| Hinckley Lake | |
|---|---|
 Hinckley Dam in 1921 | |
  Hinckley Lake Location within New York  Hinckley Lake Hinckley Lake (the United States) | |
| Location | Herkimer County, Oneida County, New York |
| Coordinates | 43°19′58″N 75°04′27″W / 43.3326430°N 75.0741733°W[1] |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | West Canada Creek Black Creek |
| Primary outflows | West Canada Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Surface area | 2,707 acres (10.95 km2)[1] |
| Average depth | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Max. depth | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Water volume | 25.8 billion US gallons (0.098 km3) |
| Surface elevation | 1,224 ft (373 m)[1] when full |
| Settlements | Hinckley, New York, Utica, New York |
Hinckley Lake is located by Hinckley, New York. Originally dammed up to supply water to the Erie Canal, the lake provides municipal water supply to 130,000 people in the greater Utica, New York area, is a source of hydropower, and supports recreation during all seasons. The lake is located in the towns of Russia in Herkimer County, and Remsen in Oneida County. This body of water is one of many man made lakes in the Upstate NY region. Its sister lake is Delta Lake, also dammed up to supply water to the Erie Canal.
Gregory B. Jarvis Plant is named in honor of Gregory Jarvis, a 41-year-old payload specialist from the Mohawk Valley who was killed aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986. This 9,000-kW facility began operation in June of that year. The plant is located about 20 miles (32 km) from Mohawk Central High School, where Jarvis graduated in 1963.[2]
- ^ a b c "Hinckley Reservoir". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ www.nypa.gov Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine