York.

The pond is only accessible from one road (Goey Pond Road), which is not maintained during the winter months. No dwellings line the lake. Fish species present in the pond are largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pumpkinseed, chain pickerel, and brown bullhead. Goey Pond is 47 feet deep at its center. [2] (A natural formation, the pond was at one point dammed, which increased its depth by approximately 15 to 25 feet.) [3]

Historically, the pond was the drinking water source for the village of Milford. [3] It was first surveyed in 1965. [4] In 1967, Milford applied for a grant to extend a pipeline deeper into the pond. [5] Currently, Milford does not use Goey Pond as a water supply, but retains possession of the pond, [6] "which may be developed in the future to serve as sources of the water supply to the Village of Milford." As such, bathing, swimming, boating, fishing, and trespassing are officially prohibited at the pond. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Goey Pond". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2017-12-24.
  2. "Goey Pond Contour Map," New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Fish, Wildlife and Marine Resources: Lake Map Series: Region 4. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Cronk, Diana. "A preliminary limnological investigation of Goey Pond, Hartwick, NY, 1998," SUNY Oneonta Biological Field Station (1998).
  4. "Milford Progress Reported," The Oneonta Star (January 28, 1966), p. 53.
  5. "Milford to Vote Thursday on $50,000 FHA Water Loan," The Oneonta Star (February 15, 1967), p. 3.
  6. 1 2 "10 CRR-NY 136.5," OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, TITLE 10. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CHAPTER III. PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES, SUBCHAPTER A. MUNICIPALITIES, DISTRICTS, COMPANIES, INSTITUTIONS, PART 136. OTSEGO COUNTY, VILLAGES. Retrieved July 26, 2020.