Location
Latitude / Longitude: 41° 41' 45" N / 80° 05' 30" W
Altitude: 1180 ft (359.6 m) above sea level
County: Crawford County
Townships: Woodcock
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Maps
Bathymetric
USGS 1:24,000 Topographic (7.5 minute quadrangle) -Blooming Valley
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Physical Characteristics
- Depth
- Max: 13.4m (43.6ft)
Mean: 4.8m (15.7 ft)
Area of Lake: 1.27 km 2
Volume of Lake: 7.1 x 106 m3
Flush rate: 7.3 vol./yr.
Area of Watershed: 109.5 km 2
Land Use in Watershed: not available at this time.
Glossary
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Water Quality / Nutrients
No data available.
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Biological Diversity
Fishery(WPC, 2002)
| Common name |
Scientific name |
| largemouth bass |
Micropterus salmoides |
| smallmouth bass |
Micropterus dolomieui |
Stocked fish: Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission stocking overview.
Consumption advisory: Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission
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Lake Sediment
No data available.
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Recreation
- General
- Recreation
page
Facilities
available
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- Fishing / Boating
Access areas:
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- Colonel Crawford Recreation Area
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- Located in Woodcock Township.
Owned by Corps of Engineers
Horsepower restriction: 10
Fee: no
Fishing Pier: no
Shore Fishing: yes
Large parking lots
Launch Ramp: yes
Dock: yes
- Trails:
- Hiking : Bossard
Nature Trail
Multi - use: Colonel
Crawford Park
Stocked fish: Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission stocking overview.
Consumption advisory: Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission
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Links
US
Army Corps of Engineers website on Woodcock Creek Lake
Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC)
PFBC
Fishing and Boating Map
French
Creek Watershed Conservation Plan (Jan 2002)
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Research
Search
for Allegheny Senior Comprehensive Projects about Woodcock
Creek Lake
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References
Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC). January 2002 French
Creek Watershed Conservation Plan.
<http://www.wpconline.org/french_creek/index2.html>
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