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  2. Jordan Lake - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Jordan Lake (Alabama) - Wikipedia

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    Jordan Dam in background. Jordan Lake is a lake in Elmore County, Alabama.The closest city is Wetumpka.. Jordan Lake is a reservoir with a water surface of 6,800 acres (28 km 2), shoreline of about 188 miles (303 km), a total length of 18 miles (29 km), and a maximum storage volume of 236,200 acre-feet (291,300,000 m 3). [1]

  4. This map shows half of NC is in drought. What it means and ...

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    Reduced stream flows and shrunken drinking-water reservoirs, ... Jordan Lake was 3.73 feet below ... National Weather Service meteorologists say a strong El Niño should bring higher-than-normal ...

  5. Lake-effect rain - Wikipedia

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    Lake-effect rain forms in a smilar way to lake-effect snow: cold air moves across the relatively warmer waters of lakes, thereby creating a sharp drop in temperature from the lake surface through the first several thousand feet in the atmosphere (the temperature gradient is known as the "lapse rate"), and then it precipitates the moisture over ...

  6. Carrboro man drowns while swimming in Jordan Lake, 3rd ... - AOL

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    A 52-year-old man from Carrboro drowned in Jordan Lake on Tuesday night, the Chatham County Sheriff’s Office said. ... Monitor water conditions and weather forecasts. Follow all posted signs and ...

  7. Haw River and Jordan Lake will see lower levels of chemicals ...

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    The treatment plant is technically the water quality permit holder for anything that is discharged. For example, the City of Burlington holds the permit for the discharge into the Haw River.

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  9. Jordan Lake State Recreation Area - Wikipedia

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    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]