Pleasant Hill Lake

Pleasant Hill Lake
Location Perrysville
Coordinates 40°38′25″N 82°20′31″W / 40.64028°N 82.34194°W / 40.64028; -82.34194Coordinates: 40°38′25″N 82°20′31″W / 40.64028°N 82.34194°W / 40.64028; -82.34194
Primary inflows Clear Fork
Primary outflows Clear Fork
Built 1936
Surface area 783 acres (317 ha)

Pleasant Hill Lake is an 783-acre man made lake located near Perrysville and between Ashland and Richland counties in Ohio. Completed in 1936, Pleasant Hill Dam was built on the Clear Fork of the Mohican River. The dam which forms the lake is a 113 ft (34 m) tall earth-fill dam. It is located in Ashland but the lake extends into Richland. The lake, constructed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, was built for the purpose of flood control.[1]

References

  1. "Pleasant Hill Lake, Perrysville, OH". Public Land Journal. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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