Guist Creek Lake

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. 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.

Guist Creek Lake
Guist Creek Lake
LocationShelby County, Kentucky,
United States
Coordinates38°12′26″N 85°08′29″W
Typereservoir
Primary inflowsGuist Creek
Primary outflowsGuist Creek
Basin countriesUnited States
Average depth15 ft (5 m)
Max. depth47 ft (14 m)
Surface elevation761 ft (232 m)
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