- Sleepy Creek Lake
Infobox lake
lake_name = Sleepy Creek Lake
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location =Berkeley County, West Virginia
coords = coord|39.4995413|N|78.1650038|W|type:waterbody_region:US-WV|display=inline,title
type =reservoir
inflow =Meadow Branch ofSleepy Creek
outflow =Meadow Branch ofSleepy Creek
catchment =
basin_countries = United States
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area = convert|205|acre|km2|1
depth = convert|9|ft|abbr=on|lk=on
max-depth = convert|26|ft|abbr=on|lk=on
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elevation = 1,086 ft (331 m)
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cities =Sleepy Creek Lake is a convert|205|acre|km2|1 impoundment of the
Meadow Branch ofSleepy Creek in Berkeley County inWest Virginia 'sEastern Panhandle . The reservoir is located at an elevation of 1,086 feet (331 m) on the convert|23000|acre|km2|-1Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area , which lies within both Morgan and Berkeley Counties. The lake is also nestled between two mountain ridges:Sleepy Creek Mountain (1,905 ft) andThird Hill Mountain (2,172 ft). Sleepy Creek Lake was constructed by theWest Virginia Division of Natural Resources and was completed in1962 . The lake was then opened for fishing in1964 . The lake has a maximum depth of 26 feet and an average depth of 9 feet.Sleepy Creek Lake provides fishing for largemouth bass,
bluegill ,crappie , andchannel catfish . WVDNR began stocking the reservoir withnorthern pike in1989 . In a nine-year period between1994 and2002 , Sleepy Creek Lake yielded 129 trophy largemouth bass.
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