Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 36, September 6, 2024
Section 58-26-3 - Special Rules for Government-owned Lakes3.1. 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 Boats having motors greater than 10 horsepower shall have the propeller removed or have the motor withdrawn to the maximum trailerable limit while operating on this lake.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 only3.1.15. 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.3.2. The Division's law enforcement, emergency, and research vessels, when operating in an official capacity, are exempt from the provisions of this rule.