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Rivers of Davidson County, North Carolina (3 P) Pages in category "Bodies of water of Davidson County, North Carolina" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
High Rock Lake is a reservoir located on the Yadkin River in central North Carolina in the counties of Davidson and Rowan.Built in 1926-27 by the Tallassee Power Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa), the lake is the northernmost of a series of four hydroelectric projects designed at the time to support the company’s Badin Works, a large aluminum ...
The lake has multiple crossings. One is the Bringle Ferry Bridge that bridges the river between High Rock (in Davidson County) and Pooletown (in Rowan County), and from which there are views of the High Rock Dam. The second crossing is the NC Hwy 49 Bridge at Tuckertown.
The state Forest Service has banned outdoor burning in 30 Western North Carolina counties in the wake of a spate of wildfires that have burned thousands of bone-dry acres.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 567.70 square miles (1,470.3 km 2), of which 553.18 square miles (1,432.7 km 2) is land and 14.52 square miles (37.6 km 2) (2.56%) is water. [8] Davidson County is located entirely within the Piedmont region of central North Carolina. The Piedmont consists of gently rolling ...
NC Sen. Ralph Hise told WRAL this week that replacing Mitchell County’s water plant is a “four-year process.” ... been set up at the Harley Davidson dealership on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 in ...
Abbotts Creek starts in Kernersville, NC in Forsyth County and flows into High Rock Lake near Lexington, NC in Davidson County just north of Hwy 47. The section of High Rock Lake that is officially Abbotts Creeks ends near the Hwy 8 causeway, in Southmont, NC. The median flow at Lexington ranges from 50 to 200 cubic feet per second. [7]
It also received $16.5 million for the project in 2022 from the state of North Carolina. Earlier this year, the water level was lowered in the lake to replace key infrastructure, according to the ...