Monksville Reservoir
| Monksville Reservoir | |
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| Location |
Ringwood / West Milford, Passaic County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 41°07′20″N 74°17′59″W / 41.122217°N 74.299829°WCoordinates: 41°07′20″N 74°17′59″W / 41.122217°N 74.299829°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Max. length | 3 mi (4.8 km) |
| Surface area | 505 acres (2.04 km2) |
| Max. depth | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Water volume | 7 million US gallons (26,000 m3) |
| Surface elevation | 400 ft (120 m) |
The Monksville Reservoir is an artificial lake created in 1987 by damming on the Wanaque River in West Milford, New Jersey. It is named after the former community of Monksville, which was relocated and flooded upon its completion.
The reservoir was built to relieve chronic water shortages in northern New Jersey that occurred in the 1980s due to drought conditions. The reservoir extended the capacity of the nearby 29-million-US-gallon (110,000 m3) Wanaque Reservoir. It is owned jointly by the Hackensack Water Company and the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission.
The lake is in Long Pond Ironworks State Park, which is located in the community of Hewitt, in West Milford, New Jersey, United States. The park is known for its old stone walls, furnaces and other remnants of a once industrious ironworking community that now sits next to the swiftly flowing Wanaque River. The park is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry. The state of New Jersey previously spent $2.7 million purchasing land at the site to be part of the state park before drought changed the priority to the reservoir.
Approximately 15 residences, mostly owned by the Rhinesmith and Vreeland families, were purchased with NJ Green Acres funding and their owners relocated. Two homes of historic significance were moved, the others were demolished. One business, Duramic, was relocated and its building demolished.
Construction of the reservoir was started in 1985. Land was cleared and gravel was crushed on site and stock-piled.
Stonetown Road was realigned to run over the dam. A small bailey bridge that was put in place in 1977 was dismantled to be used again elsewhere. The Monksville dam is approximately 0.4 miles long. A portion of Greenwood Lake Turnpike was realigned to higher ground.
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