Mount Storm Lake

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Mount Storm Lake
Mount Storm Lake and Power Plant
Mount Storm Lake
Location	Grant County, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°12′28″N 79°15′45″W / 39.20778°N 79.26250°W / 39.20778; -79.26250
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Stony River
Primary outflows	Stony River
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	1,200 acres (490 ha)
Surface elevation	3,244 ft (989 m)

Mount Storm Lake – also known as New Stony River Reservoir – is a 1,200 acres (4.9 km²) reservoir created in 1965 on the Stony River in Grant County, West Virginia.^[1] It serves as a cooling pond for the Dominion 1.6 gigawatt Mount Storm Power Station, which provides electricity to more than two million customers in Northern Virginia. The reservoir stands at an altitude of 3,244 feet (989 m).