Beech Fork Lake

Beech Fork Lake
Beech Fork State Park is built around the backwaters of the lake
Beech Fork Lake
Location	Wayne / Cabell counties, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates	38°18′57″N 82°22′58″W / 38.3159405°N 82.3828899°W / 38.3159405; -82.3828899[1]
Type	reservoir
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	720 acres (2.9 km2)
Surface elevation	584 feet (178 m)[1]

Beech Fork Lake is a 720 acre (2.9 km²) reservoir located near Lavalette in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. Beech Fork Lake is also partly located in neighboring Cabell County. Millers Fork and Stowers Branch join Beech Fork with their own river valleys contributing to the majority of the lakesurface of Beech Fork Lake. These streams are tributaries of Twelvepole Creek.

Beech Fork Lake as a flood control impoundment was authorized by the Flood Control Act of October 23, 1962 and was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the mid-1970s. The lake was completed and dedicated in May 1978.