Elkwater Fork Lake
Randolph County, West Virginia74 acresView mapDirections
No nutrient or algae sampling on record from WVDEP for this lake.
- Limited data
Elkwater Fork Lake in Randolph County, West Virginia has water-quality measurements published by WVDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 74 acres.
Elkwater Fork Lake is a 74-acre lake in Randolph County, West Virginia.
Source: EPA Water Quality Portal sampling records, your state environmental agency, last sampled 2020-11-04. Methodology: how these readings are compared.
Swimming conditions
No readingLimited data
Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
Whether Elkwater Fork Lake is safe to swim in today is a call for the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the county health department, who post current advisories. LakeQuality does not issue swimming clearances.
Water quality measurements for Elkwater Fork Lake
These are the measurements WVDEP publishes for Elkwater Fork Lake, shown as reported. The condition class beside each reading is the EPA National Lakes Assessment class for this lake’s ecoregion.
No clarity data.
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Lake Details
Surface area
74 acres
No bathymetric survey has been published for Elkwater Fork Lake, so its depth is not documented here.
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Reservoir Info (USACE NID)
Elkwater Fork Lake is a man-made reservoir impounded by the Elkwater Fork WS Dam (completed 2009), built primarily for water supply on the Elkwater Fork; concrete-type dam, 123 ft tall and 674 ft long.
- Surface area
- 74 ac
- Normal storage
- 2,085 ac-ft
- Max storage
- 3,134 ac-ft
- Hazard class
- High
- Owner
- WV Conservation Agency
Source: USACE National Inventory of Dams, NID ID WV08307 · Operator website · Matched by proximity (0.05 km)
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Frequently asked questions about Elkwater Fork Lake
Where is Elkwater Fork Lake?
- Elkwater Fork Lake is a lake in Randolph County, West Virginia. Its water-quality measurements are published by WVDEP and shown on this page as reported.
What is the water quality of Elkwater Fork Lake?
- Elkwater Fork Lake in Randolph County, West Virginia has water-quality measurements published by WVDEP, shown here as reported. Surface area: 74 acres.
Is Elkwater Fork Lake safe to swim in?
- Nutrient and algae readings are not a swimming clearance. Check local advisories before you swim.
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Where this data comes from
1 measurement from 1 monitoring station, 2020. Retrieved from the EPA Water Quality Portal on 2026-08-21.
Collected and reported by
- USGS West Virginia Water Science Center
USGS-WV1 sample · 2020
Analytical methods
- HACH, sensor model 2100 P, NTRU
Monitoring station identifiers (1)
EPA condition classes from the National Lakes Assessment (EPA 841-R-24-006, Table 6-3), applied by ecoregion. See where the data comes from and data sources.