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Lake Choctaw is a manmade lake and reservoir in Luzerne County and Schuylkill County in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has a surface area of 22.1 acres. The lake is situated on Sugarloaf Creek. In the past, the lake had poor water quality and a low pH. However, after the installation of a treatment system on the nearby Oneida Number One Tunnel, the water quality rapidly improved and fish were introduced into it. ==Geography and geology== The elevation of Lake Choctaw is above sea level.〔 The lake is on Sugarloaf Creek, but also receives water from the Oneida Number One Tunnel.〔 The only rock formation in the vicinity of Lake Choctaw is the Mauch Chunk Formation. The only soil in the vicinity of the lake is the Hazleton soil. There are some areas prone to flooding immediately south of the lake. However, there are no such areas immediately north of the lake. The land immediately north and east of Lake Choctaw has a zoning designation of C-1. The land immediately south and west of the lake mainly has the zoning designations of C and R.〔 Lake Choctaw is dammed by an impoundment. The dam is known as the Lake Choctaw Dam. The dam was considered to be unsafe in 1979. The lake is manmade. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lake Choctaw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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