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Owner and operator TVA issued a "Condition Red alert" on Sept. 27, warning that a failure of the Nolichucky Dam was imminent. The 94-foot dam, completed in 1913, was invisible under a muddy ...
Flooding caused the Nolichucky Dam near Greeneville in Greene County to withstand nearly twice the water flow of the iconic Niagara Falls, the Tennessee Department of Transportation said two days ...
By 4 p.m. Sept. 28, TVA reported that Nolichucky Dam had been found to be "stable and secure" as water levels continued to drop. "We are notifying local emergency management agencies that we are ...
The dam is located just over 46 miles (74 km) upstream from the mouth of the Nolichucky, and impounds Davy Crockett Lake, [1] [2] which extends 6 miles (9.7 km) upstream from the dam. [2] [3] The dam is a concrete gravity overflow type dam 94 feet (29 m) high and 482 feet (147 m) long. [2] [3] The dam has an ogee-type spillway with a flashboard ...
New data from TVA shows the French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon rivers dumped enough water into Douglas Lake to fill Neyland Stadium 661 times. East Tennessee flooding could have been worse: How ...
TVA does not control flooding on the Nolichucky River until it empties into Douglas Lake. The Nolichucky Dam is a "run-of-the-river" dam, meaning it does not provide water storage to control flooding.
Davy Crockett Lake is a 383-acre (154.99 ha; 0.60 sq mi) body of water impounded by Nolichucky Dam on the Nolichucky River, 7 miles (11 km) south of Greeneville in Greene County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is also known as the Davy Crockett Reservoir and is maintained by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). [1]
Before midnight Sept. 27, the Nolichucky Dam near Greeneville withstood record flows nearly twice the amount that pours over Niagara Falls. More than a week later, with overnight temperatures ...