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Jan. 25—Wolf Creek Dam is in line for some major upgrades as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 Work Plan that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced last week. The Corps's Nashville ...
The Wolf Creek Dam is a multi-purpose dam on the Cumberland River in the western part of Russell County, Kentucky, United States.The dam serves at once four distinct purposes: it generates hydroelectricity; it regulates and limits flooding; it releases stored water to permit year-round navigation on the Cumberland River; and it creates Lake Cumberland for recreation, the largest man-made lake ...
The maximum pool is 760 feet (232 m) at the top of dam floodgates; The top of Wolf Creek Dam is 773 feet (236 m). Lake is considered at "flood control" level from 723 to 760 feet (220 to 232 m). Normal power drawdown is between 723 and 673 feet (220 to 205 m). At 760 feet (232 m) elevation, the shoreline of Lake Cumberland is 1,255 miles (2,020 ...
Wolf Creek Dam is located in southern Russell County. The dam impounds Cumberland River to form Lake Cumberland, a major tourism attraction for the county. Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery is also located in Russell County just below the dam. Until relatively recently Russell County was a dry county, meaning that the sale of alcohol was ...
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A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, prompting people living downriver to be evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday. The dam in Manawa along the Little Wolf ...
Dam [1] Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Notes Gray's Landing Dam 19 ft (5.8 m) Toombs County: Horn Creek: Altamaha River: Dam built for recreation. Sallacoa Creek Watershed Dam #77 56 ft (17 m) 2018 Gordon County
The largest dam removal project in U.S. history has freed the Klamath River, ... on a tributary creek downstream from the dams, a group of men wearing wetsuits, masks and snorkels swam in clear ...