Summersville Dam
Dam in Nicholas County, West Virginia · Gauley River · forms Summersville Lake
Height
390 ft
119 m (NID height)
Length
2,280 ft
695 m
Completed
1965
Summersville Lake today
1,636.68 ft
7 days ▼ 1.25 ft
Normal storage
191,540 acre-ft
Much above normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation; Hydroelectric
- Dam type
- Earth
- Structural height
- 390 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Huntington District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 413,400 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 2,790 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 327 ft
- Drainage area
- 803 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 1,250 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Huntington District
- Also known as
- Summersville Lake
- NID ID
- WV06702
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Oct 8, 2026. Search NID ID WV06702 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.
Other dams at Summersville Lake
- Summersville Dam - Dike 2
- Summersville Dam - Dike 1