Yatesville Dam
Yatesville Lake is a reservoir in Lawrence County, Kentucky in the far eastern part of the state, close to the town of Louisa. The earthen dam was constructed in 1988 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, with a height of 156 feet, and a length of 855 feet at its crest.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fallsburg and Louisa.
Fallsburg
Hamlet
Fallsburg is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States. Fallsburg was once the site of a busy mill. Fallsburg is situated 3½ miles north of Yatesville Dam.
Louisa
Town
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Louisa is a home-rule class city in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States, of which it is the county seat. It is at the merger of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River, which forms part of the state's border with West Virginia. Louisa is situated 5 miles east of Yatesville Dam.
Fort Gay
Village
Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy rivers. It is located within the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, and adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. The population was 677 at the 2020 census. Fort Gay is situated 6 miles east of Yatesville Dam.
Yatesville Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States of America
- Location: Lawrence, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.12583° or 38° 7′ 33″ northLongitude
-82.69727° or 82° 41′ 50″ westElevation
656 feet (200 metres)Open location code
86CV48G3+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 358618337OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Italian—“Yatesville Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yatesville Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد ييتسفيل”
- Italian: “diga di Yatesville”
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