Subscribe to our newsletter. Areas within a land mass persistently covered by water.
Examples are bays, estuaries, streams, reservoirs, and lakes.
Lakes, reservoirs, and ponds more than 40 acres in size. Lakes, reservoirs, and ponds 1 to 40 acres in size. The average velocity of water flowing through a cross-section of a stream. The status of water uses subject to State water laws. Includes household water, watering of lawns, gardens, etc., for Forest Service administrative sites or other residential areas not served by a municipal water system, and not directly related to recreational use.