Cheat Lake Boat Ramps
3 boat launches are mapped on Cheat Lake in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
3 of these launches include facility details from West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.
Cheat Lake facts
| Surface area | 1,359 acres |
|---|---|
| Type | Reservoir |
| Average depth | about 32 ft (normal storage ÷ surface area) |
| Shoreline length | about 18.7 miles |
| Surface elevation | 876 ft above sea level |
| Dam | Lake Lynn, completed 1926 |
| Dam size | 125 ft high, 1,000 ft long, gravity dam |
| Dam purposes | Hydroelectric, Recreation |
| Dam owner | Privately owned |
| Normal storage | 43,000 acre-feet |
| Impounded stream | Cheat River |
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 WV06128). Matched to this page by name and location; modelled values are approximate. See all sources.
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