Yale Lake

Yale Lake is a 3,780 acre[5] reservoir on the Lewis River in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies on the border between Clark County and Cowlitz County. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Yale Dam.[2]

Not to be confused with Lake Yale, Florida.
Yale Lake
Yale Lake with Mount St. Helens in distance
Location of Yale Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Yale Lake in Washington, USA.
Yale Lake
Location of Yale Lake in Washington, USA.
Location of Yale Lake in Washington, USA.
Yale Lake
LocationClark / Cowlitz counties, Washington, United States
Coordinates45°57′51″N 122°19′57″W[1]
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsLewis River
Primary outflowsLewis River
Catchment area600 square miles (1,550 km2)[2]
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area3,780 acres (15.3 km2)
Water volume401,760 acre-feet (0.496 km3)[3]
Surface elevation486 ft (148 m)[4]
References[1][2]

Climate
Climate data for Yale Lake,Washington
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average precipitation inches (mm) 16.9
(430)		 14.9
(380)		 13.3
(340)		 7.1
(180)		 4.7
(120)		 4
(100)		 1.3
(33)		 1.5
(38)		 5
(130)		 11.6
(290)		 18.2
(460)		 20.8
(530)		 119.3
(3,030)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 0.8
(2.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.2
(0.51)		 0.0
(0.0)		 0.5
(1.3)		 1.5
(3.8)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in.) 17 17 19 14 12 10 3 5 8 15 18 21 159
Source: weatherbase.com

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See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yale Lake
  2. Yale Dam, NPDP Dam Directory
  3. "Reservoirs in the United States" (PDF). United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. "Yale Reservoir". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. "Yale Dam - Recreation" LewisRiver.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 July 2010.
  6. "weatherbase.com". weatherbase.com.
  • Media related to Yale Lake at Wikimedia Commons



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