Silver Lake (Wyoming County, New York)

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Silver Lake
Location Wyoming County, New York,
United States
Coordinates 42°41′40″N78°1′59″W / 42.69444°N 78.03306°W / 42.69444; -78.03306 Coordinates: 42°41′40″N78°1′59″W / 42.69444°N 78.03306°W / 42.69444; -78.03306 [1]
Primary inflows Silver Lake Inlet
Primary outflows Silver Lake Outlet
Basin  countriesUnited States
Surface area836 acres (3.38 km2) [2]
Average depth17 feet (5.2 m)
Max. depth37 feet (11 m)
Shore length17.4 miles (11.9 km)
Surface elevation1,352 feet (412 m)
Settlements Perry, New York
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Silver Lake is a lake located by Perry, New York.

Silver Lake is one of several smaller lakes in the region (e.g. Waneta, and Lamoka lakes). Silver Lake is west of Conesus Lake, and would seem to qualify as a Finger Lake because it is in the Great Lakes watershed.

Fish species present in the lake are black bullhead, northern pike, largemouth bass, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, yellow perch, black crappie, rock bass, and walleye. There is state owned public access with hard surface ramp on the southwest shore at Silver Lake State Park. [3]

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References

  1. "Silver Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved Jan 15, 2021.
  2. "silver lake". dec.ny.gov. NYSDEC. 1998. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. Sportsman's Connection (Firm) (2011-01-01), Western Adirondacks New York fishing map guide: includes lakes & streams for the following counties: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Cortland, Erie, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Niagara, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates., Sportsman's Connection, ISBN   978-1-885010-63-6, OCLC   986498446