Shumla Falls is a waterfall on Canadaway Creek in Chautauqua County, New York, in the Erie Drift Plain region, with a total height of about 100 feet. It lies about 4.2 miles southeast of Fredonia and roughly 40.6 miles southwest of Buffalo as the crow flies.
At 100 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of New York’s 184 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 43rd; the typical New York waterfall is about 50.5 feet.
The Erie Drift Plain is rolling glacial farmland and beech-maple woodland south of Lake Erie, with waterfalls where creeks cut through shale and sandstone bluffs. Canadaway Creek carries 4 recorded waterfalls, and Shumla Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 6 recorded waterfalls in Chautauqua County. Arkwright Falls, 31 feet high, is about 1.4 miles away. Laona Falls, is about 2.6 miles away. Mabbett Falls, is about 5.5 miles away.
Shumla Falls is located at 42.3856° N, 79.2942° 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 exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.