West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 58 - Natural Resources › Title 58 - LEGISLATIVE EXEMPT RULE BUREAU OF COMMERCE DIVISION OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Series 58-26 - Special Boating Rules › Section 58-26-3 - Special Rules for Government-owned Lakes

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. Vessels are permitted on the following
				government-owned lakes with the following restrictions.
3.1.1. Airport Pond (Raleigh County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.2. Anawalt
				(McDowell County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.3. Anderson (Kanawha County): No vessels
				permitted.
3.1.4. Barboursville
				(Cabell County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.5. Bear Rock (Ohio County): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.6. Beech Fork (Wayne County): Motorboats
				are limited to a maximum of 10 horsepower and operators must observe no-wake
				zones marked by buoys or posted signs. Boats having motors greater than 10
				horsepower shall have the propeller removed or have the motor withdrawn to the
				maximum trailerable limit while operating on this lake. Motorboats and other
				vessels may not enter restricted areas marked by buoys or posted
				signs.
3.1.7. Berwind (McDowell
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.8. Big Ditch (Webster County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.9. Big Run (Marion County): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.10. Bluestone (Summers County): Motorboat
				operators must observe no-wake zones and speed limit zones marked by buoys or
				posted signs which are approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels
				may not enter restricted areas marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.11. Boley (Fayette County): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.12. Brandywine (Pendleton County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.13. Brushy Fork (Site 19) (Pendleton
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.14. Buffalo Fork (Pocahontas County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only
3.1.15. Burnsville (Braxton County):
				Motorboat operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs
				which are approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels may not enter
				restricted areas marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.16. Cacapon Recreational Lake (Morgan
				County): No motorboats permitted.
3.1.17. Cacapon Upper Reservoir (Morgan
				County): No motorboats permitted.
3.1.18. Cameron (Marshall County): No vessels
				permitted.
3.1.19. Camp Run
				(Pendleton County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.20. Castleman Run (Brooke and Ohio
				Counties): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.21. Cedar Creek (Gilmer County): Rental
				boats only.
3.1.22. Charles Fork
				(Roane County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.23. Cheat (Monongalia County): Motorboat
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels may not enter restricted
				areas marked by the approved buoys or posted signs.
3.1.24. Chief Cornstalk (Mason County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.25. Chief Logan (Logan County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.26. Conaway
				Run (Tyler County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.27. Coonskin (Kanawha County): No vessels
				permitted.
3.1.28. Coopers Rock
				(Monongalia County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.29. Curtisville (Marion County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.30. Deegan (Harrison): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.31. Dents Run (Marion): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.32. Dixon (Monongalia County): No vessels
				permitted.
3.1.33. Doe Run
				Sub-Impoundment (Taylor County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.34. Dog Run (Harrison
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.35. Dunkard Fork (Marshall County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.36. East Lynn (Wayne County): Motorboat
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels may not enter restricted
				areas marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.37. Edwards Run (Hampshire County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.38. Elk Fork
				(Jackson County): Motorboats are limited to a maximum of 10 horsepower and
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director. Boats having motors greater than 10 horsepower must
				have the propeller removed or have the motor withdrawn to the maximum
				trailerable limit while operating on this lake.
3.1.39. Elk Two Mile (Site 12) (Kanawha
				County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.40. Elk Two Mile (Site 13) (Kanawha
				County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.41. Elk Two Mile (Site 14) (Kanawha
				County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.42. Fairfax Pond (Monongalia County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.43. Fitzpatrick (Raleigh County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.44. Flat Run
				(Marion County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.45. Fort Ashby (Mineral County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.46. French Creek (Upshur County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.47.
				Frozencamp - Left Fork (Jackson County): Motorboat use restricted to electric
				motors only.
3.1.48. Frozencamp -
				Right Fork (Jackson County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.49. Handley (Pocahontas
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.50. Hawks Nest (Fayette County):
				Motorboat operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs
				which are approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels may not enter
				restricted areas marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.51. Hinkle (Harrison): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.52. Horse Creek (Wyoming County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.53. Huey Run (Marion County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.54. Hurricane (Putnam County): No vessels
				permitted.
3.1.55. Indian Rocks
				(Nicholas County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.56. James P. Bailey (Mercer County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.57. Jennings
				Randolph (Mineral County): Motorboat operators must observe no-wake zones
				marked by buoys or posted signs which are approved by the Director. Motorboats
				and other vessels may not enter restricted areas marked by buoys or posted
				signs.
3.1.58. Jimmy Lewis (Mercer
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.59. Kanawha State Forest (Kanawha
				County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.60. Kee (Mercer County): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.61. Kimsey Run (Hardy County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.62. Krodel (Mason County): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.63. Larenim (Mineral County): No
				motorboats allowed.
3.1.64. Laurel
				(Mingo County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.65. Lick Creek (Wayne County): No vessels
				permitted.
3.1.66. Little Beaver
				(Raleigh County): Electric motors only.
3.1.67. Logan County Airport (Logan County):
				No vessels permitted.
3.1.68. Mason
				(Monongalia County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.69. McClintic Ponds
				(Mason County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.70. Middle Wheeling Creek (Ohio County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.71. Miletree (Roane County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.72. Mill Creek (Barbour County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.73. Millers Fork (Wayne County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.74. Moncove
				(Monroe County): Motorboats are limited to a maximum of five
				horsepower.
3.1.75. Mount Storm
				(Grant County): Motorboats and other vessels may not enter restricted areas
				marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.76. Mountain Valley Lake (Summers
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.77. Mountwood (Wood County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.78. Newburg Lake (Preston County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.79. New
				Creek (Dam Number 14) (Grant County): Motorboat use restricted to electric
				motors only.
3.1.80. North Bend
				(Ritchie County): Motorboats are limited to a maximum of 10 horsepower and
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director. Boats having motors greater than 10 horsepower must
				have the propeller removed or have the motor withdrawn to the maximum
				trailerable limit while operating on this lake.
3.1.81. North Bend Pond (Ritchie County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.82. O'Brien
				(Jackson County): Motorboats are limited to a maximum of 10 horsepower and
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director. Boats having motors greater than 10 horsepower must
				have the propeller removed or have the motor withdrawn to the maximum
				trailerable limit while operating on this lake.
3.1.83. Parker Hollow (Hardy County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.84. Pendleton (Tucker County): No
				motorboats permitted.
3.1.85.
				Pennsboro (Ritchie County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.86. Pettigrew (Kanawha
				County): No motorboats permitted.
3.1.87. Pipestem (Summers County): Electric
				motors only.
3.1.88. Plum Orchard
				(Fayette County): Motorboat operators must observe no-wake zones marked by
				buoys or posted signs which are approved by the Director. Only motorboats
				powered by electric motors are allowed within zones marked by buoys or posted
				signs.
3.1.89. Poorhouse Pond
				(Berkeley County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.90. R. D. Bailey (Mingo and Wyoming
				counties): Motorboat operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or
				posted signs which are approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels
				may not enter restricted areas marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.91. Ridenour (Kanawha County): Rental
				boats only.
3.1.92. Rock Cliff
				(Hardy County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.93. Rockhouse (Logan County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.94. Rollins (Jackson County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.95. Saltlick #9 (Braxton County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.96. Seneca (Pocahontas County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.97. Sherwood (Greenbrier County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.98. Silcott Fork (Roane County): No
				vessels permitted.
3.1.99. Sleepy
				Creek (Berkeley County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.100. South Mill Creek
				(Grant County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.101. Spruce Knob (Randolph County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.102. Stephens (Raleigh County): Motorboat
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director.
3.1.103.
				Stonecoal (Lewis and Upshur counties): Motorboats are limited to a maximum of
				10 horsepower and operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or
				posted signs which are approved by the Director. Boats having motors greater
				than ten 10 horsepower must have the propeller removed or have the motor
				withdrawn to the maximum trailerable limit while operating on this
				lake.
3.1.104. Stonewall Jackson
				(Lewis County): Motorboat operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys
				or posted signs which are approved by the Director. Motorboats and other
				vessels may not enter restricted areas marked by buoys or posted
				signs.
3.1.105. Summersville
				(Nicholas County): Motorboat operators must observe no-wake zones marked by
				buoys or posted signs which are approved by the Director. Motorboats and other
				vessels may not enter restricted areas marked by buoys or posted
				signs.
3.1.106. Summit (Greenbrier
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.107. Sutton (Braxton County): Motorboat
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels may not enter restricted
				areas marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.108. Teter Creek (Barbour County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.109. Thomas Park (Tucker County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.110. Tomlinson Run (Hancock County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.111. Tracy (Ritchie County): Motorboat
				use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.112. Trout (Hardy County): No vessels
				permitted.
3.1.113. Tuckahoe
				(Greenbrier County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.114. Turkey Run (Jackson
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.115. Turkey Run (Marshall County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.116. Tygart (Taylor County): Motorboat
				operators must observe no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are
				approved by the Director. Motorboats and other vessels may not enter restricted
				areas marked by buoys or posted signs.
3.1.117. Tygart River Backwaters (Town of
				Elkins) (Randolph County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.118. Underwood (Cabell
				County): No vessels permitted.
3.1.119. Upper Cove Run (Hardy County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.120. Upper Deckers (Preston County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.121. Upper Mud River (Lincoln County):
				Motorboats are limited to a maximum of 10 horsepower and operators must observe
				no-wake zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are approved by the
				Director. Boats having motors greater than 10 horsepower must have the
				propeller removed or have the motor withdrawn to the maximum trailerable limit
				while operating on this lake.
3.1.122. Wallback (Clay and Roane counties):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.123. Warden (Hardy County): Motorboat use
				restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.124. Watoga (Pocahontas County):
				Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.125. Westover Park (Monongalia County):
				No vessels permitted.
3.1.126.
				Whetstone (Marion County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors
				only.
3.1.127. Wolf Run (Marshall
				County): Motorboat use restricted to electric motors only.
3.1.128. Woodrum (Jackson County): Motorboats
				are limited to a maximum of 10 horsepower and operators must observe no-wake
				zones marked by buoys or posted signs which are approved by the Director. Boats
				having motors greater than 10 horsepower must have the propeller removed or
				have the motor withdrawn to the maximum trailerable limit while operating on
				this lake.