Yale Lake

Not to be confused with Lake Yale, Florida.

Yale Lake
Yale Lake with Mount St. Helens in distance
Yale Lake Show map of Washington (state) Yale Lake Show map of the United States
Location	Clark / Cowlitz counties, Washington, United States
Coordinates	45°57′51″N122°19′57″W / 45.96417°N 122.33250°W / 45.96417; -122.33250 [1]
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Lewis River
Primary outflows	Lewis River
Catchment area	600 square miles (1,550 km2) [2]
Basin  countries	United States
Surface area	3,780 acres (15.3 km2)
Water volume	401,760 acre-feet (0.496 km3) [3]
Surface elevation	486 ft (148 m) [4]
References	[1] [2]

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]

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

• List of lakes in Washington (state)
• List of dams in the Columbia River watershed

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 December 20, 2014.
4. "Yale Reservoir". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved December 20, 2014.
5. "Yale Dam - Recreation" LewisRiver.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 July 2010.
6. "weatherbase.com". weatherbase.com.

External links

• Media related to Yale Lake at Wikimedia Commons