Youghiogheny River Lake
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| Youghiogheny River Lake | |
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 The Yoghiogheny River Lake as viewed from above the Youghiogheny Dam |
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| Location | Fayette / Somerset counties, Pennsylvania, and Garrett County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39°47′52″N 079°22′09″W / 39.79778°N 79.36917°WCoordinates: 39°47′52″N 079°22′09″W / 39.79778°N 79.36917°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | United States |
The Youghiogheny River Lake is a flood control reservoir in southwestern Pennsylvania and western Maryland.
The lake was formed in 1944 by the damming of the Youghiogheny River upstream from Confluence, Pennsylvania. Youghiogheny Dam is an earthen structure, 184 feet high and 1610 long at its crest, owned and operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The reservoir's normal surface area is about 4.4 square miles, and it has a maximum capacity of 300,000 acre-feet, although its normal storage level is 149,300 acre-feet.
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