Fishtrap Dam
Dam in Pike County, Kentucky · Levisa Fork of Big Sandy River · forms Fishtrap Lake
Height
195 ft
59 m (NID height)
Length
1,100 ft
335 m
Completed
1969
Fishtrap Lake today
757.90 ft
7 days ▲ 0.19 ft
Normal storage
37,720 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 195 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 164,360 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,131 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 152 ft
- Drainage area
- 392 sq mi
- Spillway
- Controlled, 228 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Fishtrap Lake
- NID ID
- KY03028
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 1, 2026. Search NID ID KY03028 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.