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The water level in Tims Ford Reservoir varies about 15 feet in a normal year with the summer level being 888 feet above sea level. Tims Ford Dam was TVA’s first hydroelectric facility retrofitted with a small generating unit for the purpose of maintaining instantaneous downstream minimum flows.
Tims Ford State Park, also known as Tims Ford State Rustic Park, is a state park in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The 3,546-acre (14.35 km 2) state park is situated on the north shore of Tims Ford Lake near the north escarpment of the Cumberland Plateau, about ten miles from the city of Winchester.
The slack water extends upstream to the vicinity of Estill Springs. It is then bridged by U.S. Route 41A. Backwaters of the Tims Ford project also extend into the nearby town of Winchester, county seat of Franklin County, even though the main channel of the Elk runs to its west, bridged by State Route 130.
Awalt, flooded by Tims Ford Lake. Butler, flooded by Watauga Lake. [39] Loyston, flooded by Norris Lake. Willow Grove, flooded by Dale Hollow Lake.
Ocoee Dam No. 2 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 2; Ocoee Dam No. 3 on the Ocoee River impounds Ocoee Lake No. 3; South Holston Dam dams the South Fork Holston River, forming South Holston Lake; Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River forms Tellico Lake; Tims Ford Dam on the Elk River impounds Tims Ford Lake
Nov. 15—U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke on Tuesday introduced legislation in Congress aimed at ensuring Flathead Lake avoids another year of abnormally low water levels. The Fill the Lake Act would require ...
Cowans Ford Dam and Lake Norman – Duke Power; Falls Lake – USACE; Fontana Dam – Fontana Lake; on the Little Tennessee River; finished in 1944 by the TVA; Gaston Dam – Lake Gaston; on the Roanoke River; built by the Virginia Electric Power Company (VEPCO) High Rock Lake – on the Yadkin River; built in 1927 by USACE and operated today ...
The settlement of Awalt was almost completely submerged by Tims Ford Lake. Construction of Tims Ford Dam on the Elk River began in 1966 and was completed in 1970. Graves were relocated to the New Awalt Cemetery on the ridge, and all persons living in Awalt were displaced. All structures were removed before the filling of the lake which took ...