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Elmer Davis Lake

Coordinates: 38°29′54″N 84°52′26″W / 38.4983°N 84.8738°W / 38.4983; -84.8738
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Elmer Davis Lake
Elmer Davis Lake is located in Kentucky
Elmer Davis Lake
Elmer Davis Lake
LocationOwen County, Kentucky
Coordinates38°29′54″N 84°52′26″W / 38.4983°N 84.8738°W / 38.4983; -84.8738
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsSevern Creek
Primary outflowsSevern Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area149 acres (60 ha)
Average depth21 ft (6.4 m)
Max. depth59 ft (18 m)
Surface elevation721 ft (220 m)

Elmer Davis Lake is a 149-acre (0.60 km2) reservoir in Owen County, Kentucky. It was created in 1958 by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, and was named for a former commissioner of that department.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.