{
    "name": "Struble Lake",
    "slug": "struble-lake",
    "url": "https://lakepennsylvania.org/lakes/struble-lake/",
    "counties": [
        "Chester"
    ],
    "motor_class": "electric_only",
    "verdict": "Electric motors only",
    "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": null,
    "cross_border": null,
    "acres": 146,
    "acres_source": "PFBC Lakes Point 202411, AreaAcres",
    "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
    "official_text_rechecked": "2026-11-01",
    "answer": "Only electric motors may be used on Struble Lake, a Fish and Boat Commission lake. No gas engine may run, even to charge batteries, and electric boats stay at slow, no-wake. Personal watercraft aren't allowed. Sources: PFBC Struble Lake page; 58 Pa. Code §53.8(a). Verified Oct. 4, 2026.",
    "facts": [
        {
            "id": "struble-lake#1",
            "kind": "motor",
            "summary": "PFBC's page for this lake: electric motors or unpowered boats only; electric boats at slow, no-wake.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "PFBC lake page: Boating",
            "citation": "PFBC lake page: Boating",
            "source_url": "https://www.pa.gov/agencies/fishandboat/about-us/pfbc-lakes/struble-lake",
            "quote": "Boating is limited to unpowered boats and boats powered by electric motors. Boats with electric motors are limited to slow, no wake speed.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "struble-lake#2",
            "kind": "motor",
            "summary": "On Fish and Boat Commission lakes no gas engine may run, even just to charge or power an electric motor.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html",
            "quote": "An internal combustion engine may not be used to propel a boat or to provide energy to the motor on Commission lakes.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "struble-lake#3",
            "kind": "speed_limit",
            "summary": "Electric-powered boats: slow, no-wake speed only.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html",
            "quote": "Boats propelled by battery-powered electric motors shall not be operated at greater than slow no wake speed.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "struble-lake#4",
            "kind": "other",
            "summary": "Electric and unpowered boats may be used with a gas engine attached, as long as it is not run.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §53.8(a)",
            "source_url": "https://www.pacodeandbulletin.gov/Display/pacode?file=/secure/pacode/data/058/chapter53/s53.8.html",
            "quote": "Boats propelled by battery-powered electric motors and nonmechanically propelled boats, subject to restrictions on sailboats and inflatables, may be used either with or without internal combustion engines attached.",
            "statewide_rule_applied": false,
            "hp": null,
            "mph": null,
            "verified_at": "2026-10-04",
            "last_confirmed_at": "2026-11-01",
            "state": "ok"
        },
        {
            "id": "struble-lake#5",
            "kind": "pwc",
            "summary": "Personal watercraft use internal-combustion engines, which may not run on Commission lakes, so PWCs can't be used here.",
            "conditions": null,
            "locator": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1) with §53.8(a)",
            "citation": "58 Pa. Code §109.3(a)(1) with §53.8(a)",
            "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": [
        {
            "source_id": "pfbc-lake-struble-lake",
            "quote": "One launch ramp is available along with associated parking facilities."
        }
    ],
    "license": "Rule summaries CC BY 4.0; ramp data PFBC",
    "disclaimer": "Summaries, not legal advice. The official text and posted signs control."
}