Flock & ALPR Cameras in Cheat Lake, West Virginia
Volunteers have reported 5 automated license plate readers in and around Cheat Lake — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
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No new reports near Cheat Lake in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 16:22 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Cheat Lake
The readers mapped around Cheat Lake break down as 5 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in May 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- I 68 — 3 readers
- CR 857 — 2 readers
Cheat Lake in the Monongalia County picture
Monongalia County has 21 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,387 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 106,520 residents and 1,849 road miles. By road density that is 0.01 cameras per road mile, in the top 40.4% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 5 traffic.
Camera activity around Cheat Lake, last 30 days
1 newly reported in our hourly change log for Cheat Lake. Latest change logged Aug 18, 2026.
What’s watching Cheat Lake
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Cheat Lake — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Cheat Lake (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
The latest around Cheat Lake
- 2 new license plate readers reported around Cheat Lake, WV
- 9 license plate readers reported removed near Cheat Lake, WV
- 3 new license plate readers reported around Cheat Lake, WV
What you can do in Cheat Lake
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.
Cameras near Cheat Lake
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).