Fishtrap Lake

Fishtrap Lake
Fishtrap Lake
	Fishtrap Lake and dam during a winter storm
	Fishtrap Lake
Location	Pike County, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°25′55″N 82°24′55″W / 37.43194°N 82.41528°W
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
Primary outflows	Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,130-acre (5 km2)
Max. depth	84 feet (26 m)
Surface elevation	757 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

^ "Fishing and Boating Fishtrap Lake Kentucky".
^ 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.
^ "Fishtrap Lake State Park". Kentucky Department of Parks. 2005-10-10. Archived from the original on 2006-09-25. Retrieved 2007-02-17.