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Moon Lake (Utah)

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Location
  
Duchesne County, Utah

Basin countries
  
United States

Surface elevation
  
2,465 m

Length
  
5.88 km

Type
  
Reservoir

Website
  
Moon Lake Resort

Area
  
3.108 kmĀ²

Width
  
1.2 km

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Moon Lake is a high mountain reservoir on the south slope of the High Uintas in Duchesne County, Utah. Recreation management is under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service, as the lake is part of the Ashley National Forest.

Map of Moon Lake, Utah, USA

In 1938, the United States Bureau of Reclamation completed the earthen Moon Lake Dam on the Lake Fork River to expand the size of the existing natural lake for irrigation. The dam has a height of 98 feet, and the expanded reservoir a capacity of 49,500 acre-feet.

References

Moon Lake (Utah) Wikipedia