Lake Storey is a 133-acre municipal reservoir located in Knox County, Illinois, near Galesburg. Owned by the City of Galesburg and managed for fishing by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, this medium-sized watershed impoundment reaches a maximum depth of 32 feet with 5.8 miles of shoreline. Originally constructed in 1928-29 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad as a water supply reservoir, the lake was gifted to the City of Galesburg in 1952 for development into Lake Storey Park. The lake benefits from an annual fall drawdown of 5-6 feet beginning in early September, which serves as a major fish management practice that increases predation of small fish and enhances growth rates of both predator and prey species.