Tygart Dam
Dam in Taylor County, West Virginia · Tygart River · forms Tygart Lake
Height
234 ft
71 m (NID height)
Length
1,921 ft
586 m
Completed
1938
Tygart Lake today
1,070.81 ft
7 days ▼ 19.93 ft
vs full pool
▼ 3.82 ft
Normal storage
99,900 acre-ft
Normal for the date
Reservoir level measured Oct 23, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT. Full level page →
Facts
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Other; Navigation; Fish and Wildlife Pond; Recreation; Water Supply
- Dam type
- Gravity
- Structural height
- 234 ft
- Owner
- USACE - Pittsburgh District (Federal)
- Maximum storage
- 355,000 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 1,740 acres
- Hydraulic height
- 234 ft
- Drainage area
- 1,184 sq mi
- Spillway
- Uncontrolled, 489 ft wide
- Army Corps district
- Pittsburgh District
- Also known as
- Tygart Lake
- NID ID
- WV09101
Facts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams, record updated Sep 29, 2026. Search NID ID WV09101 at nid.sec.usace.army.mil. Project website.