Musquacook Stream

Musquacook Stream
Map
Physical characteristics
Length25 miles (40 km)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationMusquacook Deadwater
Basin features
ProgressionAllagash River
River systemSaint John River
Tributaries 
 • rightLittle Musquacook Stream
Robbins Brook[1]
First Musquacook Lake
First Musquacook Lake is located in Maine
First Musquacook Lake
First Musquacook Lake
Coordinates46°40′N 69°11′W / 46.667°N 69.183°W / 46.667; -69.183[2]
Max. length3 mi (4.8 km)[1]
Surface area644 acres (261 ha)[3]
Max. depth48 feet (15 m)[4]
Water volume12,160 acre⋅ft (15,000,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation1,066 ft (325 m)[2]
Second Musquacook Lake
Second Musquacook Lake is located in Maine
Second Musquacook Lake
Second Musquacook Lake
Coordinates46°38′N 69°10′W / 46.633°N 69.167°W / 46.633; -69.167[5]
Max. length3 mi (4.8 km)[1]
Surface area758 acres (307 ha)[3]
Max. depth62 feet (19 m)[6]
Water volume21,391 acre⋅ft (26,385,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation1,066 ft (325 m)[5]
Third Musquacook Lake
Third Musquacook Lake is located in Maine
Third Musquacook Lake
Third Musquacook Lake
Coordinates46°36′N 69°09′W / 46.600°N 69.150°W / 46.600; -69.150[7]
Max. length1.4 mi (2.3 km)[1]
Surface area390 acres (160 ha)[3]
Max. depth64 feet (20 m)[8]
Water volume8,735 acre⋅ft (10,774,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation1,096 ft (334 m)[7]
Fourth Musquacook Lake
Fourth Musquacook Lake is located in Maine
Fourth Musquacook Lake
Fourth Musquacook Lake
Coordinates46°34′N 69°09′W / 46.567°N 69.150°W / 46.567; -69.150[9]
Max. length3 mi (4.8 km)[1]
Surface area729 acres (295 ha)[3]
Max. depth40 feet (12 m)[10]
Water volume12,114 acre⋅ft (14,942,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation1,119 ft (341 m)[9]
Fifth Musquacook Lake
Fifth Musquacook Lake is located in Maine
Fifth Musquacook Lake
Fifth Musquacook Lake
Coordinates46°33′N 69°06′W / 46.550°N 69.100°W / 46.550; -69.100[11]
Max. length2 mi (3.2 km)[1]
Surface area436 acres (176 ha)[3]
Max. depth5 feet (1.5 m)[12]
Water volume921 acre⋅ft (1,136,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation1,135 ft (346 m)[11]
Clear Lake
Clear Lake is located in Maine
Clear Lake
Clear Lake
Coordinates46°31′N 69°08′W / 46.517°N 69.133°W / 46.517; -69.133[13]
Max. length1.8 mi (2.9 km)[1]
Max. width1.5 mi (2.4 km)[1]
Surface area626 acres (253 ha)[3]
Max. depth86 feet (26 m)[14]
Water volume16,205 acre⋅ft (19,989,000 m3)[3]
Surface elevation1,194 ft (364 m)[13]

Musquacook Stream is a tributary to the Allagash River in the North Maine Woods. The stream originates in a chain of lakes in Maine range 11 townships 10, 11 and 12. The flow sequence is from Clear Lake through Fifth Musquacook Lake into Fourth Musquacook Lake in Piscataquis County; and from Fourth Musquacook Lake through Third Musquacook Lake, Second Musquacook Lake, and First Musquacook Lake into the Allagash River Musquacook Deadwater in Aroostook County.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer (Thirteenth ed.). Freeport, Maine: DeLorme Mapping Company. 1988. pp. 56&62. ISBN 0-89933-035-5.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: First Musquacook Lake
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Maine Depts. of Environmental Protection and Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (2005-08-04). "Maine Lakes: Morphometry and Geographic Information". Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research, The University of Maine. Archived from the original on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  4. ^ "First Musquacook Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Second Musquacook Lake
  6. ^ "Second Musquacook Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  7. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Third Musquacook Lake
  8. ^ "Third Musquacook Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  9. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fourth Musquacook Lake
  10. ^ "Fourth Musquacook Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. State of Maine. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  11. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fifth Musquacook Lake
  12. ^ "Fifth Musquacook Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. State of Maine. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  13. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Clear Lake
  14. ^ "Clear Lake" (PDF). Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game. State of Maine. Retrieved 21 May 2016.