The Clear Fork Reservoir is a reservoir (as a man-made lake) on the Clear Fork river in the area of Richland County and Morrow County in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was designed and built in 1949 to be the main source of drinking water for the city of Mansfield, Ohio.[1]
Clear Fork Reservoir | |
---|---|
Location | Richland / Morrow counties, Ohio, United States |
Coordinates | 40°41′54″N 82°36′24″W / 40.69833°N 82.60667°W |
Basin countries | United States |
Surface area | 997 acres (403 ha) |
Average depth | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
Max. depth | 40 ft (12 m) est. |
Water volume | 4,400,000,000 U.S. gallons (17,000,000 m3) |
Shore length1 | 14 mi (23 km) |
Surface elevation | 1,202 ft (366 m) |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
References
edit