{
    "name": "Mud Lake (Hartstown Swamp)",
    "slug": "mud-lake-crawford-county",
    "url": "https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/mud-lake-crawford-county/",
    "counties": [
        "Crawford"
    ],
    "motor_class": "electric_only",
    "verdict": "Check official text",
    "hp_max": null,
    "kw_max_ours": null,
    "kw_note": null,
    "pwc": "prohibited",
    "pwc_label": "PWCs not allowed",
    "electric_slow_no_wake": true,
    "state": "ok",
    "sources_differ": "Sources differ. On State game lands, 58 Pa. Code §135.41(c)(8) allows electric motors at slow, no-wake speed unless the water is posted closed to motors. PFBC's access data lists its Hartstown Swamp access (State Game Lands 214) as \"Unpowered Boats Only\". Check the posted signs before launching with any motor.",
    "cross_border": null,
    "acres": 16,
    "acres_source": "PFBC Lakes Point 202411, AreaAcres",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
    "official_text_rechecked": "2026-11-01",
    "answer": "Sources differ on motor rules for Mud Lake (Hartstown Swamp). Read the official texts and the posted signs before launching with a motor. Source: 58 Pa. Code §135.41(c)(8). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "id": "mud-lake-crawford#1",
            "kind": "motor",
            "summary": "On State game lands: no gas motors; electric motors only at slow, no-wake, unless the water is posted closed to boats or to all motors.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §135.41(c)(8)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §135.41(c)(8)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter135/s135.41.html",
            "quote": "Use a boat propelled by a motor or operate a boat in excess of slow, no wake speed. Boats propelled by electric motors are authorized for use on waterways when operated at slow, no-wake speed unless the waterway is otherwise posted closed to all boats or all boats propelled by a motor.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "mud-lake-crawford#2",
            "kind": "pwc",
            "summary": "A personal watercraft is defined by its internal-combustion engine, so PWCs can't be used where those engines are banned.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter109/s109.3.html",
            "quote": "(1) Uses an internal combustion motor powering a water jet pump as its primary source of motive propulsion.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": true,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        }
    ],
    "lake_specific_statewide_rules": [],
    "ramps": [],
    "access_data_as_of": "20260827",
    "agency_ramp_notes": [],
    "license": "Rule summaries CC BY 4.0; ramp data PFBC",
    "disclaimer": "Summaries, not legal advice. The official text and posted signs control."
}