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The Jordan Lake Dam (also known as the B. Everett Jordan Project and the New Hope Dam) is located at 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from the mouth of the Haw River in the upper Cape Fear River drainage Completed in 1974 by the Nello L. Teer Company , it is 1,330 feet (410 m) in length and has a top elevation of 266.5 feet (81.2 m) above mean sea level.
In 1973, the name of the project was changed to B. Everett Jordan Dam and Lake in honor of the former senator from North Carolina. Jordan Lake Park's 46,768 acres (189 km 2) are not only a popular source of recreation, they also provide the water supply for surrounding cities, flood and water quality control, and fish and wildlife conservation. [2]
The Preserve at White Rock Lake is an approved planned development along Stone Chimney Road. The overall density created by the project will be 2.13 dwelling units per acre.
Kerr Lake State Recreation Area: Henderson: Vance: Triangle: 50,000-acre man-made lake, Satterwhite Point visitor center features an exhibit hall, programs, also W. Kerr Scott Lake’s Environmental Education Center Latta Plantation Nature Center and Preserve: Huntersville: Mecklenburg: Charlotte area: website, 1,351 acres, operated by the County
Watersheds or drainage basins are an area of land that drain into a common water body such as stream, lake, estuary, aquifer or ocean. [13] The Watershed Approach is an important framework to address today's water challenges. More than $450 billion in food and fiber, manufactured goods, and tourism depends on clean water and healthy watersheds.
Jordan Lake State Recreation Area: Piedmont Chatham [2] 4,558 acres (18.45 km 2) [5] 1981 [2] Open This recreation area is located along the shores of Jordan Lake, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built reservoir. Kerr Lake State Recreation Area: Piedmont Vance, Warren [2] 3,376 acres (13.66 km 2) [5] 1952 [2] Open
The b-ball star and Charlotte Bobcats owner bought a 12,310-square-foot home on North Carolina's Lake Norman for $2.8 million, the Charlotte Observer reported. Michael Jordan
Lewis Creek Nature Preserve is located in Edneyville, North Carolina. The preserve is home to a 6.5 acres (0.026 km 2 ) mixed Appalachian Bog . This ecosystem is listed as critically endangered with only 750 acres (3.0 km 2 ) of this variety of bogs and fens still in existence, an 83 percent loss from the estimated 5,000 acres (20 km 2 ) that ...