Lake Size: 1,139 acres
Shoreline Length (Miles): 57 miles
Deepest Depth: 100 feet (30 m)
Latitude: 37.839817
Longitude: -82.870989
Lake Level Above Sea Level: 709 feet (216 m)
Counties: Johnson County
Cities: Paintsville
Lake Management: United States Army Corps of Engineers

Information: 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 residences 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 of rain, which had caused a leak in the coffer dam that was keeping the construction site of the actual dam dry. Luckily, the dam did not break and the residences were allowed to return to their homes the following day.