Elmer Davis Lake

Elmer Davis Lake
Location	Owen County, Kentucky
Coordinates	38°29′54″N 84°52′26″W / 38.4983°N 84.8738°W / 38.4983; -84.8738Coordinates: 38°29′54″N 84°52′26″W / 38.4983°N 84.8738°W / 38.4983; -84.8738
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Severn Creek
Primary outflows	Severn Creek
Basin countries	United States

Surface area	149 acres (60 ha)
Average depth	21 ft (6.4 m)
Max. depth	59 ft (18 m)
Surface elevation	721 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

↑ 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.

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