Beech Fork Boat Ramps

2 boat launches are mapped on Beech Fork in Wayne County, West Virginia.

2 of these launches include facility details from West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.

Beech Fork facts

Surface area727 acres
TypeReservoir (mapped as Beech Fork Lake)
Average depthabout 13 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area)
Shoreline lengthabout 18.2 miles
Surface elevation594 ft above sea level
DamBeech Fork Dam, completed 1976
Dam size86 ft high, 1,080 ft long, earth dam
Dam purposesFlood Risk Reduction, Fish and Wildlife Pond, Recreation
Dam ownerUSACE - Huntington District (Federal)
Normal storage9,180 acre-feet
Impounded streamBeech Fork of Twelve Pole Ck.

Sources: USGS National Hydrography Dataset (public domain); HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams (NID ID WV09903). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.

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