Mink Creek or Otskonoga, also known as Trout Brook, is a stream in northern Otsego County, New York. Its source is adjacent to US Route 20 just east of the community of Brighton and west-northwest of the Village of Richfield Springs and flows northeast into an unnamed swamp in adjacent Herkimer County. It then exits the swamp and flows south back into Otsego County before converging with Canadarago Lake south of Richfield Springs.[2] The Iroquois' name for the creek is Otskonoga.[4]
| Otskonoga Mink Creek, Trout Brook | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of Mink Creek  Mink Creek (Canadarago Lake tributary) (the United States) | |
| Native name | Otskonoga (Iroquoian languages) |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Central New York |
| County | Otsego |
| Town | Richfield |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | West-northwest of Richfield Springs[2] |
| • coordinates | 42°52′01″N 75°01′26″W / 42.8669444°N 75.0238889°W[1] |
| • elevation | Approximately 1,420 ft (430 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Canadarago Lake |
• location | South of Richfield Springs |
• coordinates | 42°50′21″N 75°00′01″W / 42.8392392°N 75.0001564°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,280 ft (390 m)[1] |
| Basin size | 10.8 sq mi (28 km2)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Hyder Creek → Canadarago Lake → Oaks Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Susquehanna |
Fishing
editSuckers can be speared and taken from the creek from January 1 to May 15, each year.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Mink Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ a b c Schuyler Lake, NY, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1943 (1981 rev)
- ^ "USGS 0149637005 MINK CREEK AT MOUTH AT RICHFIELD SPRINGS NY". usgs.gov. U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ^ "Annals of Richfield". archive.org. 1900. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ^ "NEW YORK STATE FRESHWATER FISHING REGULATIONS GUIDE" (PDF). www.dec.ny.gov. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. April 1, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.