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Blue Ridge Lake is a reservoir in Fannin County, in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The reservoir encompasses 3,300-acre (1,300 ha) of water, and a "full summer pool" of approximately 1,686 feet (514 m) above mean sea level. It is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority and is primarily fed by the Toccoa River.
Unit 2 began operation on June 20, 1957, Unit 3 on July 26, 1957, and Unit 1 on October 10, 1957. [13] The dam was dedicated on October 9, 1957. [9] The power plant went into full-scale operation in July 1958, [13] and the lake reached its intended level on August 1 of that year. [14]
The lake extends 39.4 miles (63.4 km) up the Savannah River, 29 miles (47 km) up the Little River in Georgia, and 6.5 miles (10.5 km) up the Broad River in Georgia, and 17 miles (27 km) up the Little River in South Carolina, at normal pool elevation of 330 mean sea level, Thurmond Lake comprises nearly 71,100 acres (287 km 2) of water with a ...
Blue Ridge Lake has approximately 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline and a flood storage capacity of 68,550 acre-feet (84,560 dam 3). [1] [2] The reservoir's levels fluctuate by about 20 feet (6.1 m) in a typical year.
1989 was the first year the lake hit a level 3, dropping to its lowest level during the drought that year. 2008 was the second time the lake hit a level 3. In December 2008, due to severe drought in the southeastern United States, the lake dropped to more than 22 feet (6.7 m) below its normal water level.
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Water at Fellows Lake has fallen 10 feet below normal levels as a drought persists across Missouri. Here's what to know. Here's why the water level is so low at Springfield-area lakes
Lake Lanier reached its intended full-pool level on August 1, 1958, approximately one year later than initially expected due to droughts. [17] In early fall of 1958, the region had two solid months of drought, which would have left the Chattahoochee and its tributaries nearly dry, if not for the construction of Buford Dam and the reserve of ...