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Spring Hollow Reservoir is a 158-acre (0.64 km 2), 3.3-billion-US-gallon (12,000,000 m 3) side-stream reservoir in Roanoke County, Virginia with the largest roller-compacted concrete dam east of the Mississippi [1] Having commenced operation in 1996, it is now the main source of water for residents of Roanoke County.
A series of droughts in the late 1990s spurred the City of Roanoke and Roanoke County to create the Western Virginia Water Authority, [3] which consolidated their water delivery systems. The 630-acre (2.5 km 2 ) reservoir and the land below the 1,200-foot (370 m) contour are owned by the Authority; the land above the contour is owned by the ...
The lake was created in 1963 by the Smith Mountain Dam impounding the Roanoke River. The majority of the south shore of the lake lies in Franklin County while a small portion, including access to the dam, lies in Pittsylvania County. Bedford County makes up the northern half of the lake with the Roanoke River as the dividing line. The lake has ...
Roanoke drainage basin. Roanoke River ... (Giles County) East River ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map – State of Virginia (1974)
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It is located southeast of Roanoke, and southwest of Lynchburg. Smaller and lower than Smith Mountain Lake, Leesville Lake covers 3,270 acres (13.2 km 2) and contains 94,900 acre-feet (117,100,000 m 3) of water at full pond. The lake is 17 miles (27 km) long with around 110 miles (180 km) of shoreline.
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