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Douglas Lake rose 22 feet in three days, as the French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon Rivers dumped enough water into the reservoir to fill Neyland Stadium 661 times.
The Douglas Lake reservoir inundates about a 40-mile (64 km) stretch of the French Broad River between the Douglas Dam and the Irish Bottoms area near Newport. Small portions of the Nolichucky and Pigeon rivers are also impounded by the lake. During the winter months, the Tennessee Valley Authority lowers the water level to help control ...
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 ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing a record amount of water through the spillways and power turbines of Douglas Dam, where the three rivers at the epicenter of flooding in East Tennessee ...
Douglas Lake has an average of 500 miles (800 km) of shoreline, and it has an average surface area of nearly 30,000 acres (120 square kilometers), with both measurements varying according to the seasonally changing water level of Douglas Lake. [8] Douglas Lake is a recreational destination for up to two million visitors per year. Primary uses ...
The river enters the slack waters of Douglas Lake, which was created by the Tennessee Valley Authority's Douglas Dam in Sevier County, approximately 32 miles (51 km) upstream from the river's mouth. Near Sevierville , at Kodak , the French Broad River receives the flow of the Little Pigeon River , which drains much of the Tennessee section of ...
Douglas Lake rose nearly 22 feet in three days between Sept. 26-29, equal to 182 billion gallons of water. TVA continues to release more than 440,000 gallons a second into the French Broad River.
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.