West Point Lake

West Point Lake
West Point Dam and Lake Lake West Point West Point (without the lake designator)
Northerly view, south of the dam
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Location	Troup County, and Heard County, Georgia, and Chambers County, and Randolph County, Alabama
Coordinates	32°56′25″N 85°11′27″W / 32.9403°N 85.1908°W / 32.9403; -85.1908[1]
Type	Reservoir
Etymology	The near city of West Point, Georgia
Part of	ACF River Basin
Primary inflows	Chattahoochee River
Primary outflows	Chattahoochee River
Catchment area	3,440 sq mi (8,900 km2)[2]
Basin countries	United States
Managing agency	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Built	December 1965[3]: 2
First flooded	May 25, 1975[3]: 2
Max. length	34 mi (55 km) [4]: 2-4
Max. width	3 mi (4.8 km)
Surface area	25,864 acres (10,467 ha)[2]
Average depth	23 ft (7.0 m)[5]: 4
Max. depth	85 ft (26 m)[5]: 4
Water volume	604,527 acre⋅ft (745,673,000 m3)[2] at 635 ft (194 m)
Residence time	Approx. 55 days[6]: 3
Shore length1	604 mi (972 km)[2]
Surface elevation	Summer: 635 ft (194 m)[2] Winter: 628 ft (191 m)[2]
Frozen	Never
Settlements	near West Point, Georgia
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure.

West Point Lake is a man-made reservoir located mostly in west-central Georgia on the Chattahoochee River and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The Chattahoochee river flows in from the north, before flowing through the West Point Dam, which impounds the lake, and continuing to Columbus, Georgia. Of the four major USACE lakes in the ACF River Basin, West Point Lake is the smallest by area containing 25,864 acres (10,467 ha) of water, and has the second shortest shoreline at 604 mi (972 km).^[7] The purposes of the reservoir are to provide flood control, hydroelectric power, and water storage to aid the navigation of the lower Chattahoochee.