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Piseco Lake

Coordinates: 43°24′42″N 74°32′47″W / 43.4116396°N 74.5463869°W / 43.4116396; -74.5463869
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Piseco Lake
Piseco Lake is located in New York Adirondack Park
Piseco Lake
Piseco Lake
Location within New York
Piseco Lake is located in the United States
Piseco Lake
Piseco Lake
Piseco Lake (the United States)
LocationHamilton County, New York,
United States
Coordinates43°24′42″N 74°32′47″W / 43.4116396°N 74.5463869°W / 43.4116396; -74.5463869[1]
Primary inflowsFall Stream, Cold Stream, Mill Stream, Warner Brook,
Sheriff Lake Outlet
Primary outflowsPiseco Outlet
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area2,849 acres (11.53 km2)[1]
Average depth58 feet (18 m)
Max. depth125 feet (38 m)
Surface elevation1,660 feet (510 m)[1]
Islands2
SettlementsPiseco, New York

Piseco Lake is located in Hamilton County, New York, near the hamlet of Piseco in the Adirondack Mountains. The outflow is Piseco Outlet, which flows into the West Branch Sacandaga River.[2] In the early 1800s Joshua Brown, who was a surveyor in the area, named the lake after a Native American named "Pezeeko" who lived on the lake.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Piseco Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  2. ^ "speculator region". Speculatorchamber.com. Speculator chamber. 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2017. data
  3. ^ "piseco lake". Pisecolake.org. piseco lake. 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2017. data