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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
The Northern pikeminnow, Columbia River dace or colloquially Squawfish (Ptychocheilus oregonensis) is a large member of the minnow family, Leuciscidae. [2] This predatory freshwater fish is native to northwestern North America, ranging from the Nass River basin to the Columbia River basin. [ 2 ]
All reservoirs in New Jersey should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in New Jersey; See also category Lakes of New Jersey
The reservoir provided drinking water until the 1980s, when it was drained and abandoned for a larger reservoir at the Boonton Gorge. Since that time, a mini-ecosystem has taken root behind the thick, 20-foot tall stone walls: trees, wildflowers, swans, great blue heron, peregrine falcons, and at the center a 6-acre (2.4 ha) lake.
Franklin Lakes Nature Preserve is a 147 acre [1] public nature reserve located mostly within Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, with a tiny portion extending into North Haledon, New Jersey. Situated between the First and Second ridges of the northern Watchung Mountains , the preserve occupies the site of the former Haledon Reservoir, which previously ...
The lake is about 225 feet (69 m) deep, making it the deepest man-made lake in New Jersey. [6] The depth allows for lake trout to exist and other trout to exist year round. Merrill Creek Reservoir is one of two lakes in New Jersey where lake trout exist; the other is Round Valley Reservoir in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. [7]
Lake Surprise [1] is a reservoir made by Surprise Lake Dam [2] on the Blue Brook in Watchung Reservation. On the border of Berkeley Heights and Mountainside in Union County, New Jersey, the lake was created in 1845 [3] for David Felt's papermill. [4] The lake was previously known as Feltville Lake, then renamed Ackerman Lake, and renamed again ...
Splitrock, along with the nearby Boonton Reservoir, provides water for Jersey City, New Jersey. [2] The reservoir is surrounded by woods and can be reached by traveling a mile on a dirt road known as Split Rock Road. The reservoir is three miles from end to end, with many large islands. There is a man-made dam on the southwest end of the reservoir.