Muscoot Reservoir
Muscoot Reservoir | |
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Muscoot Reservoir | |
Location | Westchester County, New York |
Coordinates | 41°16′10″N 73°42′25″W / 41.2694°N 73.7070°WCoordinates: 41°16′10″N 73°42′25″W / 41.2694°N 73.7070°W |
Type | reservoir |
Catchment area | 76 sq mi (200 km2) |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 1,263 acres (511 ha)[1] |
Max. depth | 30 ft (9.1 m)[1] |
Shore length1 | 30.5 mi (49.1 km)[1] |
Surface elevation | 200 ft (61 m)[1] |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
The Muscoot Reservoir is a reservoir in the New York City water supply system in northern Westchester County, New York, located directly north of the village of Katonah. Part of the system's Croton Watershed, it is 25 miles (40 kilometres) north of the City. It was constructed at the beginning of the 19th century by impounding the Croton River, a tributary of the Hudson River.
The reservoir was once much smaller, but the other side of the original dam was intentionally flooded to make the reservoir bigger, when a new dam was built downstream. The original dam is still standing, and divides the reservoir in two.[citation needed]
During construction, the New York Central Railroad moved Bridge L-158 from the Rondout Creek near Kingston to carry its Mahopac Branch across a section of the reservoir near Goldens Bridge. It remains today even though service on the branch ended in 1960. In 1978 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the only remaining double-intersection Whipple truss railroad bridge in the state.
The reservoir was completed in 1905[2] and serves as the main collecting point for all the reservoirs in the Croton Watershed (except for the New Croton Reservoir, which later receives its water). It is almost 8 miles (almost 13 km) long, can hold up to 4.9 billion US gallons (19,000,000 m3) of water at full capacity, and has a 76 square mile (121.6 km²) drainage basin.[2]
Water from the Muscoot Reservoir flows down the balance of the Muscoot River, then enters the Croton River to flow into the New Croton Reservoir. From there it enters the New Croton Aqueduct and flows south into the Jerome Park Reservoir in The Bronx.[2] Water from the Croton Aqueduct is distributed within the City to parts of The Bronx, Manhattan, and western Queens.
Fish species found in the reservoir include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, brown bullhead, common carp, black crappie, yellow perch, chain pickerel, sunfish, brown trout, and rainbow trout.[1]
See also[]
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- List of reservoirs and dams in New York
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Muscoot Reservoir". Department of Environmental Conservation New York State. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Muscoot". The City of New York. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
External links[]
- Reservoirs in Westchester County, New York
- Croton Watershed
- Reservoirs in New York (state)
- Protected areas of Westchester County, New York
- Somers, New York