Lake / Pond / Reservoir · Herkimer
Independence Lake
Official trout-water information for Independence Lake in Herkimer, New York.
CountyHerkimer
RegionDEC Region 6 - North Central New York
Water typeLake / Pond / Reservoir
Wild statusNot documented
0current plan records
13stocking history records
0documented reaches
0access evidence records
Location and source context
Waterbody overview
- Town
- Webb
- Drainage basin
- Black River
- Water-quality standards
- AA(T)
- Waterbody type evidence
- official source name
Classification
Designations and characteristics
Designations
Characteristics
Waterbody details
Published lake information
- Surface area
- 55.3 acres
- Basin
- Black River
- Published water type
- L
- Description
- entire lake
- Assessment
- Impaired (2007)
- 303(d) listing
- Listed
- Impaired portion
- 2a
- Impairment year
- 2010
- Water-quality standards
- AA(T)
- Trout-water standard
- Yes
- Trout-spawning standard
- No
Fishery
Documented trout
- Brook Trout
Stocking
Published stocking information
Published history
- 2011 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2012 2,100 trout Brook Trout
- 2013 2,500 trout Brook Trout
- 2014 1,800 trout Brook Trout
- 2015 1,800 trout Brook Trout
- 2017 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2018 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2019 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2020 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2021 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2022 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2023 500 trout Brook Trout
- 2024 500 trout Brook Trout