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The Wolf Creek Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County, Kentucky, United States.The dam serves at once four distinct purposes: it generates hydroelectricity; it regulates and limits flooding; it releases stored water to permit year-round navigation on the Cumberland River; and it creates Lake Cumberland for recreation, the largest man-made lake ...
In 1967 a leak was found at the Wolf Creek Dam. Repairs were made in the late 1970s at a cost of over $96 million. On January 22, 2007, the United States Army Corps of Engineers began lowering the water level in Lake Cumberland, fearing a possible breach in Wolf Creek Dam. Water seepage had again eroded the limestone under the dam, creating the ...
Aerial view of Fort Gibson Lake and Sequoyah State Park. Many large Oklahoma lakes have state parks and lodges. ... Wolf Creek: 1,800: 2,400: Army Corps of Engineers ...
Drone and aerial pictures also illustrate the severity of the situation and the likelihood of a long cleanup for places like Garrett in Floyd Co. and Quicksand, a community in Breathitt Co.
Russell Springs is a home rule-class city [5] in Russell County, Kentucky, in the United States.The city is the gateway to Lake Cumberland, one of the largest man-made lakes in the region, created by Wolf Creek Dam.
A satellite view shows Mill Creek, before being damaged by Hurricane Helene, in Old Fort on Jan. 7, 2022, and after the storm hit on Oct. 2. (Maxar Technologies via Reuters)
John Redmond Dam is an earth-fill embankment dam that stands 86.5 feet (26.4 m) above the streambed and 21,790 feet (6,640 m) long. [5] At its crest, the dam has an elevation of 1,081.5 feet (329.6 m). [4] A 664-foot (202 m) section of the dam at its northeast end is a concrete spillway that empties into the
A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, prompting people living downriver to be evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday. The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf ...