Beech Fork Dam
Dam in Wayne County, West Virginia · Beech Fork of Twelve Pole Ck. · forms Beech Fork Lake
Height
86 ft
26 m (NID height)
Length
1,080 ft
329 m
Completed
1976
Beech Fork Lake today
592.86 ft
7 days ▲ 0.23 ft
Normal storage
9,180 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 86 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 37,540 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 720 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 58 ft
- Drainage area
- 78 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 80 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Beech Fork Lake
- NID ID
- WV09903
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 9, 2026. Search NID ID WV09903 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.