Lake Size: 1730 acres
Latitude: 39.719523
Longitude: -79.856723
Lake Level Above Sea Level: 873 feet
Counties: Monongalia County

Information: Cheat Lake is an eight mile (13 km) long reservoir on the Cheat River in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. It was originally named Lake Lynn, but the Board on Geographic Names officially decided upon Cheat Lake as the reservoir's name in 1976.[1] The surface area of Cheat Lake is about 1,730 acres (7 km2). It is located immediately downstream of the 10-mile long Cheat Canyon. Cheat Lake Dam is located directly south of the Mason-Dixon Line border with Pennsylvania. The dam is run by eleven employees and has a generating capacity of 52 megawatts. Cheat Lake Dam's total length across the Cheat River is approximately 1,000 feet (305 m). It began its operation on May 31, 1926.