Sturgeon Pool
| Sturgeon Pool | |
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| Location | Ulster County, New York |
| Coordinates | 41°50′37″N 74°02′34″W / 41.8436°N 74.0428°WCoordinates: 41°50′37″N 74°02′34″W / 41.8436°N 74.0428°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Wallkill River |
| Primary outflows | Wallkill River |
| Basin countries | United States |
Sturgeon Pool is a reservoir near the hamlet of Rifton, in the Town of Esopus in Ulster County, New York.
It was created by damming the Wallkill River just above its confluence with Rondout Creek for hydroelectricity (thus the flow of the Wallkill that reaches the Rondout is greatly attenuated, making the Wallkill a rare instance of a river that drains into a creek).
Writer J MacKinnon says that due to damming of the water supplies and over-fishing, there are now no sturgeon in Sturgeon Pool.
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