Silver Lake (Wyoming County, New York)
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| Location | Wyoming County, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 42°41′40″N 78°1′59″W / 42.69444°N 78.03306°W[1] |
| Primary inflows | Silver Lake Inlet |
| Primary outflows | Silver Lake Outlet |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) |
| Max. width | 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) |
| Surface area | 836 acres (3.38 km2)[2] |
| Average depth | 17 feet (5.2 m) |
| Max. depth | 37 feet (11 m) |
| Shore length1 | 7.4 miles (11.9 km) |
| Surface elevation | 1,352 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]
References
- ^ "Silver Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved Jan 15, 2021.
- ^ "silver lake". dec.ny.gov. NYSDEC. 1998. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Watersheds - NYSDEC". dec.ny.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ^ "Silver Lake Outlet at Mouth Near Mount Morris NY". waterdata.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ^ "Watersheds - NYSDEC". dec.ny.gov. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ^ 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