Lakes / West Virginia / Harrison County / Buffalo Creek Reservoir
Buffalo Creek Reservoir, West Virginia
52 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - West Virginia
39.20 degrees N, 80.43 degrees W - Harrison County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How Buffalo Creek Reservoir Stacks Up
- Larger than 37% of the 35 lakes counted in West Virginia.
- The largest lake in Harrison County among those counted.
- About 39 miles from Morgantown, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Floyd | Harrison | 7.1 mi | 30 acres |
| Stonecoal Reservoir | Lewis | 16 mi | 601 acres |
| Crystal Lake | Doddridge | 21 mi | 26 acres |
| Tygart Lake | Taylor | 23 mi | 1,873 acres |
| Rock Lake | Marion | 24 mi | 29 acres |
| Burnsville Lake | Braxton | 28 mi | 826 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Largest Lakes in West Virginia
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summersville Lake | Nicholas | 2,834 acres | - |
| 2 | Tygart Lake | Taylor | 1,873 acres | - |
| 3 | Sutton Lake | Braxton | 1,636 acres | - |
| 4 | Cheat Lake | Monongalia | 1,359 acres | - |
| 5 | East Lynn Lake | Wayne | 1,154 acres | - |
All 35 West Virginia lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 65783149). Verified October 30, 2026.