# Chyle Hole

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**Chyle Hole** or **Kyle**[1] is a [depression](/source/Sink_(geography)) or hole where a stream disappears. It is located in the [Town of Springfield](/source/Springfield,_New_York) north of [Chyle Road](/source/County_Route_29_(Otsego_County,_New_York)) by the [Warren](/source/Warren,_New_York) town line. It was known to the Indians as Theogsowone which translates to "wedge".[2][1]

The bottoms and sides of Chyle Hole are [limestone](/source/Limestone), partially covered with earth. There are 2 or 3 cracks in the bottom that the water flows into during heavy rain or snow melt. Sometimes it fills and covers an area up to 3 acres (0.0047 sq mi) with a lake that eventually drains into the hole.[3]

## References

1. Bailey, William Theodore (1874). [*Richfield Springs and Vicinity*](https://archive.org/details/cu31924014021632). A.S. Barnes & Company. pp. [155](https://archive.org/details/cu31924014021632/page/n166). Retrieved 30 November 2017.

1. ["The young family"](http://www.threerivershms.com/jungtheobaldyoung.htm). *threerivershms.com*. threerivershms.com. 1990. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

1. Macauley, James (1829). [*The natural, statistical, and civil history of the state of New-York, Volume 1*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nN0TAAAAYAAJ&dq=chyle+hole+ny+history&pg=PA271). NYS. p. 271. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

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