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Cherokee Dam is a gravity-type concrete spillway dam consisting of nine crest gates and eight sluice gates (the latter allowing reservoir control when water level is low). [1] The combined capacity of the dam's four hydroelectric generators is 135,200 kilowatts. Cherokee Lake has a flood-storage capacity of 749,406 acre-feet (924,379,000 m 3). [4]
Cherokee Lake, also known as Cherokee Reservoir, is an artificial reservoir in the U.S. state of Tennessee formed by the impoundment of the Holston River behind Cherokee Dam. [ 2 ] Hydrology
Blue Ridge Dam dams the Toccoa River, forming Blue Ridge Reservoir; Boone Dam on the South Fork Holston River forms Boone Reservoir; Chatuge Dam dams the Hiwassee River to form Chatuge Reservoir; Cherokee Dam on the Holston River forms Cherokee Lake; Douglas Dam on the French Broad River impounds Douglas Lake; Elk River Dam on the Elk River ...
According to federal data, the flow from Terminus Dam into the Kaweah River near Visalia increased from 57 cubic feet per second to more than 1,500 on Friday morning. The flow from Lake Success ...
Cherokee Dam Reservation near Jefferson City, 31 miles from Knoxville. Watts Bar Dam Reservation near Spring City, 61 miles from Knoxville. Parksville Beach near Ocoee, 99 miles from Knoxville.
The main stem of the Holston is impounded by the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cherokee Dam near Jefferson City, Tennessee, forming Cherokee Lake. Five other dams, also managed by TVA, impound the Holston's headwater streams: Watauga Dam and Wilbur Dam on the Watauga River, and Boone Dam , Fort Patrick Henry Dam , and South Holston Dam on the ...
After the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s, many Grainger County residents had to be relocated for the construction of both Cherokee and Norris Dam in the southern and northern parts of the county. Bean Station experienced most of this loss, as the original site the town now resides in the Cherokee Lake basin. [14]
Apalachia Dam; Bear Creek Dam; Beaver Creek Dam; Beech Dam; Blue Ridge Dam; Boone Dam; Cedar Creek Dam; Cedar Dam; Chatuge Dam; Cherokee Dam; Chickamauga Dam; Clear Creek Dam