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Cheat Lake Dam is located directly south of the Mason–Dixon line border with Pennsylvania. The dam is run by eleven employees and has a generating capacity of 52 megawatts (70,000 hp). [2] Cheat Lake Dam's total length across the Cheat River is approximately 1,000 feet (300 m).
The Cheat River is a 78.3-mile-long (126.0 km) [5] tributary of the Monongahela River in eastern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Via the Ohio River , the Cheat and Monongahela are part of the Mississippi River watershed .
Cheat Lake, West Virginia. / 39.66667°N 79.85278°W / 39.66667; -79.85278. Cheat Lake is a census-designated place in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, surrounding the Cheat Lake reservoir. The population was 9,930 at the 2020 census. [4] It is included in the Morgantown metropolitan area .
Mon–Fayette Expressway Completed section highlighted in red Proposed section highlighted in dark blue Route information Maintained by WVDOH, PennDOT, & PTC Length 59.7 mi (96.1 km) Existed 1977–present Component highways WV 43 in West Virginia PA Turnpike 43 from Springhill to Georges Township PA 43 from Georges Township to Uniontown, PA Major junctions South end I-68 in Cheat Lake, WV ...
In Point Marion at the confluence of the Monongahela and Cheat rivers, the waters crested at 40 ft (12 m), or 14 ft (4.3 m) above flood stage. There were many evacuation orders after a false report that the Lake Lynn dam had burst, which is located along the Cheat River several miles south of Point Marion in extreme northern West Virginia.
Coopers Rock State Forest. / 39.65556°N 79.78778°W / 39.65556; -79.78778. Coopers Rock State Forest is a 12,747-acre (52 km 2) [1] state forest in Monongalia and Preston counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Its southern edge abuts Cheat Lake and the canyon section of Cheat River, a popular whitewater rafting river in the ...
Cheat Canyon — also called Cheat River Canyon or Cheat River Gorge — is a 10-mile (16 km) long, forested Canyon of the Cheat River at the western edge of the Allegheny Mountains in northeastern West Virginia, United States. A popular whitewater venue, for many years the Canyon has been the object of controversy as environmental activists ...
Cheat Mountain. / 38.39361°N 79.98389°W / 38.39361; -79.98389. / 38.64111°N 79.91306°W / 38.64111; -79.91306. Cheat Mountain is an exceptionally high and rugged ridge situated in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It is about 50 miles (80 km) long (north to south) and more than five miles (8 km) wide at ...