Laurel Run Reservoir

Laurel Run Reservoir is a reservoir in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Laurel Run Reservoir is situated nearby to the hamlet Pleasant Hill, as well as near Goods Corner.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Laurel Run Dam.

Laurel Run Dam

Dam

Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.

The Laurel Run Dam, also known as Laurel Run Dam No. 2, was an earthen embankment dam that failed during the Johnstown Flood of 1977. It had the largest reservoir of seven dams to fail between July 19 and 20, 1977 and caused the most fatalities of the two that did.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkhill and East Conemaugh.

Parkhill

Hamlet

Parkhill is an unincorporated community in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 271, 3.6 miles northeast of Johnstown. Parkhill has a post office, with ZIP code 15945.

East Conemaugh

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

East Conemaugh is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, East Conemaugh had a population of 1,082.

Brownstown

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Brownstown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 744 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area and also part of Johnstown's urban area.

Laurel Run Reservoir

Type: Reservoir
Category: body of water
Location: Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.38532° or 40° 23′ 7″ north

Longitude

-78.91222° or 78° 54′ 44″ west

Elevation

1,404 feet (428 metres)

Open location code

87G393PQ+44

OpenStreetMap ID

way 938843138

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=reservoir

GeoNames ID

5197375

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