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Fishtrap_Lake Latitude and Longitude:
37°25′55″N 82°24′55″W / 37.43194°N 82.41528°W / 37.43194; -82.41528
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Fishtrap Lake
Fishtrap Lake and dam during a winter storm
Fishtrap Lake is located in Kentucky
Fishtrap Lake
Fishtrap Lake
Location Pike County, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°25′55″N 82°24′55″W / 37.43194°N 82.41528°W / 37.43194; -82.41528
Type reservoir
Primary inflows Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
Primary outflows Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area1,130-acre (5 km2)
Max. depth84 feet (26 m) [1]
Surface elevation757 feet (231 m)

Fishtrap Lake is a 1,130-acre (5 km2) reservoir in Pike County, Kentucky. Dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, the lake was formed by the impounding of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River at the 195-foot-high Fishtrap Dam ( 37°25′55″N 82°24′55″W / 37.43194°N 82.41528°W / 37.43194; -82.41528 (Fishtrap Dam)) by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. [2]

It is the primary attraction of Fishtrap Lake State Park. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Fishing and Boating Fishtrap Lake Kentucky".
  2. ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN  0-8131-1772-0.
  3. ^ "Fishtrap Lake State Park". Kentucky Department of Parks. 2005-10-10. Archived from the original on 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2007-02-17.

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