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Blue Ridge Dam is a hydraulic earth-fill type dam 167 feet (51 m) high and 1,000 feet (300 m) long, and has a generating capacity of 22 megawatts. [2] The dam's gate-controlled saddle spillway— which is separated from the main dam by a small hill— can discharge up to 55,000 cubic feet (1,600 m 3 ) of water per second.
Blue Ridge Lake was created by the completion of Blue Ridge Dam and has approximately 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline and a flood storage capacity of 68,500 acre⋅ft (84,500 dam 3). The lake's levels fluctuate by about 20 feet (6.1 m) in a typical year. Blue Ridge Dam was completed in 1930. It stands 175 feet (53 m) high and is 1,553 feet (473 m ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.
National Park Service funds have been approved for Front Lake dam repair at Carl Sandburg Home in Flat Rock, after 2022 dam failure. ... after 2022 dam failure.
Ward Mill Dam 20 ft (6.1 m) 2021 Watauga County: Watauga River: Hydropower dam. Unnamed dam: 3 ft (0.91 m) 2009 Watauga County: Sims Creek: Located near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Umstead Dam 2016 Cape Fear Basin
The Tennessee River Watershed received two months worth of normal rainfall in just three days. The 10 tributary reservoir TVA estimates $406M in flood damages averted during Helene
Non-camper dumping is allowed at all park campgrounds and would cost $6 instead of $3 under the proposed changes. Non-campers who would like to shower at Julian Price Park or Mount Pisgah ...
The nearly 8100 major dams in the United States in 2006. The National Inventory of Dams defines a major dam as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).