Peck Lake
Fulton County, New York1,300 acresView mapDirections
NY DEC publishes the water-quality measurements for Peck Lake. Here is what has been measured.
- 73 ft max depth
- Limited data
Peck Lake in Fulton County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 1300 acres.
Peck Lake is a 1,300-acre lake in Fulton County, New York with an estimated average depth of about 73 feet.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, NYSDEC, last sampled 2020-09-26. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
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What Peck Lake is good for
From access and monitoring records, not editorial picks.
- Clear water11.9 ft of visibility
- Big water1,300 acres
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Peck Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Peck Lake
These are the measurements NY DEC publishes for Peck Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
Good clarity, visible to about 11.9 ft. TSI 41.
| Measure | Reading | Where it sits |
|---|---|---|
| Water clarity (Secchi depth) | 11.9ft | Measured, not scored How deep a black-and-white disk stays visible from the surface. Higher is clearer. |
| Total phosphorus | No reading The nutrient that most limits algae growth in freshwater. More phosphorus, more algae potential. | |
| Chlorophyll-a (algae) | No reading The green pigment in algae — a direct measure of how much algae is in the water. | |
| Trophic state (TSI)Carlson's 0–100 index of how much algae a lake can support, from clarity, phosphorus and chlorophyll-a. | 41 | Mesotrophic OligotrophicMesotrophicEutrophicHypereutrophic |
Moderate nutrients, good water quality
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Lake Details
Max depth
~73 ft est.
Surface area
1,300 acres
Depth marked “est.” is a modeled maximum from GLOBathy (Khazaei et al. 2022, CC0), not a measured survey. New York has not published bathymetry for Peck Lake.
Lake Size & Watershed
Watershed (drainage) area
21 sq mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Shoreline
9.9 mi
HydroLAKES / HydroSHEDS
Elevation
1,378 ft
Size, shoreline, and watershed area from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS). Mean depth here is modelled, not surveyed — HydroLAKES v1.0 estimates lake depth from surrounding terrain rather than from soundings. Treat it as an approximation, and prefer a state bathymetric survey where one exists.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Peck Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Peck Lake Berm (completed 1910), built primarily for other on the WEST STONY CREEK; earth-type dam, 25 ft tall and 1,400 ft long.
- Surface area
- 1,300 ac
- Normal storage
- 23,000 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 29,850 ac-ft
- Drainage area
- 19 sq mi
- Hazard class
- Significant
- Owner
- Erie Boulevard Hydropower, LP/Brookfield Renewable
All listed purposes: Other;Recreation.
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID NY00167 · Operator website
Regulated Pollution Sources Nearby
2 EPA-permitted facilities operate within about 5 miles of Peck Lake under Clean Water Act (NPDES) discharge permits.
- Meco'S Perfect ScoopGloversville · 4.4 mi away · NPDES NY0266035
- Gloversville Water Works Filtration PlantGloversville · 4.5 mi away · NPDES NY0110167
Facilities permitted to discharge under the Clean Water Act within ~5 miles; proximity does not by itself mean a facility affects this lake. Source: EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES), as of 2026-07.
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Frequently asked questions about Peck Lake
Where is Peck Lake?
- Peck Lake is a lake in Fulton County, New York. Its water-quality measurements are published by NY DEC and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Peck Lake?
- Peck Lake in Fulton County, New York has water-quality measurements published by NY DEC, shown here as reported. Water clarity: 11.9 ft visibility. Surface area: 1300 acres.
Is Peck Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
How deep is Peck Lake?
- No published bathymetric survey covers Peck Lake, so its depth has not been measured. The HydroLAKES global model estimates an average depth of about 73 feet, but that is a modelled estimate derived from surrounding terrain rather than a measurement on the water, so treat it as approximate. The lake covers 1300 acres.
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Where this data comes from
8 measurements from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-02.
Collected and reported by
- North American Lake Management Society
NALMS8 samples · 2020
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.
Other records on this page
Regulated discharger data from EPA ECHO (ICIS-NPDES)
Lake size & watershed from HydroLAKES (HydroSHEDS)