Great Lakes and Ohio River Division Projects

Johnson County, KY Section 202 Flood Risk Management Project

Press Operations — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:19:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working in close coordination with the Johnson County Fiscal

History of Bluestone Dam

Press Operations — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:49:00 GMT

History of Bluestone DamDescriptionLOCATION:Hinton vicinity on the New River, approximately 65 miles

Huntington District Water Resource Project Agreements

Press Operations — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:21:00 GMT

Huntington District Project Partnership Agreements

Sutton Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:37:00 GMT

Sutton Lake covers 1440 acres. It is a beautiful lake, winding 14 miles along the Elk River, with many coves along its 40 miles of shoreline. The lake is 125 feet deep at the dam. Sutton Dam is located just above the Town of Sutton, 101 miles above the mouth of the Elk River in Charleston. It is a concrete-gravity structure 210 feet high, 1,178 feet long, and 195 feet wide at the base.

Summersville Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:34:00 GMT

Summersville Dam was authorized by Section 4 of Flood Control Act of 1938. The primary project purposes are flood risk management, fish and wildlife enhancement, water quality, recreation, and low flow augmentation. The dam was completed in 1966 and serves a drainage area of 803 square miles.

R.D. Bailey Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:30:00 GMT

This project was called the Justice Reservoir, during the planning stages. In 1965, Congress changed the name in honor of the late Judge R.D. Bailey, a lawyer, state senator, prosecuting attorney, and a leader in Wyoming County education. Judge Bailey also was circuit judge of Wyoming and Mingo counties during the bloody coal mine wars of the 1920's.The Guyandotte River has a history of significant flooding about every two years –causing death and property damage. Population centers (Justice, Gilbert, Man and especially Logan) were hard hit.

East Lynn Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:25:00 GMT

East Lynn Lake is located on the East Fork of Twelvepole Creek, 10 miles south of Wayne, WV, on State Route 37. East Lynn Lake was constructed primarily for flood control, water quality, fish management, and recreation. There is a total of 24,821 acres of project lands and waters at East Lynn.

Burnsville Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:19:00 GMT

Burnsville Dam is located in Braxton County on the Little Kanawha River, 124 miles above its confluence with the Ohio River and approximately 3 miles above the Town of Burnsville, West Virginia.

Bluestone Dam

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:12:00 GMT

Bluestone Lake was authorized by Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1936, amended by section 4 of the FCA of 1938. The primary project purposes are flood risk management, fish and wildlife enhancement, recreation, and low flow augmentation. Bluestone Dam spans the New River at Hinton, WV forming Bluestone Lake, the third largest lake in West Virginia. At summer pool Bluestone Lake covers 2,040 acres and is 10.7 miles long.

Beech Fork Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:06:00 GMT

Beech Fork Lake (authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962) is part of the integrated flood

North Fork of Pound River Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 19:01:00 GMT

The North Fork of Pound River is a part of the upper reaches of the Big Sandy system. On its way to

Wills Creek Dam

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:45:00 GMT

Wills Creek Lake, was authorized for flood control and allied purposes by the official plan for the

Tom Jenkins Dam

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:42:00 GMT

Tappan Lake is within the Lower Tuscarawas section of the Muskingum Area. It was authorized by Section 4 of the Flood Control Act (FCA) of 1938, as amended by Section 4 of the FCA of 1939. Primary project purposes are flood damage reduction, recreation, and fish and wildlife. The dam was completed in October 1936 and serves a drainage area of 71 square miles. Land includes 91 fee acres and 7,983 easement acres.

Senecaville Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:29:00 GMT

Senecaville Lake is within the Lower Tuscarawas section of the Muskingum Area and is one of a system of projects designed to provide flood control and water conservation in the Muskingum Watershed in southeastern Ohio. It was authorized by Section 4 of the Flood Control Act (FCA) of 1938, as amended by Section 4 of the FCA of 1939. Primary project purposes are flood damage reduction, recreation, and fish and wildlife.

Pleasant Hill Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:22:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's Pleasant Hill Dam is right in the middle of two major recreation areas; Mohican State Park and Mohican Memorial Forest below the dam and MWCD's Pleasant Hill Lake Park, created by the dam, above it. The dam and lake are located on the Clear Fork branch of the Mohican River, 6 miles west of Loudonville and 20 miles southeast of Mansfield, Ohio, in Ashland County.

Piedmont Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:18:00 GMT

Piedmont Dam is located near the southern border of Harrison County, Ohio, on Stillwater Creek, a tributary of the Tuscarawas River. At summer elevation the Piedmont Lake pool covers 2,312 acres over portions of Harrison, Belmont, and Guernsey Counties.

Paint Creek Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:14:00 GMT

The lake provides flood control (authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938) for the communities

North Branch Kokosing River Lake

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:07:00 GMT

Kokosing Dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control, recreation and wildlife management. Construction began in June 1970 and was completed in May 1972. The dam has an impervious, waterproof, core with earth-fill and rip-rap rock covering. The dam has an unregulated outlet structure, which means the water can not easily be regulated.

Mohicanville Dam

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 18:04:00 GMT

Built in 1935, Mohicanville Dam, a flood control project, is a dry dam with no permanent pool. The dam site is located on the Lakefork of the Mohican River in northeast Ohio, 171 miles above the mouth of the Muskingum River at Marietta, Ohio.

Mohawk Dam

Press Operations — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 17:58:00 GMT

Mohawk Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938 and was built along with 13 other dams to control flooding within the Muskingum River watershed. Work began in April 1935 and the dam was completed in September 1937.