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Watauga Dam is located 37 miles (60 km) above the mouth of the Watauga, at a point where the westward-flowing river veers north to slice a water gap through the middle of Iron Mountain. The dam is about 5 miles (8.0 km) downstream from Butler, Tennessee , and 10 miles (16 km) upstream from Elizabethton.
Watauga Lake, located east of Elizabethton, Tennessee, is the local name of the Watauga Reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with the 1948 completion of the TVA Watauga Dam. [1] According to lake expert Holly C Ward, Watauga Lake is the third cleanest in the country. [2]
TVA's Watauga Dam in Carter County broke its previous water level record by 3 feet. Daniel Dassow is a growth and development reporter focused on technology and energy. Phone 423-637-0878.
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.
By Oct. 1, the only National Weather Service flood warning in East Tennessee was for areas of Sevier and Knox counties below Douglas Dam. Douglas Lake rose nearly 22 feet in three days between ...
Newport, Tennessee saw the highest river levels, according to the National Weather Service, with its river cresting at nearly 29 feet. ... Watauga River at Elizabethton: 13.57 ft. at 3 p.m. Doe ...
Wilbur Dam is the site of first hydroelectric dam constructed in Tennessee (beginning in 1909), going online with power production and distribution in 1912. [12] Wilbur Dam was constructed on the Watauga River by the former Tennessee Electric Power Company, a privately owned utility purchased by the TVA in the late 1930s. [12]
Tennessee Valley Authority: 1970 Watauga Dam: Watauga River: Hydroelectric 66 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1948 Watts Bar Dam: Tennessee River: Hydroelectric 182 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1942 Wilbur Dam: Watauga River: Hydroelectric 11 Tennessee Valley Authority: 1912