Douglas Lake Tennessee Depth
2 tva daily levels by month french broad river river levels.
Douglas lake tennessee depth. Tennessee s top crappie lake douglas lake has everything it needs to be a great fishery. Livelife h wrote a review jun 2020. 30 400 acres with a maximum depth of 140 feet. Have more questions about the nautical chart app.
Along with advanced features found in fish finder gps chart plotter systems turning your device into a depth finder. Renting a pontoon from smoky mountain lake adventures is a wonderful way to spend a day on a beautiful mountain lake. The tennessee wildlife resources agency has placed many fish attractors in the lake mainly in. Fertile water cover structure vegetation and forage fish all exist here in mass.
Only about 17 percent of the shoreline is developed. Tennessee valley authority tva dam name. With 550 miles of shoreline there s plenty of room for anglers boaters water skiers swimmers and sailing vessels. Lake profile size depth 30 400 acres with a maximum depth of 140 feet.
On douglas lake the typical annual fluctuation of the water level is about 54 feet. Welcome to douglas lake tennessee. Wednesday august 5 2020 3 00 00 pm level is 0 54 feet above full pool of 990 00. Douglas lake water level.
Douglas dam was built in record time for a facility of its size. The dam itself is a hydroelectric facility. 0 13 feet level controlled by. The douglas dam was built by the tennessee valley authority at a record pace from february 2.
Fed by the french broad river four counties border the reservoir. Douglas lake fishing map. The lake extends 43 1 miles upstream from the douglas dam. Those counties are.
Tennessee 13 contributions 7 helpful votes. Rolling hills of farmland and residential areas surround the lake. This a 30 000 acre impoundment in the northeast part of the state at dandridge tn. Douglas lake was formed when the tennessee valley authority built the douglas dam to provide hydroelectric power to help with downstream flood control of the tennessee river valley.
Preparing lake level chart. Douglas lake douglas reservoir has over 550 miles of shoreline with a surface area greater than 30 000 acres at full pool. Created by the tennessee valley authority tva in 1943 for the generation of hydroelectric power and for flood control the lake has a surface area of more than 30 000 acres when it is at full level. A day on the lake.
The lake extends 43 1 miles upstream from the douglas dam. The nolichucky and pigeon rivers are the primary tributaries and there are numerous small inlet creeks. Construction began on february 2 1942 and lasted until february 19 1943 at the height of world war ii. Bring anything from.
The reservoir itself is 43 1 miles long with a maximum depth of 140 feet and collects water from a 4 541 square mile watershed. Douglas lake fishing map stats. Douglas lake also called douglas reservoir is a reservoir created by an impoundment of the french broad river in eastern tennessee this lake is located only a few miles from the pigeon forge gatlinburg area and also the great smoky mountains national park see also douglas dam for more information. Decatur georgia 2 383 contributions 139 helpful votes 1.
The remainder is controlled by the tva.