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Reservoir in Johnson and Morgan Counties, Kentucky

Paintsville Lake
Lake and Dam
Paintsville Lake
Location	Johnson and Morgan Counties, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°50′23.34″N 82°52′15.56″W / 37.8398167°N 82.8709889°W / 37.8398167; -82.8709889
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Paint Creek
Primary outflows	Paint Creek
Basin countries	United States

Max. length	26 miles (42 km)
Surface area	1,139 acres (4.61 km)
Max. depth	100 feet (30 m)
Water volume	40,700 acre-feet (50,200,000 m)
Shore length	57 miles (92 km)
Surface elevation	709 feet (216 m)
Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

Paintsville Lake is a 1,139-acre (4.61 km) reservoir in Johnson and Morgan counties in eastern Kentucky. It was impounded from Paint Creek in 1983 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. It is the major attraction of Paintsville Lake State Park.

History

Paintsville Lake officially opened to the public in 1983, three years before Paintsville Lake State Park was established.

On December 9, 1978, ten-thousand Johnson County residents had to be evacuated from the area below the construction site of the Paintsville Lake dam. This is because the area had recently received eight inches (200 mm) of rain, which had caused a leak in the coffer dam that was keeping the construction site of the actual dam dry. The dam did not break, and the residents were allowed to return to their homes the following day.

Fish species

Paintsville Lake has a variety of game fishing species. Fish that can be caught in the lake include:


Largemouth bass Smallmouth bass Spotted bass Striped bass Channel catfish Flathead Catfish Black crappie	Rainbow trout Brown Trout Sunfish Perch Walleye White crappie

Gallery

Paintsville Lake spillway
Rocky Knob Recreational Area
Paintsville Lake as viewed from the Kiwanis Trail
Paintsville Lake's emergency spillway

References

^ lakelubbers.com-Paintsville Lake Retrieved on 2009-06-23
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.
Johnson County History Retrieved on 2009-06-23

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