Lake Mooney
| Lake Mooney | |
|---|---|
Lake Mooney Lake Mooney | |
| Location | Stafford County, Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°20′06″N 077°32′57″W / 38.33500°N 77.54917°W |
| Type | Man-made |
| Basin countries | United States |
| First flooded | 2014 |
| Surface area | 520 acres (210 ha) |
| Water volume | 740,600,000 cu ft (20,970,000 m3) |
| Shore length1 | 33 miles (53 km) |
| Surface elevation | 187 ft (57 m)[1] |
| Settlements | Fredericksburg |
| 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. | |
Lake Mooney formerly Rocky Pen Reservoir, is a 520 acres (210 ha) reservoir in Stafford County, Virginia.[2] The lake has 33 miles (53 km) of shore line, forty million US gallons (150,000 m3) of water enter the lake every day from the Rappahannock River. Mooney is the newest lake in Virginia.[3][1]
History
The lake was opened in 2014.[4] Lake Mooney Reservoir was named on May 29, 2015. The lake was named for Jason Mooney who was a Stafford sheriff's deputy who died in the line of work in 2007. The lake is primarily used as a long-term water supply reservoir for Stafford County, and is also available for recreation.[3] The lake is stocked with game fish and officially opened for sport fishing in July 2017.[4][5]
See also
List of lakes in the Washington, D.C. area
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lake Mooney
- ^ "Lake Mooney". dgif.virginia.gov. Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Lake Mooney Reservoir". staffordcountyva.gov. Stafford Virginia. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Stafford's 5.5 billion gallon reservoir turns five". Fredericksburg Today. 30 December 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "Lake Mooney will be open for fishing on Saturday, July 1". Potomac Local. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2020.