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2. East Tennessee flooding could have been worse: How TVA ... - AOL

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   The Nolichucky Dam in Greene County, built in 1913 and later acquired by TVA, ... The French Broad River in Newport, Tennessee, rose more than 13 feet above its flood level, the largest flood on ...

3. Why Knoxville shouldn't worry about rising Tennessee River ...

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   One non-power TVA dam narrowly avoided failure during the flooding after Helene: Nolichucky Dam in Greene County, which withstood a staggering 1.3 million gallons of water per second flowing over ...

4. Tennessee flooding map shows the dams and rivers impacted by ...

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   Douglas Dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second. The Nolichucky Dam withstood twice the water flow of Niagara Falls. Tennessee flooding map shows the dams and rivers ...

5. List of dams and reservoirs of the Tennessee River - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Nolichucky Dam - Wikipedia

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   The dam is located just over 46 miles (74 km) upstream from the mouth of the Nolichucky, and impounds Davy Crockett Lake, [1] [2] which extends 6 miles (9.7 km) upstream from the dam. [2] [3] The dam is a concrete gravity overflow type dam 94 feet (29 m) high and 482 feet (147 m) long. [2] [3] The dam has an ogee-type spillway with a flashboard ...

7. Flood insurance rate map - Wikipedia

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   The term 100-year flood indicates that the area has a one-percent chance of flooding in any given year, not that a flood will occur every 100 years. [ 2 ] Such maps are used in town planning , in the insurance industry, and by individuals who want to avoid moving into a home at risk of flooding or to know how to protect their property.

8. LIVE UPDATES: As East Tennessee struggles to recover, flood ...

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   Flash flood warnings related to worries over the failure of the Nolichucky Dam continue until 4 p.m. in East Tennessee for: North Central Cocke County Southwestern Greene County

9. Nolichucky Dam flow reached nearly twice Niagara Falls during ...

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   The 94-foot dam, completed in 1913, was invisible under a muddy torrent of water. The utility posted a video of the dam the morning of Sept. 28, when water was receding by one feet each hour. The ...