Lakes / West Virginia / Lewis County / Stonecoal Reservoir
Stonecoal Reservoir, West Virginia
601 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - West Virginia
38.98 degrees N, 80.35 degrees W - Lewis 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 Stonecoal Reservoir Stacks Up
- Larger than 68% of the 35 lakes counted in West Virginia.
- About 50 miles from Morgantown, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Creek Reservoir | Harrison | 16 mi | 52 acres |
| Burnsville Lake | Braxton | 17 mi | 826 acres |
| Lake Floyd | Harrison | 23 mi | 30 acres |
| Sutton Lake | Braxton | 27 mi | 1,636 acres |
| Teter Creek Lake | Barbour | 27 mi | 35 acres |
| Tygart Lake | Taylor | 28 mi | 1,873 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 65784569). Verified October 30, 2026.