Prospect Falls is a 22-foot waterfall on West Canada Creek in Herkimer County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 13.8 miles northeast of Oriskany and roughly 14.7 miles north of Utica as the crow flies.
At 22 feet it is on the modest side for New York, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50.5 feet; it ranks 146th of 184. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment. West Canada Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 158 feet.
Herkimer County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Trenton Falls, a 158-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 1.6 miles away. Cincinnati Creek Falls, is about 1.8 miles away. Sherman Falls, a 33-foot plunge waterfall, is about 1.8 miles away.
Prospect Falls is located at 43.3046° N, 75.1478° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.