Cordell Hull Lake
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| Cordell Hull Lake | |
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| Location | Smith / Jackson / Clay counties, Tennessee, USA |
| Coordinates | 36°17′24″N 085°56′38″W / 36.29000°N 85.94389°WCoordinates: 36°17′24″N 085°56′38″W / 36.29000°N 85.94389°W |
| Type | reservoir |
| Primary inflows | Cumberland River |
| Primary outflows | Cumberland River |
| Catchment area | 8,096 sq mi (20,970 km2)[1] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| Built | 1963—1973[2] |
| Max. length | 72 mi (116 km)[3] |
| Surface area | 11,960 acres (48.4 km2)[3] |
| Average depth | 20 ft (6.1 m)[3] |
| Max. depth | 90 ft (27 m)[3] |
| Water volume | 533,928 cu yd (408,217 m3)[1] |
| Shore length1 | 381 mi (613 km)[3] |
| Surface elevation | 504 ft (154 m)[3] |
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1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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Cordell Hull Lake is a lake in the Cumberland River in north-central Tennessee, about forty miles east of Nashville, in the vicinity of Carthage. It covers approximately 12,000 acres (49 km2).
Cordell Hull Dam impounding the Cumberland River was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers between May 1963 and November 1973 for navigation, hydroelectric power generation, and recreation.[4] The dam is concrete and earthen gravity structure, 87 feet high (above streambed), with a generator capacity of 100 megawatts.[5] It impounds 259,100 acre-feet at normal maximum pool.
Both are named for Cordell Hull, former United States Secretary of State[2].
References [edit]
- ^ a b "National Inventory of Dams". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved Sept. 06, 2011.
- ^ a b "Lake History". Cordell Hull Lake. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved Sept. 06, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f "Frequently Asked Questions". Cordell Hull Lake. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Retrieved Sept. 06, 2011.
- ^ http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/op/cor/rec/history.htm
- ^ http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/op/cor/rec/stats.htm
External links [edit]
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers web site
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cordell Hull Lake
- Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum State Park
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