Yale Lake

{{Short description|Lake in the United States}} {{distinguish|text=Lake Yale, Florida}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Yale Lake | image = Mount St. Helens - Yale Lake - Washington State 1981.jpg | caption = Yale Lake with Mount St. Helens in distance | image_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Clark / Cowlitz counties, Washington | coords = {{coord|45|57|51|N|122|19|57|W|type:waterbody_region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis"/> | type = reservoir | inflow = Lewis River | outflow = Lewis River | catchment = {{convert|600|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}}<ref name="npdp"/> | basin_countries = United States | length = | area = {{convert|3780|acre|km2|abbr=on}} | depth = | max-depth = {{convert|246|feet|abbr=on}} | volume ={{convert|401,760|acre.ft|km3|sigfig=3|lk=in|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Reservoirs in the United States|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/1838/report.pdf|publisher=United States Geological Survey|access-date=20 December 2014}}</ref> | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = {{convert|486|ft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Yale Reservoir|url=http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/744/|publisher=Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife|access-date=20 December 2014|archive-date=December 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221083200/http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington/744/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | islands = | cities =  | pushpin_map = Washington#USA | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Location of Yale Lake in Washington, USA. | pushpin_map_caption =  | website = | reference = <ref name="gnis">{{GNIS|1528347|Yale Lake}}</ref><ref name="npdp">[http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=WA00148 Yale Dam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716112412/http://npdp.stanford.edu/DamDirectory/DamDetail.jsp?npdp_id=WA00148 |date=July 16, 2011 }}, NPDP Dam Directory</ref> }} '''Yale Lake''' is a 3,780 acre<ref>"[http://lewisriver.com/yale.html Yale Dam - Recreation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100801041352/http://www.lewisriver.com/yale.html |date=August 1, 2010 }}" LewisRiver.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 July 2010.</ref> reservoir on the Lewis River in the U.S. state of Washington. It lies on the border between Clark County and Cowlitz County. It was created in 1953 with the construction of Yale Dam.<ref name="npdp"/>

== Climate == {{Weather box | location = Yale Lake, Washington | single line = Y | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation inch = 16.9 | Feb precipitation inch = 14.9 | Mar precipitation inch = 13.3 | Apr precipitation inch = 7.1 | May precipitation inch = 4.7 | Jun precipitation inch = 4 | Jul precipitation inch = 1.3 | Aug precipitation inch = 1.5 | Sep precipitation inch = 5 | Oct precipitation inch = 11.6 | Nov precipitation inch = 18.2 | Dec precipitation inch = 20.8 | year precipitation inch = 119.3 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in. | Jan precipitation days = 17 | Feb precipitation days = 17 | Mar precipitation days = 19 | Apr precipitation days = 14 | May precipitation days = 12 | Jun precipitation days = 10 | Jul precipitation days = 3 | Aug precipitation days = 5 | Sep precipitation days = 8 | Oct precipitation days = 15 | Nov precipitation days = 18 | Dec precipitation days = 21 | year precipitation days = 159 | Jan snow inch = 0.8 | Feb snow inch = 0.0 | Mar snow inch = 0.0 | Apr snow inch = 0.0 | May snow inch = 0.0 | Jun snow inch = 0.0 | Jul snow inch = 0.0 | Aug snow inch = 0.0 | Sep snow inch = 0.0 | Oct snow inch = 0.2 | Nov snow inch = 0.0 | Dec snow inch = 0.5 | year snow inch = 1.5 | unit snow days = 0.1 in. | source 1 = Weatherbase <ref name=Weatherbase> {{cite web |url =http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=696754&cityname=Washougal-Washington-United-States-of-America&set=us |publisher=Weatherbase |title=Weatherbase.com |year=2021 }} Retrieved on January 14, 2021. </ref> | source = weatherbase.com }}<ref>{{Cite web |title=weatherbase.com |url=https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=774654 |website=weatherbase.com}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yale}} Category:Reservoirs in Washington (state) Category:Lakes of Clark County, Washington Category:Lakes of Cowlitz County, Washington Category:Protected areas of Clark County, Washington Category:Protected areas of Cowlitz County, Washington Category:Gifford Pinchot National Forest