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 [1]
Primary inflows Silver Lake Inlet
Primary outflows Silver Lake Outlet
Basin  countriesUnited States
Max. length3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi)
Max. width1 kilometre (0.62 mi)
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 located near Perry, New York.

Silver Lake is the westernmost Finger Lake in New York State. Like Conesus, Hemlock, and Honeoye Lakes [3] , Silver Lake is in the Genesee River Watershed [4] , which ultimately drains into Lake Ontario [5] . Other lakes in the region, but with geologic and hydrologic differences, include Waneta and Lamoka lakes.

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. [6]

Silver Lake (Wyoming County, New York)
The twelve Finger Lakes of New York State.
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References

  1. "Silver Lake". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved Jan 15, 2021.
  2. "silver lake". dec.ny.gov. NYSDEC. 1998. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  3. "Watersheds - NYSDEC". dec.ny.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  4. "Silver Lake Outlet at Mouth Near Mount Morris NY". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  5. "Watersheds - NYSDEC". dec.ny.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  6. 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