Cherokee & Douglas Lake Information

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Douglas Dam

  

Cherokee Dam         

  On French Broad
River, in Sevier County, TN.

-------------Location-------------

 On Holston River, in Jefferson and Grainger Counties, TN.
  4541 square miles

----------Drainage area----------

 3428 square miles
  32.3 miles ------Miles above mouth------ 52.3 miles
  202 feet --------------Height--------------- 175 feet
  1705 feet --Length of concrete portion-- 1697 feet
  556,400 cu. yards -------Volume of concrete------- 694,200 cu. yards
  127,900 cu. yards --------Earth and rock fill-------- 3,304,100 cu. yards
  115,000 KW ------Generating Capacity------ 120,000 KW
  Feb. 2, 1942 ------Construction started----- Aug. 1, 1940
  Feb. 19, 1943 -Water impoundment started- Dec. 5, 1941
  Mar. 21, 1943 ---First electricity produced--- Apr. 16, 1942
  $47,200,000 ----Cost of plant in service----- $36,805,000
  43.1 miles ----------Length of Lake---------- 59 miles
  1.5 miles ----------Maximum width--------- 1.5 miles
  555 miles -------------Shore line-------------- 463 miles
  30,400 acres ------------Area of lake------------ 30,300 acres
  1,475,000 acre-feet -----Total reservoir volume----- 1,544,000 acre-feet
  1,394,700 acre-feet -----Useful storage capacity---- 1,460,000 acre-feet

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