| Guist Creek Lake | |
|---|---|
  Guist Creek Lake | |
| Location | Shelby County, Kentucky, United States |
| Coordinates | 38°12′26″N 85°08′29″W / 38.2072°N 85.1414°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Guist Creek |
| Primary outflows | Guist Creek |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Average depth | 15 ft (5 m) |
| Max. depth | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Surface elevation | 761 ft (232 m)[1] |
Guist Creek Lake is a 317-acre (1.3 km2) reservoir about five miles (8 km) east of Shelbyville, Kentucky. It was created in 1961 by impounding Guist Creek.[2] The lake has 27 miles (43 km) of shoreline and is stocked annually with 7,900 channel catfish per year. Its average depth is 15 feet (5 m), with the main channel averaging around 20 feet (6 m) in most of the lake. Its maximum depth is 47 ft (14 m). Guist Creek Lake is in the Salt River drainage basin.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Guist Creek Lake
- ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). "Lakes". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.