# Yale Lake

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{{Short description|Lake in the United States}}
{{distinguish|text=[Lake Yale](/source/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](/source/Mount_St._Helens) in distance
| image_bathymetry = 
| caption_bathymetry = 
| location = [Clark](/source/Clark_County%2C_Washington) / [Cowlitz](/source/Cowlitz_County%2C_Washington) counties, [Washington](/source/Washington_(U.S._state))
| coords = {{coord|45|57|51|N|122|19|57|W|type:waterbody_region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}<ref name="gnis"/>
| type = [reservoir](/source/reservoir)
| inflow = [Lewis River](/source/Lewis_River_(Washington))
| outflow = [Lewis River](/source/Lewis_River_(Washington))
| catchment = {{convert|600|sqmi|km2|sigfig=3}}<ref name="npdp"/>
| basin_countries = [United States](/source/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 = 
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| pushpin_map             = Washington#USA
| pushpin_label_position  = 
| pushpin_map_alt         = Location of Yale Lake in Washington, USA.
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| 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](/source/reservoir) on the [Lewis River](/source/Lewis_River_(Washington)) in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Washington](/source/Washington_(U.S._state)). It lies on the border between [Clark County](/source/Clark_County%2C_Washington) and [Cowlitz County](/source/Cowlitz_County%2C_Washington). It was created in 1953 with the construction of [Yale Dam](/source/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>

==See also==
*[List of lakes in Washington (state)](/source/List_of_lakes_in_Washington_(state))
*[List of dams in the Columbia River watershed](/source/List_of_dams_in_the_Columbia_River_watershed)

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Yale Lake}}

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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

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